FOTD -- October 09, 2002 (Rating 4) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Despite the ridiculous media attention the local area is getting due to the sniper roaming the vicinity, the fractals continue without interruption. (And why are six shootings in a week so newsworthy when we have had 23 shootings in the area on a single week-end, which have received less news coverage?) Before I get side-tracked into social commentary, let's get to the fractals. The name of today's fractal, "Floating Garden", appears rather Japanese, but the image has little in it that could be connected to the orient. It's actually a scene in the fractal created by adding Z^(3) and 3Z^(0.1), then adding C and iterating with the bailout radius set at an unusually low value of 5. (The low bailout makes very little difference.) The resulting fractal appears as a shattered Mandeloid with its main stem pointing north and its East Valley totally broken up. Today's scene is located at the tip of a filament attached to a bud in a spurious valley that lies in the area where East Valley of the parent fractal would normally be located. When rendered in the usual manner, with the outside set to <iter> and the inside set to zero, today's image rates only a 4. With the departures from the normal rendering methods which I used in today's image, it still rates only a 4. When I found the scene, I felt it had a 6 or 7 rated fractal in it. But regardless of what I tried, the stubborn scene just would not improve. I finally settled on the inside fill of bof60, with the outside decorated by the decomp option, which is a feature I have almost never used since I first tried it and quickly grew bored with its effect of curved, shiny metallic surfaces. The name "Floating Garden" was inspired by the curved bits and pieces that appear to be floating in front of a background of infinite space. The visual effect unfortunately does not live up to the above description of the image. The render time of 10 minutes from the parameter file is a bit too much for such a mediocre image. A download of the completed image file is a far more efficient way of seeing the garden. The download may be found at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> and at: <http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html> On Tuesday the fractal cats enjoyed the sun, but the temperature in the 50's F, low teens C, was a bit too chilly for their sensitive ears and noses. They spent only 1/2 hour in the yard. Later in the evening, Tippy defiantly grabbed my favorite chair and told me to not even think of moving him. Today it's once again chilly, and with less sun than yesterday, the duo will likely once again be testy. As for me, when undone work lies before me, I'm always testy, so I'd best get started on that undone work. Until tomorrow, take care, and be happy when your work is finished. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ Floating_Garden { ; time=0:10:37.03--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=ident passes=1 center-mag=-2.807566740273493/-0.1738367456111298/\ 4.930755e+007/1/65/1.14187415046346219e-005 params=1/3/3/0.1/0/-95 float=y maxiter=1200 inside=bof60 decomp=256 periodicity=10 colors=000bANbARb9Vb9_b9cb9hb9ld7r000`AoZBnXCmWDlU\ EjSFiQGhOHgNIfLJdJKcHLbFMaEN`DOaDPbCPcCQdBQeBRfARf\ ASg9Sh9Ti8Tj8Uk7Uk7Vl6Wm6Wn5Xo5Xp4Yq4Yq3Zr3Zs2_t2_\ u1`v1`v3Zs4Xp5Vm6Tj7Rh8Pe9NbAL_BJYCHVDFSEDP79RFBNM\ DKUFG`HDhJ9oL6vN3sP6pQ8mRAjSDgTFdUHaVKZWMWXOTYQSXS\ SXTSWVSWWSVYSVZSV_SUaSUbRTdRTeRSgRShRSiRRkRRlRQnRQ\ oSOrRQpRRnRSlRUjRViRWgRYeRZcR_aRa`RbZRcXReVRfTQgSQ\ hQQjOQkMQlKQnJQoHQpFQrDQsBQtAQv8Qw6Qx4Qy3Sx4Tw5Uw6\ Vv7Wv7Yu8Zt9_tA`sAasBbrCdqDeqEfpEgpFhoGjnHknHlmImm\ JnlKolKnlLnlMnlMnlNnlOnlOmlPmlQmlQmlRmlSmlSllTllUl\ lUllVllWllWijXfhXcfX`dXYbXW`XTZXQXXNVXKTXHRXFQXERV\ ERUDRSDRRCRPCROBRMBRLARJARI9RG9RF7RF9REBREDQDEPDGO\ DIMCKLCLKCNJBPIBQHBSJCTKDULEVMFWNGXOHYPHZQI_RJ`SKa\ TLbUMbVKcWMcVNcUOcTPcSQcRRcQScPTcOUcNVcMWdMYdLZdK_\ dJ`dIadHbdGcdFddEedDfdCgdChcEfbGebIcaKbaMa`O__QZ_S\ YZUWZWVbA5cB0bA5bA9bAEbAI } 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 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE==================================