[Fractint] FOTD 09-03-02 (Deuce and a Half [5])

9 Mar 2002

      FOTD -- March 09, 2002 (Rating 5)

Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

There's a lot of emerald in today's image, and I was first going 
to give it a name describing something emerald.  But before 
finding the proper emerald name I decided to name the image 
after the exponent of Z, which is 2-1/2.  It's an image of a 
midget in a valley of its parent fractal, which is located 31.8 
levels up the abstract logarithmic spiral.

Although the Z^2.5+C Mandeloid comes in many shapes, the shape 
of today's midget is one of the most frequently seen.  The 
broken spiral arms are an inescapable feature of images with 
fractional exponents of Z.  In fact, the BC in the name of the 
generating formula stands for 'branch cuts', one of the names by 
which these discontinuities are known.

After a few moments of thought I found the name "Deuce and a 
Half".  A few more moments passed before I decided to rate the 
image at a 5.  The render time of 4 minutes is not too much to 
spend on a merely average image, but those who would rather 
spend even less time may find the image posted at Paul's web 
site at:

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

and at Scott's site at:

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

The weather Friday was quite spring-like, which made the fractal 
cats quite happy.  The temperature of 70F 21C and warm sun 
brought out the best in them, giving them nothing more to do 
than lie on the porch and sleep the afternoon away.

I however have much to do -- a little real work and quite a bit 
of work on the upcoming FOTD CD.  So until next time, take care 
and be patient.  The FOTD we know and love will return on a new 
and improved daily basis when the CD is ready in a few months.

Jim Muth
jamth@mindspring.com

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frm:MandelbrotBC1   { ; by several Fractint users
  e=p1, a=imag(p2)+100
  p=real(p2)+PI
  q=2*PI*fn1(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
}

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[Fractint] FOTD 09-03-02 (Deuce and a Half [5])

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