[Fractint] FOTD 28-12-04 (Seashore Seashells [7])

28 Dec 2004

      FOTD -- December 28, 2004 (Rating 7)

Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

The FOTD returns with a burst of undersea glory!  Today's 
7-rated image is a scene in the Z^(2.02)+C fractal at a location 
77 turns up the abstraction I call the logarithmic hyperspiral.  
At this lofty level the basic Mandelbrot shape has rotated 90 
degrees, so that its main bud faces north.  This bud has 
undergone some curious distortions, with major discontinuities 
and several broad disconnected filaments shooting off in various 
directions.  Today's scene is located near the tip of one of 
these broad filaments.

To bring some extra life to the image, I tried the various 
'outside' options.  With the proximity set at 3, the 'fmod' 
option seemed to work best, so that is what I used.  Something 
about the image reminds me of a bed of shellfish, so I named it 
"Seashore Seashells"

With its render time of 3+ minutes and its rating of 7, today's 
image has an overall worth of 211.  Those who enjoy clams and 
oysters may see the undersea scene by running the included 
parameter file or by downloading the finished GIF image from the 
FOTD web site at:

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

Chilly weather over the holiday weekend here at Fractal Central 
kept the cats' outdoor time limited to under an hour each day, 
but their moods remained surprisingly good considering the poor 
conditions.  Today is again starting sunny and very cold, with a 
temperature of 18F -8C.  It looks like a repeat.

The weather may repeat, but fractals never repeat.  The next one 
will appear right here in 24 hours.  Until then, take care, and 
not only are we ignorant of the answers, we don't even know the 
questions.

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

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frm:MandelbrotBC2   { ; by several Fractint users
  e=p1, a=imag(p2)+100
  p=real(p2)+PI
  q=2*PI*floor(p/(2*PI))
  r=real(p2)-q
  Z=C=Pixel:
    Z=log(Z)
    IF(imag(Z)>r)
      Z=Z+flip(2*PI)
    ENDIF
    Z=exp(e*(Z+flip(q)))+C
  |Z|<a }

END PARAMETER FILE=========================================