[Fractint] FOTD 19-05-03 (Whirling Dervishly [6])

19 May 2003

      FOTD -- May 19, 2003 (Rating 6)

Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

To my eyes, today's vision from the parent fractal appears to be 
whirling in a clockwise direction, so I named it "Whirling 
Dervishly".  This name has no connection to the remote religious 
sect whose members work themselves into a religious ecstasy by a 
spinning dance.  It is simply a spontaneous verbalization of my 
initial impression of the whirling spiral image.

The scene is located in the May-parent, deep in the handle of 
the fan, on the fan side of the point where the handle is 
pinched off.  This area holds numerous areas that are trying to 
shape themselves into Mandeloid features, though not all of them 
are making it.  Today's scene, with its tiny midget, lies far 
out on a filament that leads from a proto-Mandeloid bud into a 
spiral basin.

As for rating, today's image is a come-down from yesterday's, 
but it still rates a little above average 6, whatever average 
means.  The render time of 19 minutes is trying.  As always, the 
wait can be cut to a minute or so by downloading the finished 
product 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>

Rain Sunday morning here at Fractal Central left the grass too 
wet for the tender paws of the dynamic duo.  A temperature of 
55F 13C made it too chilly for the rest of their bodies.  After 
a brief afternoon check of outdoor conditions, they passed the 
rest of the day sleeping on the couch.  A treat of tuna in the 
evening brought only a bit of consolation to the otherwise 
disconsolate duo.

Today is starting sunny, and after a very chilly start, promises 
to be warmer.  For the fractal cats this is good news; for me it 
makes little difference.  I will be quite busy most of the day.  
Until next FOTD in 24 hours, take care, and seek fractal 
salvation.

Jim Muth
jamth@mindspring.com
jimmuth@aol.com

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[Fractint] FOTD 19-05-03 (Whirling Dervishly [6])

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