FOTD -- January 05, 2003 (Rating 4) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: With today's image I make one of my rare departures from fractal purity. Instead of showing an interesting scene rendered in the normal manner, the image shows a rather ordinary scene rendered in an unusual manner. Instead of consisting of equal iteration bands, the image was created by rendering it with the outside set to 'atan'. Instead of spending my fractal time searching for a scene, I spent it in fine tuning the color palette for the smoothest possible effect. The net result rates a 4, which is somewhat below average, and shows that, at least to me, an undistorted presentation of a fractal discovery is more important than pseudo-artistic fractal 'creativity'. I named the image "Octo-Something". An early version of the image had eight 'somethings' lying somewhere in it. But whatever it was that inspired the name has long since been lost. In the image, the perennial midget is offset to the right, and has little of the usual symmetry surrounding it. The lack of symmetry is partly due to the nature of the area and partly due to the unusually low magnitude. This low magnitude has one great benefit however -- it makes the image a very fast one. The 45-second render time is a welcome relief from the 1-1/2 hour wait that was necessary to see yesterday's image. The parent fractal, which was created by combining negative portions of Z^(-1.9) and Z^(-9.1) and adding (1/C), is a shapeless thing with three large bays and many smaller coves. Today's image is located in an unlikely area that I happened to zoom into by chance. It will probably take longer to download the image than to render it from the included parameter file, but those who choose to download will not be disappointed. The completed image is available on the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Though Sunday promised to be pleasant here at Fractal Central, the promise was not fulfilled. Instead of the forecasted sun and temperature close to 70F 21C, we had heavy clouds and a temperature of 46F 8C. The cats tried the yard only a few minutes before deciding that a day indoors would be more com- fortable. The traditional tuna treat restored their spirits. Today is starting even worse -- it is raining. Check back in 24 hours to see how the cats adapt, and when you do, you might even enjoy a better fractal. Until then, take care, and keep discour- agement at bay. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ Octo-Something { ; time=0:00:45.53--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+0.99960116589275130/-0.228694138466237\ 50/117.874/1/50/-6.99683366800485373e-012 params=-1.9/-9.1/-9.1/-1.9/0/0 float=y maxiter=1800 inside=0 outside=atan periodicity=10 colors=000Ae`9gY9iW9kU9mR9oP9qN9rL8tI8vG8xEAzBhz9m\ z7hz5cz6Cz6Ex6Gv7It7Kr7Mo7Om8Pk8Ri8Tg9Ve9Xb9Z`9`ZA\ bXAcVAeTBgQBiOBkMBmKCoICqGCrFFrEClDAfC8`C6VB4PA2JA\ 0OB5TC9XCEaDIfENjERoFWsF_rGZrGZrGZqGZqGZqGZpGYpGYp\ GYoGYoHYoHYnHXnHXnHXmHXmHXmHXlHWlHWlIWkIWkIWkIWjIV\ jIVjIViIViIViIViGWiIVhKVhMVgNVfPVeRVdTVdUVcWUbYUa_\ Ua`U`bU_dUZfUYiTZgU_fV`eVadWbcWbbXcaXd`Ye_ZfZZfY_g\ X_hW`iV`jUajTbkSblRcmQcnOdoMdpNeqOfrPgsQitRkrSmpTo\ nUqlVojWmhXkfYidZgb_e``cZaaXb_VcYTcWRbUPaSN`QL_PJY\ OHXNFWLDVKBUJASI8RG7QF5PE3NC4OD5PD5QD6RD7SE7TF8UG9\ VH9WIAXJBYKBZLC_MD`NDaOEbPFcQGdRHeSIfUJgXKhZKhaNfV\ PdURbTU`SWZRYXQ`VPbTOdQNfOMeOLdPKcQJbRKaSLaTM`UO_V\ PZWQYXRYYTXZUW_VV`XUaYUbZTc_SdaRebQfcQgePhfOigNjhM\ kjMlkLmlKnnJooIppMquIpqEpmAoi6oe2ob8mZElWKkTPjQVhN\ `gKffHkeElfGlfImfJmfLmfMnfOnfPnfRofSofUofVpfXpfYpf\ _qf`qfbujbqfcmccj`cfXccUd } frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; Jim Muth a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(-a*b*g*h)^j, k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } END 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE==================================