FOTD -- October 03, 2004 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: I realized today that I had been hasty in searching for the first two fractal images of my tour through Fractint. When I posted the barnsleyj1 and barnsleyj2 images, I knew almost nothing of what these formulas can do. To correct the oversight, I have decided to start again today back at the beginning of the formula list. Today's second effort at the first Barnsley formula does not result in a great fractal, but it is certainly an improvement over the image of two days ago. Today's image was created by the barnsleyj1 formula. This time I examined the Mandelbrot version of the formula before setting the Julia parameters. The result is a rather unique image which I have named "Metropolis". I gave the image this routine name not because it reminds me of the city that Superman calls home, but because it reminds me of an aerial view of a grid of square city blocks. Such perfect squares and straight avenues as appear in the image are not easily found in fractals. This rarity earns the rating of 7. The rating is helped by the fact that I would have a difficult time producing a similar image from one of my work- horse formulas. The very fast render time of under 18 seconds gives the image an overall value of an astronomical and somewhat inflated 2414. Downloading the completed image from: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> might not be as fast, but it certainly is more convenient. A cloudy Saturday here at Fractal Central brought only a few sprinkles, and the temperature of 73F 23C made the outdoors comfortable for the fractal cats, who passed the afternoon in the holly thicket, showing themselves only when the dinner bell rang. Today is starting sunny and slightly cool. The duo will likely approve. For me it looks like a mixture of yard work and fractals for today. If I finish the yard work early enough, I might check the latest issue of 'Skeptical Inquirer' magazine, which I have not yet opened. Check back in 24 hours to see what I turn up in the land of fractals, and perhaps in the land of skepticism. Until then, take care, don't be too credulous, but be lively. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Metropolis { ; time=0:00:17.36--SF5 on a P200 reset=2003 type=barnsleyj1 passes=1 center-mag=0.417181/0.0913958/1.326295/1/-45/3.885\ 78058618804789e-016 params=1e-019/1.45 float=y maxiter=5000 bailout=1000 logmap=23 periodicity=10 colors=000KHHrzIUoIhvITlLThNSdPS`URXZRTcQPhQLmPHrP\ DvO9zO5zO2zS7zVBzTEzSGzRJzPLzOOzNQzLSzKVzJXzH_zGaz\ FczIafL_bOYYQWUTUPWSLZQG`OCbPCcQCeRCfRChSBiTBkUBlV\ BnWBoWBpUDpTEpRFpQGpOIpNJqLKqKLqIMqHOqFPqEQrCRrBSr\ 9Ur8Vr6Wr5Xr4Y`LdJ`k1pq2nn3lk4jh4ie5gb6e_6cY7bV8`S\ 8ZP9XMAWJAUHBSECQBCP8DN5EL2EK0FL2FM3GN4GO5HO6HP7HQ\ 8IR9IRAJSBJTCJUEKVFKVGLWHLXILYJMYKMZLN_MN`NN`OLhXJ\ odIvlHrjGoiFlgEifEfeiGNjGLjGKkGJkGIlGHlGGmGEmGDmGC\ nGBnGAoG9oG7pG6pG5qG4qG3qG2x88u7Is7Rp7_n7hk7qi7zfF\ scMmaTfZ_`WfUUmOWjPXhQZfR_dSabTb_TdYUeWVgUWhSXjPXk\ NYmLZnJ_pH`qF`pRfoalnmrmxwjsqgokekfbf``bWYZQWVLUTM\ SRNQQOOOPMNQKLRIKSGITEHUCFVAEW8CX6BY49Z38Z69W9AUBB\ SECQHDOJEMMFKPGIRHGUIEXJCZKAaL8cL6dSEeZMfdTgk`hrhi\ znhxohwogvpgupgspfrqfqqeprenremrdlsdksdjsdjsejseks\ ektektfktfltfltfltgmtgmtgmthnugmtflseksdjrciqbhqbh\ pago`fo_enZdmYcmSgITiITkI } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================