FOTD -- March 13, 2004 (Rating 5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image is an error. When setting the parameters, I inadvertently forgot to reset the formula function to 'floor'. The results of the mistake were not all bad however. Like the 'Tim's error' formula in Fractint, the mixed-up formula produced quite an interesting image. So that this mix-up does not happen again, I will rewrite the MandelbrotBC1 formula, rename it MandelbrotBC2, and change the variable parameter to a fixed one. But the image that was produced in error will keep its honored position as FOTD for March 13. The parent fractal consists of a large irregular bay with several tiny bays along its smooth eastern shore. The western shore of the bay consists of what I call wetland -- a large area of near total chaos. But as today's image, which is a scene in this wetland, shows, near total chaos does not equal uselessness. I have given the image the simple name "Merely a Scene". That's what it is. There is no sign of my ever-present midgets, though some rudimentary ones do exist is other parts of the parent fractal. The image consists of a single shaft jutting down from the top of the frame and meeting a fragment of a second shaft near the bottom of the frame. The distant background is filled with similar shafts. The main shaft has an unusually vivid three-dimensional appearance, an effect that is not always easy to achieve with colors alone. I gave the image a rating of a 5. The lack of a midget dropped the rating as much as two points. Another bad feature is the slowness of the image, which takes over one hour to render on my machine. When the rating and render time are combined, the over- all value comes in at a lowly 7.2. The hour wait for the image to render can be avoided by down- loading the completed GIF file from the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> The image is slow, so before visiting the site, give Paul a chance to render and post it. Too much wind and too low a temperature kept the fractal cats confined indoors on Friday, but today is starting with much less wind. Hopefully, the temperature will rise to a level that is acceptable to the cat duo. If not, it's back to the tuna. As for me, I've got a bit of work to finish, and then it's all fun and games. Until next time, take care, and if you don't take care, watch out. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ Merely_a_Scene { ; time=1:09:15.00--SF5 on a P200 reset=2003 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotBC1 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+0.67813638334978250/+0.185081778774343\ 90/1.597705e+007/1/-40/1.216475693094354e-008 params=1.2/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=10000 inside=255 logmap=874 periodicity=10 colors=000aUY_TWYSUVRSSQQPOONNMKLKHJIEIGCGE9FC6DAA\ 494C97FB9HDBJEELGGNIIPJLRLNTMPVORXQUZRW`TYbV`dWbfY\ dhZfj`hlbjnclpenrgpthrvjtwkvxmwyoxzqyzszzuzzwzzyzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzfHFfIFeJGeKHdLHdMIcNJcOKbPKbQLaRM\ aSM`TN`UO`UOZVNYVNXWMVWMUXLTXLRXLQYKPYKNZJMZJLZJJ_\ II_IH`HF`HE`HDaGBaGAbF9bF6YJ7`H8bF9eDAgCBjACl8Fz9D\ n7Cc6CT2BT5AT89TA9TD8TG7TI7TL6TN5TQ5TT4TV3TY3T`2Tb\ 1Te1Tg9WaGZX_VQYURWTSUTTSSUQRVOQWMPXKPYIOZGM_EK`CI\ aAHb8Fc6Dd4Be18g29e3Ac3Cb4E`4G_5IY6JX6LV7NU7QS8TR8\ WP9YOAUMA_LBdJBiIClGCnFIeHNXJSOLXFNY4Fa6Pe8Yj9eiAf\ hBghCggDhgEifFi`GheHjdIkdJlcKlcLmbMmbNnaOo`Po`Qp_R\ p_SqZTrZUrYVsSYuVXtYWs`VubUweTyhSzkRzmQzpPzsOzuNzv\ RzvUzvUzwUzwUzwUzwUzxUzxUzxUzyUzxUzwUzvUzuUzuUztUz\ sUzrUzrUzqUzpVzoTznQznNzmLzlIzkFzj9zkDzkHzlLzlOzlS\ zmWzm_zsfzpdzmbzjazh_zeZz } 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==================================