FOTD -- December 08, 2003 (Rating 5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: It's a busy Monday here at Fractal Central, so the discussion will be correspondingly short. In yesterday's discussion, I mentioned an element in the image that reminds me of a scorpion and inspired the name. Today's image is a close-up of that scorpion, which fills the center of the screen and faces the upper-right corner of the frame. (Perhaps I should have called it a lobster.) The curled-up tail of the scorpion is clearly visible, though a bit of imagination is needed to see the claws. The background has a theme of square rather than smoothly curving spirals, one of the more unusual types of spiral. Since I spent almost no time finding the image, and only a few minutes writing this discussion, I can rate the image no higher than an average 5. The 11-minute render time can be cut significantly by download- ing the completed GIF file from: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> or from: <http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html> A cold, windy Sunday here at Fractal Central produced moody cats who sulked around the house most of the afternoon. Two treats of tuna were needed to restore their spirits. I'm beginning to wonder how much tuna is too much. If we need to continue giving them so many tuna treats, the duo might grow bored with tuna and demand something like lobster. Well, I've got that work to finish, so I'd best start moving. Until next FOTD, take care, and keep those iterations coming. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ TheSecondScorpion { ; time=0:10:58.28--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotBC1 function=floor passes=1 center-mag=-0.38011718899537150/-2.001815087683078\ 00/1599.36/1/-52.5000000000051159/8.14260464609972\ 701e-012 params=1.096/0/96/1000 float=y maxiter=10000 inside=255 logmap=176 periodicity=10 colors=000dKUeKUfKUgKUhKUhKUhKUhKUhKUhKUhKUhKUhKUh\ KUhKUhKUhLUhMUhNVhOWhPXhQYhRZhS_hT`hUaiVbjWckXdlYe\ mZfoYfoWfoUfoTfoRfoPeoOeoMeoKeoJdoHdoFdoEdoCcoAco9\ co7co6cn7bn7am7am7`m7`l7_l7Zl7Zk7Yk7Yj7Xj7Wj7Wi7Vi\ 7Vi8Uh8Uh8Tg8Sg8Sg8Rf8Rf8Qf8Pe8Pe8Oe8Od8Nd8Mc8Mc9L\ c9Lb9Kb9Kb9Ja9Ia9I`9H`9H`9G_9F_9F_9EZ9EZ9DaA8_9BZ9\ DX8FW8HV8JT7MS7OR7QP6SO6UN6WL5ZK5aI4cH4fG4hE3zD3zC\ 3zA2z92z71z82z93zA4zB5zC6zD7zE8zF9zG9zHAzIBzJCzKDz\ LEzMFzNGzOHzPHzQIzRJzSKzSLzTMzUNzVOzWPzXPzYQzZRz_S\ z`TzaUzbVzcWzdXzeXzfYzgZzh_zi`zjazkbzlczrezodzlczj\ czgbzdazbaz_`zX_zVazSczQezNgzKizIkzFmzCozAqz7sz3uz\ 5wz6zz7zz8zzAzzBzzCzzDzzFzzGzzHzzIzzJzzLzzMzzNzzOz\ zQzzRzzSzzTzzVzzWzzXzzYzz`zz_zzZzzYzzXzzWzzVzzVzzU\ zzTzzSzzRzzQzzPzzPzzOzzNzzMzzLyzKyzKyzIxzGxzExzCxz\ Awz8wz6wz4xz5wz6wz7wz8wz9wzAwzBwzCwzDvzEvzFvzGvzHv\ zIvzJvzKvzLuzMuzNuzNuzOuz } frm:MandelbrotBC1 { ; by several Fractint users 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 Z=exp(e*(Z+flip(q)))+C |Z|<a } END 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE==================================