FOTD -- January 05, 2003 (Rating 4) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image rates a somewhat-below-average 4. As is true with all my ratings, this rating is totally subjective and exists 'in my opinion'. I found the midget easily enough, and decided that its ghost would make a better image soon enough. I determined quickly enough that the <bof61> inside fill would do the best job of revealing the ghost, and the final image rendered fast enough. At that point I was expecting an image worthy of a rating of at least a 6. But then I began coloring the image, and soon found that nothing seemed to work. I ended up with an image that I feel had a rating of at least 6 in it, but which failed to live up to its potential. The disappointment might be due to my clumsy attempts at coloring, or it might be due to an inherent diffi- culty in coloring such images. Regardless, I could rate the final result no higher than a humdrum 4. I named the picture "The Forest" because, with much imagination, one might see an exotic forest in the image. The formula behind the image combines portions of Z^(-1.4) and Z^(-9.6), and adds (1/C) instead of plain C. The parent fractal, before it is evaporated, somewhat resembles a caterpil- lar. Today's scene is located in a tiny valley on the southwest shore of the largest circular bay. As is the case with all fractals of this double-negative class, (indeed with all frac- tals of any nature), other areas of the parent hold an infinity of other scenes that will never be discovered. The 9-minute render time can be avoided by downloading the com- pleted GIF image file from: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> or from: <http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html> The weather Saturday was fractal-like here at F.C. -- some sun, some clouds, some wind, and a temperature of 36F 2C. Being frac- tal in nature, the cats checked the weather, ventured briefly into the yard, then retired to their resting places to pass the day. As one can easily see, the lives of aging fractal cats are not very exciting. And this morning, light snow is falling. The dynamic duo will likely have another less-than-exciting day. The nature of my day is yet to be determined, as is the quality of tomorrow's FOTD. Check back then to see what happens. Until next FOTD, take care, and the FOTD-CD will be coming soon. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ The_Forest { ; time=0:09:15.79 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+0.37047999988935450/-0.627083448737120\ 20/25184.95/1/42.5000000000153761/6.43986378112693\ 103e-010 params=5.9/-1.4/10.4/-9.6/0/1e+100 float=y maxiter=1600 inside=bof61 logmap=yes colors=0000sJ0q`0mo0kz0iz4gzAezGezJdzPdzVbzZbzd`zi\ ZzoZzsXzxXzzVzzVzxTxoTxeTvXTvNTvETu4Tu0Tu0`k2ed4kX\ 8qPAvHCzAzCqzAmz8iz8ev6bs6Zo4Vk4Rg2Nd2J`0GX0CT08P0\ 4L00J00E6A8EL2LX0Tg0`s0gz0oz0vz0sz0oz0mz8ixGeqNdkX\ `ddXXkVRZLHNEAC42000800G00L00T00`00e02m02u04z04z06\ z06z0Az0Cz0Ez0Gz0Jz0Lz0Nz0Pz0Rz0Vz0Xz0Zz0`z0bz0Vx0\ No0Hd4AVC2JJ0AR00Z00d00`00Z00X00V04T06P0AO0CL0GJ0H\ H0LE0000RA0T82V62`4Ae4Hk2Pq2Xu0bz0iz0qz0xz0zz0zRbs\ zozzkzu8zm2ze0zi0zR0zJ0zC0z40z00z40zC0zJ0zR4zcCzZE\ zZEuZEiZEZZENZEEVJ8TP4PV0N`0Le0Hk0Gq0Eu0Jk0Px0Vx0`\ z0ez0kr0qz0vz0zz0zz0zz0zz0qz0ez0Xz0Lz0Cz00u40z8zXG\ voPubZsVgqVqoVzmVzkVziVzT0zE0iJ0eP0bV0``0Xe0Ti0Re0\ Ld0H`0CZ08V02T00P00N00L00G00CA08K04X00e00q40z60zA0\ zC0zA0zA0zA0x82m86m8Ag8Eb6HX6JR6NL6RG4VA4Z44`04d06\ e08g0Ak0Cm0Co0Eq0Gu0Hv0Jx0Jz0Lz0Nz0Pz0Rz0Rg0zb0xX0\ qR4kLEdHLZCTR4q00u00x00u4 } 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 } END 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE==================================