Edit: I solved my problem, to my surprise the GLSL log function is in base e rather then 10.

Fragment:

precision highp float;

uniform sampler2D s_texture;

varying vec2 v_texcoord;
varying float alpha;

void main()
{
    vec4 col = texture2D(s_texture, v_texcoord);
    gl_FragColor = vec4( col.rgba  - alpha);
    
    if (col.a < 0.001)
    {
        discard; //11.7->12.2
    }
    //gl_FragColor = vec4(0.4);
    
}

Vertex:

precision highp float;

attribute vec2 pos;
attribute vec2 tc;

uniform mat4 matrix;
uniform float time;
uniform float maxLeafs;
uniform vec2 position;
uniform float instance;
uniform vec2 anchorPoint;


varying vec2 v_texcoord;
varying float alpha;

vec4 finalTranslate(vec3 pos)
{
    return vec4(pos + vec3(position, 0.0), 1.0);
}
vec3 rotate(vec3 pos, float angle)
{
    float s = sin(-angle);
    float c = cos(-angle);
    return vec3(c * pos.x - s * pos.y, s * pos.x + c * pos.y, 0.0);
}
vec3 translate(vec2 pos)
{
    return vec3(pos - anchorPoint, 0.0);
}
vec3 scale(vec3 pos, float amm)
{
    return pos * amm;
}
void main()
{
    
    float v = log((time * 0.9) + 0.1);
    alpha = 0.0;
    
    float leafCoverage = (3.14149 * 2.0);
    float goal = ((instance) / (maxLeafs + 1.0)) * leafCoverage;
    float timeFactor = smoothstep(0.0, 1.0, time);
    float calculation1 = goal * timeFactor;
    float calculation2 = clamp(timeFactor * leafCoverage, 0.0, goal);
    
    float scaleFactor = clamp(smoothstep(0.0, 1.0, time * 1.2), 0.0, 1.0);
    
    gl_Position = matrix * finalTranslate(rotate( scale(translate(pos) ,scaleFactor) ,  calculation1));
    v_texcoord = tc;
}

Right now I am just taking the oscillating float time and passing it in directly, but eventually I will put it on a function so it fades in, temporarily is extra bright, then goes to the source texture.