[Fractint] FOTD 20-08-02 (Fractal Kernels [7])

20 Aug 2002

      FOTD -- August 20, 2002 (Rating 7)

Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

Today's fractal image is corny.  This does not mean that it is 
trite and old-fashioned, it means that it is filled with corn 
kernels.  The corn in the image appears in neat rows, almost the 
way corn kernels grow on the corncob.  This corniness inspired 
the name "Fractal Kernels".

The effect of corn kernels is produced by iterating the formula 
Z^(-2)-0.01(Z^2)+(1/C), and doing the calculation with the 
bailout radius set to 99.999, (which is critical), and the 
outside set to < fmod >.

The small range of colors in the image was not intentional.  It 
exists because the image uses only a small part of the 256-color 
palette.

Unwilling to have yet another consecutive 6-rated FOTD, I rated 
today's image at a rather liberal 7.  Perhaps a 6-1/2 would have 
been more appropriate, but my rating scale does not have half-
step increments.

The 4-minute render time is acceptable, but downloading the 
completed GIF image from:

          <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>

or from:

          <http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html>

is more acceptable.

The fractal weather Monday here at Fractal Central was hot and 
humid enough to keep the fractal cat duo housebound.  The high 
temperature reached 97F 36C at 4pm, and as is usually the case 
these days, the promised cooling showers once again failed to 
appear.

One thing that had better appear however is the work that's due, 
and the only way to finish the work is to start it.  So without 
further fanfare, I'd best get started.  Until next time, on the 
22nd, take care, and watch your bailout.

Jim Muth
jamth@mindspring.com
jimmuth@aol.com

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frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; Jim Muth
a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2),
g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(-a*b*g*h)^j,
k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel):
z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c,
|z| < l }

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