FOTD -- September 02, 2002 (Rating 4)
Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:
Fractal buds come in all shapes and sizes, enclosing, as they
do, areas of a particular periodicity. Most buds are of the
quadratic variety, and therefore nearly circular, but some buds
are true oddballs, such as the bud that appears in today's image.
Today's bud is shaped more like a bowling pin than a Mandelbrot
bud. And instead of smaller buds around its perimeter, it has
various bits and pieces of entire M-sets. The apparent head of
the bowling pin is actually a distorted and incomplete M-set,
which is connected to the body of the bud. The connection forms
the neck of the pin.
The overall appearance of the distorted bud creates a feeling of
humorous goofiness, much as does the face of the cartoon
character who speaks the words that are the name of today's
image -- "What Me Worry".
The rating of 4 is a bit below average, because the image isn't
really that great. But the image is a real curiosity, and if it
is not quite worth the 1/2-hour render time from the parameter
file, it is at least worth the download 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>
As always, give Paul and Scott a chance to render and post the
image before visiting their FOTD sites.
The weather Sunday here at Fractal Central featured steady rain
and a temperature of 65F 18C . . . if such conditions can be
considered a feature that is. The cats certainly did not enjoy
their forced indoor confinement, and loudly let me know their
displeasure. A treat of left-over turkey breast only partially
relieved their distress.
Today promises to be a far better day, with far less rain. On
days such as this, it's best to do as little work as possible,
so I'll make that my goal. Until next FOTD on Wednesday the
4th, take much care but not too much care.
Jim Muth
jamth(a)mindspring.com
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