FOTD -- May 23, 2003 (Rating 8) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's fractal is different enough to rate an 8. It has a midget in it, which is the center of attention, but the midget is not at the center of the image. Most surprising, today's 'exceptional' image is merely a step on the way to the real image, which lies invisibly buried in today's scene, and will rate a 9, which equals 'one of the best of all time', when it appears tomorrow. Today's image is named "Isolated Minibrot" for obvious reasons. Most of today's scene consists of 'inside' material made visible by the < bof60 > fill. The areas of radiating bands of color are 'outside' areas that are normally flat, but have been given interest by the < atan > option. When rendered in the normal manner, the scene consists of large areas of black accented by scattered splotches that at one point in the frame appear to vaguely outline a Mandeloid 'atom'. As fractals go in this era of multi-layered and transformed images, today's image might not be considered worth its rating of an exceptional 8. But after trying those options, which are features of another program and draw images that may or may not be considered real fractals, I rejected them, and decided to stick with the more traditional methods of rendering my fractals. When today's image is compared with only my past FOTD images, I feel that it does indeed rate an 8. Whether I have become an old fractal fogy is up to the individual to decide. Today's FOTD image is fast, one of the fastest of all time. It renders in a zippy 38 seconds despite the fact that it consists mostly of trapped points. In today's case, the download will take somewhat longer than the time required to render the image from the parameter file. But as always, the download is available on the internet at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> and at: <http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html> The clouds were plentiful here at Fractal Central on Thursday, but the rain held off, the temperature reached an acceptable 61F 16C, and the dynamically fractal cats managed a pleasant after- noon in the too-tall grass of the yard. When a robin swooped carelessly low, Tippy took a swipe at it, but I fear the duo's bird-catching days are pretty much behind them. Tippy missed the bird by a good meter. I guess the only birds they will eat from now on will be processed turkeys. Rain is in the picture again today, as is a bit of work for me. Hopefully, the fractal duo will resign themselves to a day by the window. Until next time and next FOTD, take care, and be at ease when surrounded by aggressive fractals. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ Isolated_Minibrot { ; time=0:00:38.74--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix2 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+0.09896836297685904/+0.030531986286429\ 95/284.6369/1/87.5/2.8e-012 params=-10/-1.1/-1/-11\ /0/525/0/0 float=y maxiter=410 inside=bof60 outside=atan periodicity=10 colors=000fRwhSwiTxjUxkWymXynYzoZzp_znZymZylZykZyj\ ZyiZxhZxfYxeYxdYxcYwbYwaYw`YwZXwYXvXXvWXvVXvUXvTXu\ RWuQWuPWuOWuNWtMWtLWtJVtIVtHVsGVsFVsEVsDVsCVsGYpJ_\ mMakPdhSffWhcZk`amZdoWgpUhmThjThgTheSicSiaSi_SiYRi\ WRjURjSQjPQiNQhLQgKOfKMeJKdJJcIHbIFaHD`HC_GAZG8YG6\ XH5WI3VJ1UK0TL2SM3RN5QO6PP7OQ9NRAMSBMTDMUEMVFNWHNX\ IOYKOZLO_MP`OPaPPjQQlSQnTQoURqWRsXRtYPq_Oo`MlaLjbK\ gcIedHbeG`fEYhDWiBTjARk9Ol7Mm6Jn5Ho7In8In9InAImBIm\ CImDImFIlGIlHIlIIlJIkKIkLIkMIkOIjPIjQIjRIjSIiTIiUI\ iVIiXJhYJhZJh_Jg`JgaJgbJgdJfeJffJfgJfhJeiJejJekJem\ JdnJdoJdpJdqJcrJcsJctJcoPXkURg_LcdE_j8Wo2Un4Sn6Rn7\ Pn9NnAMnCKnDImFHmHFmIDmKCmLAmN9mOBlPClQDkREkSGjSHj\ TIiUJiVKhVMhWNgXOgYPfYQfZSe_Te`Ud`VdaXcbYccZbc_bd`\ aebafc`fd`ge_hf_ihZiiZjjYkkYllYlmZmmZmmZmmZnmZnmZn\ m_om_on_on_pn_pn_pn`qn`qn`qn`rn`ro`roasoasoasoatoa\ toatobupbupbupbvpbvpbvpcw } frm:MandelbrotMix2 {; 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)+(p4)), 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==================================