FOTD -- June 12, 2002 (Rating 5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Yesterday I checked the winning fractal images that will appear in the 2004 fractal calendar. They're all good images, well worth the honor they have been given, but I couldn't shake the impression that beneath the glitter they all look alike. Then I checked my recent fractal offerings and noticed that beneath the various adornments, they also all look alike. The largest percentage of the calendar fractals are embellished spirals; most of my FOTD fractals are Mandelbrot midgets, not quite as embellished, but still starting to look monotonously alike. Is this similarity the beginning of the path to a fractal dead end? Or have I merely decided to specialize in one inexhaustible aspect of the world of fractals? Perhaps I should add some variety to my fractal explorations -- take a few new paths in the months to come. I'll make that decision when the FOTD CD is safely wrapped up. Today's image however is one of another quadratic midget, this one located in a spurious valley of the fractal created by mixing various portions of Z^(-0.876) and Z^(-8.76), then adding (1/C). I named the image "Fractal Olives" because of the olive- green color of the eight small spirals surrounding the midget, and not because I like olives. In fact, I can't stand the disgusting fruit or berry or whatever it is. I rated the image at a perfectly average 5. After all, it's just another midget, with little or nothing to remember it by. The 15-minute render time is rather slow for such a mediocre image. The better way of viewing the image is to download it from Paul's web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> or from Scott's site at: <http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html> The weather Tuesday here at Fractal Central was quite hot and humid, with unhealthy air that made things even worse. The temperature of 93F 34C kept the cats confined to the shade of the porch. The health warnings broadcast by the media got me to wondering about the silence from the environmentalists. Why do the environmentalists, who speak so loudly about possible future environmental hazards, remain so silent about already existing hazards such as the dangerously polluted air in our big cities? But that's another story for another time. Right now, it's another hot and polluted day, and there's graphic work to be done. So until next time, take care, and try not to wonder about too many puzzling things. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ Fractal_Olives { ; time=0:15:56.15--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+1.899069712774904/+1.705978163181609/\ 1.805295e+007/1/102.5/2.05521459022833808e-006 params=3/-0.876/1/-8.76/-0.683/0 float=y maxiter=1600 inside=0 logmap=267 periodicity=10 colors=000dO0eQ2dQ6fR8eR9fTBeTFgVGgUIhXMgYOhZPh`Rh\ aVhaXjcZjeajecngeqhgujhyjjzjlzjnzjpzjuzjyzjzzjzzjz\ zjyzjwzjszjpzjnzjjzjgzjezjazj`zjXzjTzjRzjOzjMzjPzj\ RzjTzjVzjXzjZuj`qjanjchjeejgajhZjjTjnPlpMnqGpsDqu9\ uw4wy0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz2zz6zz8zzBzz\ FzzIzzMzzPzyTzyVzwZzwazwezuhzulzspzsqzsszuszuuzwuz\ wwwywsywpyylzwgzyczw`zwXywTywPwwMwwKuwIuuMsuOuwRww\ TyyXzyZzw`zwczuezuhzsjzqjzqlzplzpnznnzlnzlpzjpzjqz\ hqzgqzgszeszeuzcuzauzawz`wz`yzZyzZyzZyzXzeZzgZzg`z\ h`zhazjazjazjczlczlezneznhzqeznazlZsjVlhRegOaeMacP\ g`TjZXjX0jVXjTTjTPjRMjRIjPFjPBgO8aO4XM0RM0MK0GK0BI\ 06I00M02I08F0FD2K99P6GX4Oa0Tg0`n0gs0lt0ju0hs0gq0ep\ 0el0cj0ah0`g0Ze2Za4X`6VZ6TX8RV9RRBPPBOODMMFKGDMKFM\ MFMOGMPGMTIOVIOXKOZKOaMOcMPeOPgOPhPPlPRnRTpRVqTXuT\ ZwV`yVazXczXezZgzZhz`jzZlz`nzapzcqzcszeuzgwzhyzhzz\ jzzjzzjzzjzzjzzjzzjzzjzzj } 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==================================