Fractals reference

I highly recommend the book that Maisam referenced in the comments below your question: Mendelbrot's The Fractal Geometry of Nature. It is widely acclaimed, and likely available at a library, public and/or academic.

You might be interested in some of the links in this "given the pattern, find the fractal" math.SE post: In particular, you might want to check out the link to The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants, which is a "book" whose chapters are available on-site for downloading in pdf form.

Of particular interest might be the chapter entitled: Modeling of Trees, and Fractal Properties of Plants.

For a vast array of examples of fractals, and a categorization of some major types, see the commercial website Fractal Science Kit (free for the browsing!)

Also, a link of interest might be the Yale Website for a class in Fractals. This page on "forgeries" might be of particular interest. E.g.:

As I surfed in the net I found some useful links and books ;

1.The Fractal Geometry of Nature 1982(Benoit B. Mandelbrot) and Fractal concepts in surface growth 1995( Barabasi A.-L., Stanley H.E.)

2.http://fractalfoundation.org/

Maybe photos here be useful. There are 18 photos there.

Try coastlines? I've read somewhere fractal dimension of english coastline is close to that of koch's snowflake..