[Fractint] FOTD 30-08-04 (Fractal Fowl-up [7])

30 Aug 2004

      FOEFD -- August 30, 2004 (Rating 7)

Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

Today's image is named "Fractal Fowl-up.  The name does not 
imply that I feel I made a big mistake in creating the image, 
nor does it imply that my spelling skills need improvement.  It 
refers instead to the chicken-scratchy filaments surrounding the 
grossly-distorted midget at the center.  While I was studying 
the image, searching for a name, these filaments reminded me of 
the chicken scratches one might see on the ground in a chicken 
coop. (Not having a chicken coop, I can only guess what the 
ground inside one might look like, but my guess probably has at 
least a small resemblance to reality.)

The parent fractal, which was created by the simple formula 
Z^(2.1)+C, is a distorted Mandeloid with a smaller Mandeloid 
lying in the chaos on the southwest edge of its main bay.  This 
parent lies four levels up the multi-dimensional logarithmic 
hyper-spiral.  Today's image is located in a tangled nest of 
filaments just beyond the west end of the smaller Mandeloid.

Thanks to a little bit of extra coloring effort that I put into 
the image, I was able to rate it at a 7.  When the fast render 
time is considered, the overall value rates a quite impressive 
279.  And, as is always the case, the pre-rendered image may be 
downloaded from the FOTD web site at:

       <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>

Mostly sunny, hot and humid weather prevailed all day Saturday 
and Sunday here at Fractal Central.  With the temperature 
hovering around 90F 32C, the fractal cats spent their outdoor 
time catching up on their sleep.  They seemed happy enough.  
Today however promises to bring rain by afternoon, so we'll have 
to wait to see how the duo adjusts.

And I wonder how I'll adjust when I get the work caught up.  
Only time will tell.  The next FOEFD will appear in one or two 
days.  Until that wonderful moment arrives, take care, and even 
skeptics are sometimes right.

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

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  p=real(p2)+PI
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