FOTD -- August 22, 2005 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's fractal is named "Skimmers". There is nothing in the image that suggests such a name. I gave it this name because, after yesterday's 'dodo' image, I am still thinking of birds. At least skimmers, unlike dodos, are still quite plentiful and in no immediate danger of extinction. The parent fractal was created by combining various portions of Z^(-1.2) and Z^(1.2) before adding (1/C). It consists of a single large Mandeloid lying near the center of a vast expanse of chaos, which holds the usual infinity of other Mandeloids of all sizes and shapes. Today's scene lies in the chaos in the vicinity of East Valley of the large central Mandeloid. Most Mandelbrot midgets are surrounded by a symmetrical pattern of fractal elements, but the pattern around the midget at the center of today's image lacks this perfect symmetry. It does have a kind of symmetry however, which is somewhat spoiled by the unbalanced size of the corresponding parts of the pattern. The better-than-average coloring raises the rating to a 7. The render time of 11 minutes (on my tired old worn-out machine) is a bit slow, bordering on the boring. The rendering wait may be eliminated however by downloading the finished image from the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> A burst of philosophy appears at this point in the philofractal version of today's discussion. A high temperature of 93F 34C here at Fractal Central on Sunday made it a bit too warm for the fractal cats, but they still managed to enjoy over an hour in the shade of the holly thicket. A bit of extra tuna in the evening, combined with a bit of New York sharp cheddar cheese, ended their day satisfactorily. Today is starting sunny and a bit cooler. It should be a better day for the duo. For me, about three hours work is waiting, which I should be able to get through in plenty time to find a fractal worthy to be tomorrow's FOTD, and to do some serious philosophical pondering. Until then, take care, and sometimes it would be an advantage to be in many places at once. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Skimmers { ; time=0:10:57.24--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+0.801157791361965/+0.8200981387637338/\ 935877.5/1/77.5/1.36488390208022725e-007 params=-1.34/-1.2/0.83/1.2/0/0 float=y maxiter=2000 inside=0 outside=imag logmap=195 periodicity=10 colors=000z_0ze0zpLzzrzzznwzatzSmzGfz6az8Wz8Vl8Ub8\ Oc8HZO8ld0pu0zr0zr0zp2zp4zp8znCznGznHzO_n0rL0z00p4\ 0YC0GJ00S00_00h20WA2JHL8Qe0Yz0ez0Sz0GuC4jU0Yn0Lz0C\ z0SzAenWuWpzGlzEhzCdzChzLlzUnudrnluhurnjpranzSlzJj\ zAhz2ez0aG0G00000400C01J02S04_08h0Ap0Cz0Eh1JU6OECS\ 1JW0Q_0Wd0nz0zz0lzCSuQ_Uah6np0pn0pn2plAplJpjSpjapj\ jz01A0z10z00j_zzCn04e00W00O00G400h0880e00h00j00l00\ n06p0Er0Hr0Lu0jz0_z2QuCGeL0OU6SWHUYUYYe__rdaz_Yzea\ zldzpezwjzzlzznzzpQzY16z0zG0rQ0dY0Qh0Ap00z00z0j_0e\ e0aj4YnAWuGSzLOzOGzSLzWQz_Wna_eeeYjjOnpGlz0nz4pu8p\ hCrUGuHJ00lQ0_u6O0u0Oa4zJEwh0Jz0Wz0hu0rh0zW0zV0zX0\ zU0kH0aECJCU00Q00J00O00Q00U20WC0_L0aW2ew0el0hd4hWE\ hOQjG_j8ljGzW1wj0zh0zh0ze0ze0zY0ze0un0ew0Uz0Sz1SzA\ QwHQuSOraOprHhnLljOneQpaSrYUuOYWG_86d00h04l0Ap0Eu0\ Jz0Qz1Uz8lz1zz0uzClzWdzpOzu8zz0zz0zzGzzuzzzzuzzjzz\ _zzQ6zzOzQdz0CzeezGez2jz0 } frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; 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, k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================