FOTD -- December 29, 2002 (Rating 5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: For today's glorious image we travel to East Valley of a midget in the East Valley of a larger midget in the East Valley of a still larger midget in the East Valley of the midget at -1.75 on the stem of the M-set. All these East Valleys add up to a lot of East-Valley-type fractal elements surrounding the as-yet-un- seen midget at the center of today's rather deep lying image. When working with deep images such as today's, it is sometimes difficult to find the best place to crop the scene. As I study the image, I can see areas deeper down which, if cropped there, might make even better images. I also notice that today's image could have been better if I had backed farther out to avoid the cut-off elements. This problem exists at every level of the immense basin surrounding the midget. The only thing to do in such a case is to find an acceptable cropping and stick with it. The resulting picture does not equal the quality rating of 9 that yesterday's image earned, there was little chance that any image could, but its rating of 5 is at least in the average range. Its render time of one hour however is well above average, which is actually below average for convenience. The name I gave the image -- "Pink Lemonade" -- refers to the lemonade-like colors in the ring of cut-off elements. The GIF image will soon be available, completely rendered, on Paul's web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> and on Scott's site at: <http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html> The weather was fair enough here at F.C. on Saturday, with warm sun, light winds, and a temperature of 43F 6C. But the yard is still snow-covered, and the melting snow made conditions too sloppy for the sensitive paws of the dynamic fractal cats, who passed the day wishing spring would arrive. I passed the day being dragged around, looking for bargains and grumbling under my breath. Today is another day however, and maybe I can spend it doing something far more useful such as reading the latest issue of 'Skeptical Inquirer' magazine, which even after 20 years of showing the scientific way, has failed to cure me of my gullibility, credulity and superstitious beliefs. So look for me, still credulous and fractaling, at this same place in another 24 or so hours. Until that golden moment, take care, and when the going gets tough, the tough get fractaling. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Pink_Lemonade { ; time-2:06:49.00--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=mandel passes=1 center-mag=-1.7489\ 4044400572637463915314611/0/2.00623e+025/1/2.49824\ 874304504526e-043/3.88578058618804789e-016 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=7500 symmetry=xaxis colors=000VuIYuG_vFbvDewBhxAkx8ny6py5qx8qxBqxErwHr\ wKrwNswQsvTsvWtvZtvatuduuguujuumvtpvtsvtvvtyrrwnqv\ kptgnscmq`lpXknTimQhkMgjJfiHdfGbcF``EZYDYVCWSBUPAS\ M9QJ8PGASFCUFEWEGZEI`EKbDMeDOgCQiCRkCVhFYeH`cKc`Mf\ ZOjWRmTTpRWsOYvM_wO`wP`wQawRawSbxTbxUcxVcxWdxXdxYd\ yZey_ey`fyafybgzcgzdhzehzfizgizhiwbjtXkqSlnMlkHmhB\ ne6ndBlcFkbJiaNh`Rf_VeZ_cYcbXg`Wk_VoYVsXUrYTqZSp_R\ o_Qn`PmaOlbOkbNjcMidLidKheJgfIfgIegHdhGciFbjEajD`k\ C_lC_lDXmDVmDTmDQmDOmDMmDOoDQpDSqDUrDWsDYtD_uDavDc\ wDexDgyCdxBawAZwAWv9Tv8QuTMiTLjSKjRIjQHjPGjOFjNDjM\ CjMBkLAkK9kJ7kI6kH5kG4kG3kH6hH9eIBbIE_IHXJJUJMRJOO\ FUICZC8d65i09f3Cd6Fb9I`BLZEOXHRVKUTMXRP_PSbNUeLXhJ\ _kHbnFdqDgtBjw9lsjboeala`iX_fTZcPY`KXYGWVCWXGUYKSZ\ NR_RPaUNbYMcaKddIfhHgkFhoDirChnBgjBffAfbAeZ9dV9cR8\ cN8bJ7aF7`B6`76_B5ZE5YH5XK5WO4VR4UU4UX4T`3Sc3Rf3Qi\ 3Pm2Op2Ns2Nv2Ow4Ow5Ow7Pw8 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================