FOTD -- November 30, 2004 (Rating 4) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: With today's image we move on to the Julia version of the 'quat' formula, and find that the world of eight dimensions has suddenly revealed new and unexpected variations of the familiar Julia sets. For today's image I chose one of the most familiar Julia sets, the set associated with Seahorse Valley, and, fixing the real(p1) parameter at -0.75, I rolled out the evolver and started changing the other five. The unexpected variations that appeared on the screen seemed infinite. With so many interesting possibilities, which one should I choose? I started flipping a coin. The image that was fortunate enough to be the last to be eliminated appears, with its parameters rounded, as the FOTD for today. An image that was chosen by chance rather than discretion can hardly be expected to be a prize winner. Today's image therefore rates a 4, which is one point above the rating of yesterday's funny face. The minimal rating gets a boost from the render time, which at only 13-1/2 seconds, gives an overall worth of 1798 to the image. The download is available on the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> A fine but slightly chilly day here at Fractal Central on Thursday made for rather contented cats. They wished the temperature had gone higher than 48F 9C, but did not complain until they came inside at sundown, when they shouted loudly for extra tuna. They got their wish. Today is starting partly cloudy, but rain is supposedly on the way. Hopefully, it will hold off until after the cats have had their outing. My day will be good enough if I finish the work before 3pm. Right now, it looks like I'll have no trouble. And then it's on to the FOTD. So until next time, take care, and watch for those lurking fractals. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Seahorse_Variation { ; time=0:00:13.35--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=quatjul center-mag=0.08224/0.03834\ 91/1.103753/1/-25/3.8857806e-016 params=-0.75/0.09\ /-0.01/-0.09/0.1/0.09 float=y maxiter=300 bailout=9 inside=255 outside=real logmap=9 periodicity=0 colors=000WWaWW`WW_WWZWWYVWYUWYTWXSWWRWVQWUPVTOUSN\ TQMSOORMQQLSPJUOHWNGZME`LCaKAaL9aM7aN5aP4aR7aU9aXC\ a_EdcGfgJikLknOnoQppSnqQmrPlsOktMjtLitKgtIftHesGds\ EcrEboIekMhgQkcUn_UqWUrSVrOVrKVrHVrJVrLVrNVrPVrRVr\ TVrVVrXVrYVq_ZqaapcdpegpgjtcPw`4naEebOYcX`XTbQPeJL\ gDIeGJdJKbMLaPM`SNZVOYXPW_QVbRUeSShTRkUQmUSkTTiTVh\ TWfTXeTZcS_aSa`SbZScYSeWRfURhTRiRRjQRSepQgnPhmNilM\ jkKljJmiIngGofFqeDrdCscBtbYvjtxrruqqrpoopnlolinkfn\ icmh`mfYleVkcSkbPj`Mi_JiYGhXEhVJeUNcSR`RVZPZXObUMf\ SLjQPlRSnSVpTZrUatVduWcrXcoXclXciXcfXccYc`YcYYbVYb\ SYbPZbMZbJZbGZbDZbAZWJbQSfK`jEin8rr2zu3yq4ym5yj6yf\ 6xc7x_8xX9xT9xQMkNYZLjMJvAHnDEfFCZI9RK7JN4BP2HTBMW\ JSZRXaZbdfggnljviktglrempcnn`olZpjXqhVrfTsdQtbOu`M\ vZKwXIwVLtXNqZQn`SkbUhcXeeZcg``icYkeVlgSnjPplMrnKs\ oMtpOuqRvrTwsWxtYyt_zoZykYygXybWyZVyVUxRTxMSxIRxEQ\ xAPx8So7Ug6X_4ZSb7Sa3TYAU } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================