FOTD -- December 05, 2004 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's fractal takes us on to the 'tim's error' formula, a formula that resulted when a coding error unintentionally produced an unexpectedly good result. The formula does not really come to life until the parameters are changed from 0,0, and the inside is set to an active fill. To create today's image, I set the function to 'abs', the parameters to 0.5,0.5, and the inside fill to 'bof61'. The book "Fractal Creations" tells that a pterodactyl is hiding somewhere in the formula. I found no prehistoric flying reptile, but I did find a lovely garden. This garden is growing fantastic flowers, which I have named "Bluebells". Yes, I know that they look more like tulips, but I have decided that they are bluebells. In addition to the flowers, the image shows a gloriously blue sky, some grass growing around the flower stems, some sandy garden soil, a puddle of water left over from a recent watering, and even a few tiny insects hovering in the grass. Such a lovely garden scene surely deserves an above-average rating. I gave it a rating of 7. The render time of 3-1/3 minutes raises this to an absolute worth of 206. Those who do not consider rendering fractals to be their cup of tea can find the image already rendered on the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> It stayed quite chilly here at Fractal Central all day Saturday, but the sun was warm and the wind was light, giving the fractal cats enough time in the yard to put them in a good mood. Today is starting sunny and a bit milder. It looks like another good day for the duo. The day should be fairly good for me also. There is only one more escape-time formula to go before I decide what fractal project comes next. Until tomorrow, take care, and fractals are as real as we want them to be. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Bluebells { ; time=0:03:23.83--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=tim's_error function=abs passes=1 center-mag=-1.28498/1.23687/10/1/-134.5/2.58335020\ 042466112e-014 params=0.5/0.5 float=y maxiter=255 bailout=9 inside=bof61 logmap=yes periodicity=none colors=000GRWGSWGTVHUVHVVHWVIXVIYVIZVI_VJ`UJaUJbUK\ mzKmzKmzKmzKmzKmzKmzKmzKmzKmzKmzKmzKmzKmzKmzKmzKmz\ KmzKmzKmzKmzKmzKmzKmzKmzKmzKmzKeQVfQ8ZPW`P3SPMUR1O\ Q1UP2QO2UN3SM3TL4UK4VJ5WI5XH6YG6ZF7_E7`D8aC8bB9cAS\ f98eA9dAAcABbABaAC`AD_AEUAFYAFXAGWAHVAIUAIUAJTAKSA\ LRAMQAMPANOAONAPMAQLAQKARJASIATHAUF9THATIBTJBTKCTL\ CTMDTODTPETQETRFTSFTTGTUGSWHSXISYISZJS_JS`KSbKScLS\ dLSeMSfMSgNQfHRgKShNThQUiTVjWWjZWk`XkcYlfZmi_ml`nm\ apm`nm`mm`lm_km_jm_im_hmZgmZfmZemZdmYcmXbmWamV`mT_\ mSZmSXmSWmRVmRUmRTmRSmQRmQQmQPmQOmPNmPMmPLmPKmOJmO\ ImOHmKEmMFmOGmQGmSHmUHmWImYImZJm`JmPKmPKmPLmPLmPMm\ PJmPLmPMmPNmPOmPPmPQmPRmPSmPUmPVmPWmPXmQYmQZmR_mR`\ mSalSclTdkTekUfkUgjUhjUiiUjiUkiXlgYlfZmd_mc`maan`b\ nZcoYdoWeoVfpTgpShpQiqPjqNkrMlrKmrJnsHosGpsFqrGqrH\ qqIqqJqpKqpLqpMqoNroOrnPrnPrnQrmRrmSrlTrlUsmVtmXum\ XvmXwmXwmWwmWwmWwmWwmWwmW } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================