Caren,
I've been a fan of your work for a long time. I love your new galleries.
I have not been very active lately, but I've been into Fractint since about
1990. I began posting my stuff to the abpf newsgroup sometime in 1993 I
believe.
Even though I stopped creating new stuff a couple of years ago, I still keep
an eye on what my fellow fractalers are up to.
Some of my work is still up at the web sites below.
Bill Rossi
_http://members.aol.com/billatny/_ (http://members.aol.com/billatny/)
_http://www.arts4u.org/rossi/_ (http://www.arts4u.org/rossi/)
FOTD -- October 02, 2004 (Rating 5)
Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:
Today's fractal takes us to the second escape-time fractal of
the large built-in library of Fractint, the barnsleyj2 formula,
which like yesterday's formula, the barnsleyj1, first appeared
in Barnsley's book "Fractals Everywhere". The fractals produced
by the barnsleyj2 formula are quite like those produced by the
barnsleyj1 formula, at least this is how it appears to me. I
have done only an insignificant amount of exploration however,
and have almost certainly missed the most interesting fractals
these formulas can draw.
I might have done better if I had started with the Mandelbrot
versions of the Barnsley formulae. Then I would have formed
some idea of the variety possible before jumping right into the
Julia sets. But my intention is to work through all the
escape-time formulas in order, and this clueless rambling is
how it goes at the start.
Like yesterday's image, today's image is centered on one of the
points of symmetry that fill the parent fractal. And once again
I could give a rating no higher than an average 5. The coloring
helps a little, the blue background giving the impression of
bits and pieces of fractal debris swirling in infinite space --
one of my favorite themes. After a short consideration, I named
the image "Broken Symmetry".
After short trips into the first two of Barnsley's Julia
formulae, I am only mildly impressed by their potential. I have
seen similar and even far more interesting 'bits-and-pieces'
images created by the MandelbrotBC2 branch-cut formula when it
is used to investigate the Mandeloids that result when powers of
Z between 1 and 2 are iterated.
Perhaps the best feature of today's image is its lightning
speed. Less than 28 seconds to render a fractal is unusual,
even in this day of gigahertz machines. And this speed raises
the humble rating of 5 to a whopping overall value of 1087. I
can already see the world's fractalists rushing to their
computers to render the image.
But unfortunately, some modern computers do not support the old
DOS video modes used by Fractint. Those with such new-fangled,
over-featured, under-performing machines can still see the image
however by downloading it from the FOTD web site at:
<http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>
The weather was totally perfect here at Fractal Central on
Friday. What could be better than light winds, a cloudless sky,
and a temperature of 77F 25C? The fractal cats fully agreed.
They spent the afternoon lounging in the holly thicket at the
bottom of the yard, not showing themselves until I rang the
dinner bell (a spoon on a can of cat food) at sundown. Today is
starting cloudy and drizzly, with heavier rain due in a few
hours. The fractal duo have not yet seen the deteriorating
conditions. Hopefully, they had such a pleasant time yesterday
that they will not mind a few drops on their ears today.
With about three hours effort, I should be able to empty the
in-shelf beside my desk of all waiting work. Then I will have
no excuses for submitting less-than-perfect fractals. Until
tomorrow, take care, and when a fractal goes sour, sprinkle a
little sugar on it.
Jim Muth
jamth(a)mindspring.com
jimmuth(a)aol.com
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FOTD -- October 01, 2004 (Rating 5)
Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:
Today I have good news!
Starting today, the FOTD will resume its daily schedule. This
schedule will continue, with occasional interruptions, for the
foreseeable future, bringing new and hopefully greater fractal
wonders each and every day.
It has been sometimes said that I give too little attention to
the built-in fractal types of Fractint. To correct this
possible oversight, I have decided to post a FOTD created by
each of the fractal types in turn, starting with today's image,
which was created by the Barnsley-1 Julia formula. I believe
that this series of formulas first appeared in Dr. Michael
Barnsley's book "Fractals Everywhere". For now, I will confine
my explorations to the escape-time fractal types.
Having devoted so much time and effort to my own formulas, I
have done very little exploring in the fractals created by some
of these formulas, making them almost new. This should assure
as exciting a trip for me as for the readers.
Today's stop in the fractal created by the Barnsley j1 formula
rates a 5. I am sure that this formula has far better images
latent in it, but having done almost no exploring, I have set-
tled for the best I could find after 27 minutes of exploration.
The image has a rather sharp, scratchy feeling to it, which
reminds me of the thicket of prickly brush at the bottom of the
fractal yard, where the fractal cats go to feel safe when they
sense a threat in the vicinity. The name "Fractal Briars" seems
quite appropriate.
Since the image is part of a Julia set, it can hold no Mandel-
brot midgets. Instead of a midget at the center, we have a
symmetrical area of chaos that reveals additional interesting
scenes as one dives ever deeper into it.
The render time of 25 seconds raises the merely average rating
of a 5 to a very impressive 1190, one of the highest overall
values of all time. Those who would rather not render may find
the finished image available for download on the FOTD web site
at:
<http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>
The weather here at Fractal Central on Thursday threatened
showers, but nothing ever developed. The sun between clouds and
temperature of 75F 24C were perfect for fractal cats. The two
local ones made the most of it by enjoying the entire afternoon
in the yard. When supper time arrived, they came indoors
without complaint.
For me, only a few traces of the work backlog remain to be
cleared away, and those will be gone by the weekend. The next
FOTD will appear in 24 hours at this same place. Until then,
take care, and what is it all about?
Jim Muth
jamth(a)mindspring.com
jimmuth(a)aol.com
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