FOTD -- September 29, 2008 (Rating ?) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: There is not much to be said about today's image, which is a variation of the three most recent images. It's all been said previously. Today I applied the 'zmag' inside fill to the same scene and came up with an image that reminds me of rough surf at the beach. When I named the image "The Great Waves", perhaps I was thinking of the famous Japanese tsunami print. In some ways the image seems good; in other ways it seems too much of a repeat. And the colors are too jumbled also. With such conflicting opinions I could not decide on a rating. I let it go with a question mark. The calculation time of just over 4 minutes will pass in a near instant when the image begins to unfold. And downloading the finished image from the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> is even faster. Heavy rain fell all Sunday morning here at Fractal Central, giving a two-day total of about 6 inches or 15cm, while the temperature hung around a very humid 70F 21C. I noticed a puddle of water leaking into the basement laundry room when I checked, but one puddle can't hope to compete with the floods that plagued old Fractal Central. I must call my sister back at old FC in Baltimore, to see how the old basement made out. Very heavy rain fell there also. The fractal cats ignored the rain and stretched out on their favorite rugs. When the last shower ended at 5pm, a brilliant double rainbow appeared in the east, ending the day in a blaze of glory and making up for all the rain. Except for the rain, my day went without incident. The FOTD was good enough to avoid disappointment. The next FOTD, hopefully an improved one, will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and when the aliens visited earth, the fractals they found here must have scared them off. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= The_Great_Waves { ; time=0:04:10.55-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=DivideBrot5a passes=1 center-mag=-0.601964001333459/+0.012730655785964/\ 96540.18/1/157.7/0 params=-1.1/0.5/1000/0 float=y maxiter=650 inside=zmag periodicity=10 colors=000OOHMOGKNFHNEFNDDMCBMB8MA6L94L82L84K95K96\ K97K98K99K9AJ9BJ9CJ9DJ9EJ9FJ9GJ9HI9II9JI9KI9LI9MI9\ NI9LHDKGHIGKHFOFFSEEVDEZBDbACe8Ci7Bm5Bp4At3Aw5Cv7E\ v8FvAHvBJvDKvFMvGOvIPvJRvLTvNUvOWvQYvRZvT`vVbuWcuY\ euZgu`hubjucluemufouhqujruktumvunwupyuqzumwsjuqfso\ cqn`olXmjUkhRigSheTgcTfaUe_VeZVdXWcVXbTXaRYaQZ`OZ_\ M_ZK`ZJ`YHaXFbWDbVBcVAdU8dT6eS4cR1eS3fS5hS7iT8kTAl\ TCnTEoUFqUHrUJtULuVMwVOxVQyVRwTQvSPtROsQNqONpNMnML\ mLKkJKjIJiHIgGHfFGdDGcCFaBE`ADZ8DY7CW6BV5AU4AS69Q8\ 9O99NB9LC9JE8IG8GH8EJ8DK8IL7MM6QN5VO4ZP3bP2cN3dM4e\ L5fK6gJ7hI7iH8jG9jEAkDBlCCmBCnADo9Ep8Fq7Gu0Bq6GnCL\ jIQgOVcU_fUh`ZdWb`QgYLkUFpQBuMAtNAsNArO9qO9qP9pP8o\ Q8nQ8nQ7mR7lR7kS6jS6jT6iT5hU5gU3gT5gU6gV7gV8gW9gWA\ gXBgXDgYEgZFgZGg_Hg_Ig`GhaJg`Lf_NfZQeYSdXUdXXcWZcV\ `bUcaTeaSg`Sj`Rl_QnZPqZOsYNvZMuYNtXNsWNrVOqUOqTOpS\ PoRPnQPmPQmOQlNQkMRTPJRPI } frm:DivideBrot5a { ; Jim Muth z=0, c=pixel, a=real(p1)-2, d=real(p2)+16 b=imag(p1)+0.00000000000000000001: z=sqr(z)/(z^(-a)+b)+c |z| < d } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================