FOTD -- October 03, 2008 (Rating 5.5)
Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:
A bit of a work rush combined with further anxiety from FL left
little time for a fractal search on Thursday. But by moving
faster than light I did manage to find one marginally worthy of
being declared FOTD for October 3.
Today's little quasigem lies in a tiny filament extending from a
high-order bud on the northeastern shore line of the large
minibrot on the split main filament of its parent fractal. This
parent fractal closely resembles the Mandeloid of the formula
2^(2.003)+C.
The scene lies quite deep in the parent fractal, which makes the
mathtolerance entry necessary. I named the image "Broken
Fives". The five broken elements surrounding the tiny order-2.5
minibrot at the center inspired the name. The rating of a 5.5
shows that the image barely qualifies for FOTD status.
The calculation time of 2 minutes shows that little time will
have been wasted if the result proves not worth the effort. But
almost all effort may be eliminated by hurrying to the FOTD web
site to view the completed image there. The FOTD web site may
be accessed at:
<http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>
A fine brisk early autumn day prevailed here at Fractal Central
on Thursday. The dark, scudding clouds, brisk winds and
temperature of 59F 15C seemed just about right for early October
in central Pennsylvania. The fractal cats, born 150 miles south
in Baltimore, agreed.
My day was notably uneventful. The next FOTD will be posted in
24 hours. Until then, take care, and may right win out.
Jim Muth
jamth(a)mindspring.com
jimmuth(a)aol.com
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FOTD -- October 02, 2008 (Rating 8)
Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:
Today's image is named "The Brot That Was Not". I gave it this
name because, when the parent fractal is rendered in the usual
manner, there is no minibrot at all at this particular location
on the X-axis. Nothing is there but the flat disks that fill
the image. The minibrot doesn't appear until the scene is
rendered with the inside set to 'atan'. Another reason for the
name is that the minibrot is not quite all there. A sizable
chunk has been taken out of the area on the negative X-axis
beyond Scepter Valley.
I spotted the elusive midget when I noticed a certain symmetry
at this point in the parent fractal, which divides the M-set by
(Z^(-0.1)+0.1). Actually, I'm not sure what the formula does.
It makes little sense to me. But it creates some very interest-
ing fractals, so who cares about exactly what is going on. The
rating of an honorable 8 is not to be sneezed at.
The ephemeral minibrot takes up almost the entire frame. The
mass of bubbles fizzing around it almost reminds me of a glass
of ginger ale. And the calculation time of a mere 19 seconds
has hardly been exceeded for brevity. The ultimate in conveni-
ence is to view the finished image on the FOTD web site at:
<http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>
With a temperature of 61F 16C, Wednesday was too chilly and too
cloudy to be anywhere close to perfect here at Fractal Central.
The brief but heavy shower that passed over in mid-afternoon did
not help things. The fractal cats weathered the rain by ignor-
ing it. My day was acceptable.
The next FOTD will be ready in 24 hours. Until then, take care,
and let your fractal guide you to enlightenment.
Jim Muth
jamth(a)mindspring.com
jimmuth(a)aol.com
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