[Fractint] FOTD 17-02-03 (Theme and Variations [5])

17 Feb 2003

      FOTD -- February 17, 2003 (Rating 4)

Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

I enjoy shoveling snow, but this is ridiculous.  Once again, due 
to an immense quantity of snow that must be moved, the 
discussion will be very brief.

Today's hastily achieved fractal can rate only a 4, but that is 
only a little below average.  The parent fractal, whose formula 
is Z^1.19+C, resembles a double-lobed lake, with an immense 
filament extending to the SW, far beyond the borders of the 
default screen, which BTW has a magnitude of 2/3.

Today's scene is located near the tip of this curved filament.  
I have no idea how I found the mis-shapen minibrot on this 
totally chaotic filament.  I guess I have developed a fractal 
sixth sense, or more accurately a seventh sense, since I already 
have precognition.  (No, I cannot turn it on at will.)

The name, "Theme and Variations", was inspired by the melange of 
incongruous features that make up the image.  Then again, 
perhaps I should have named the image simply "Variations", since 
there is no single theme that unifies it.

The parameter file runs in 8 minutes.  The completed GIF image 
is available for download on the W.W.Web at:

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

and at:

          <http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html>

Heavy snow fell all day Sunday here at Fractal Central.  This, 
plus the temperature of 14F -10C, swept all thoughts of the 
outdoors from the minds of the fractal duo, who spent the day 
sleeping where it was warm.  This morning the snow is still 
falling.  Since the snow on the ground is about three times as 
deep as the cats are tall, they had best resign themselves to a 
long confinement.  As for me, I've got a lot of shoveling to do, 
and there is no time like the present to get started.

Until tomorrow's FOTD, take care, and, if I get myself dug out 
of the snow drift, see you then.

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

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  e=p1, a=imag(p2)+100
  p=real(p2)+PI
  q=2*PI*fn1(p/(2*PI))
  r=real(p2)-q
  Z=C=Pixel:
    Z=log(Z)
    IF(imag(Z)>r)
      Z=Z+flip(2*PI)
    ENDIF
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