FOTD -- October 07, 2004 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: I have been a bit disappointed by my adventures so far in the Barnsley formulas. Maybe the reason is that they do not seem to produce Mandelbrot midgets, which are my specialty. What they do produce is mostly the kind of images I pass by while using the MandelbrotMix or BranchCut formulas. Then maybe I am under- estimating these formulas. After all, Barnsley considered them good enough to include in his book "Fractals Everywhere" where they first appeared. I might do better with them if I read the book. Today's image, which was created by the barnsleym2 formula, is totally a result of my effort. I created and am totally respon- sible for the coloring, good or bad as it may be. The fractal program is innocent of any wrongdoing. The image is basically a different aspect of the "Metropolis" fractal of Oct 2, which was created by the barnsleyj1 formula, but instead of resembling an aerial view of a city street grid, it resembles a view looking up into a windowed dome, with brilliant sunlight streaming through. I named the picture "Domed Windows" accordingly. I rather like the hazy effect, and was tempted to give the image a rating of something like an 8. But since the picture was created almost entirely by me, such a rating would have shouted, "Jim the Great and Magnificent Fractalist!" I do not consider myself a great fractalist, only a stubbornly persistent one, so I rated the image at a more conservative 6, which is still better than the recent FOTD's. The October fractals, though not great, have so far been very speedy indeed. With its render time of only 17 seconds, today's image continues the lightning trend. The fast render time gives today's image an exaggerated overall value of 2091. Fast as it may be, the render time can be eliminated entirely by download- ing the finished image from the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Wednesday started perfect, stayed perfect, and ended perfectly perfect here at Fractal Central. The cats, who like things perfect, were perfectly happy. True, things got a bit tense when the new cat on the block wandered into the yard, but as soon as Tippy went into fighting mode and started toward the intruder with back arched and tail bristled, the other cat quickly retreated. As usual, Thomas merely watched. The day ended with two happy cats enjoying their Fancy Feast cat food. Today is promising to be even more perfect, if such a thing is possible. With the commercial work completely caught up, my day was also perfect -- well maybe not absolutely perfect but near-perfect. A perfect 10-rated fractal would have been necessary to make the day absolutely perfect. The next fractal will appear in 24 hours, and I will likely have a few kind words to say about it. Until that moment arrives, take care, and watch where you wander in the world of fractals. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Domed_Windows { ; time=0:00:17.20--SF5 on a P200 reset=2003 type=barnsleym2 passes=1 periodicity=10 center-mag=-0.00346218/1.48287/35.15813/1/22.5/1.5\ 3051182838481736e-013 params=-0.6/-1.3 float=y maxiter=500 bailout=1000 inside=0 logmap=yes colors=000WVLUTMSRNQQOOOPMNQKLRIKSGITEHUCFVAEW8CX6\ BY49Z38Z69W9AUBBQECRHESJGTMIUNKVOMXPNZQOaRPeSQiTQl\ UXoeczfizgrzhwzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmz\ zmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzm\ zzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzz\ mzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmz\ zmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzm\ zzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzz\ mzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmz\ zmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzm\ zzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzz\ mzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmz\ zmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzm\ zzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzz000000000000\ 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\ 0000000000000000000000000 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================