FOTD -- February 21, 2005 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: In today's fractal adventure I tried to duplicate one of the curious rectangles that exist in the Z^2.003+C Julia set with a C value of -1.7435. When I searched the Z^4.003+C Julia sets, I found no more rectangles, but I did find a very interesting Julia set. Today's image is part of this Julia set. The scene has been rendered in the usual way, with the outside set to 'iter' and the inside set to the number zero. The unusually delicate, lace-like effect is part of the fractal and not a result of program trickery. The rating of a 7 might be a bit high. I am not totally pleased with the colors, which are a bit too intense, and create a certain feeling of 'trying too hard'. I named the image "Inside-Out". I can see absolutely nothing in the image that could inspire such a name, but all FOTD images need a name, so "Inside-Out it is. The render time of 18 minutes borders on slowness, but may be avoided by downloading the finished GIF image from the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> A bit of philosophy is included in the philofractal version of today's discussion. Sunday was cloudy and chilly here at Fractal Central, but the over-forecasted snow failed to arrive and the temperature of 41F 5C was just warm enough to give the cats an hour in the holly thicket. They would have preferred more time outdoors however, so a generous treat of tuna was needed to get them back in their usual good moods. Today is starting foggy and drizzly, but it is milder. If things dry out, the duo might have a reasonable day. My day will feature more of the same. The next FOTD will appear in 24 hours, with all the trimmings. Until then, take care, and expect the best. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Inside-Out { ; time=0:18:05.49--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=julzpower passes=1 center-mag=0/-0.0202841/880.7 params=-1.222755/0/4.003/0 float=y maxiter=2000 bailout=9 inside=0 symmetry=yaxis periodicity=10 colors=000zEitKllPodUrXXvPayHgz9lz1ozzUzzXzzXrz_dz\ _UzaHza6za0zg0zi0zo0zr0zv0zy0zz0zz0zz0yz0vz0tz0rz0\ rz0tz0vz0yz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz4zz9Pz_0oy0to0yg0z_0zS0z\ H0z90z10z00z00z00z01z04z06z09z0Hz0Mz0Sz6XzEazMgzUo\ zatziyzrzzyzzzzzzvzzdzzMzv4ztCzlHzgPzazzU0zP0zKezE\ rw6yu1zs0zu0vv1wrCXdMKSX6Ed04t0Mw0Oz0Sz0Wz0Zz0iz01\ z09y0Hv0Pt0Mt0Hr0Er19r64oC1oH0oM0lS0lX0la0ig0ii0io\ 0dr0at0Xy4UzCPzKMzPHzXEzd9zl6zt1zz0zz0zz9zzMzy_zvl\ ztyztldt_EtM0m00m00m00m00m00m00m10m40d60l900r00i00\ d09_0MS0XM0iH0m00m00_0S0zP0vM0tK0rH0lE4iC9g9Ea6K_4\ PX1US0_P0dM0iH0oEK0gH0dE0aC0_90f66b4MZ1PS0SM0_K0gH\ 0oEUHgMPaHbX9fS4mM3vHbsqfzzizgzv06lXCiaHggMdlKgrHi\ vElzClzCoz9rz6rz4tz1vz1yz0yz0zz0zz0zz0vz0oz0iz0ay0\ Ul0P_0HM09604000000000000000001004604C06K19S4C_4Eg\ 6El6Ht9Kz9MzCPzCPzXSzrUzzXzz_zzSzzKyzClz6at0Pl0Ed0\ 1X00P00H00900S40z1_z6az9g } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================