FOTD -- June 23, 2009 (Rating 7.5)
Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:
Today's scene in Seahorse Valley actually has a seahorse in it.
The little sea creature lies near the right edge of the frame,
with its tail merging with an elephant's trunk. I have no idea
what a ponderous elephant is doing in a valley reserved for sea-
horses (and pipefish) but I only report what I see. There the
elephant is, and I must show it.
The scene lies in the Oblate direction at c=(-0.78), just to the
west of the center of Seahorse Valley. The vertical direction
has been stretched to about 3 times its normal height to make
the seahorse recognizable. A nominal amount of skewing was
needed to straighten things out.
The rating of 7.5 rewards myself for a modicum of color work.
The calculation time of under 11 minutes borders on slowness,
but the calculation may be eliminated entirely by viewing the
finished image on the FOTD web site at:
<
http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>
The weather on Monday here at Fractal Central 60 miles north of
Harrisburg was surely the reference standard to which all future
claims of perfect weather must be compared. Start with a high
temperature of 77F 25C, the middle of the human comfort range,
continue with a humidity of 50 percent, again in the middle of
the comfort range, go on with kodachrome (now digitally intensi-
fied) blue skies and puffy cumulus clouds so clear and sharp it
seemed you could reach out and touch them. Mix in a refreshing
north breeze and just the right amount of ground moisture to let
crops and gardens grow their best. Too bad it was just a bit
too cool for a comfortable dip in the pool. The fractal cats
slept through it all.
My day was average. The next FOTD will appear in 24 hours. In
it I will take a one-day break from the Seahorse Valley theme to
demonstrate an incremental venture from our normal space into
the fourth dimension. Until then, take care as always, and when
the weather is perfect, don't cheer up. Remember that it can
only get worse.
Jim Muth
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