FOTD -- December 29, 2004 (Rating 4) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: To find today's image I checked the Z^(1.98)+C Mandeloid 3.1 levels up the logarithmic spiral. The parent fractal is a distorted Mandelbrot set with numerous splits along the negative real axis. Today's scene is located in a distorted valley of a large bud on the northwest shoreline of the main bay. For some reason now forgotten, I named the extremely busy image "Verdancy". The name is not really deserved, as the image has little resemblance to a lush forest. In fact, it is such a mish-mash of assorted and not-always-harmonious colors that I could rate it at only a 4. The not-exactly-fast render time of over 17 minutes raises this to a humble 23. But all is not lost, for the image has been pre-rendered and posted on the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> from where it may safely be downloaded. <The philosophical part of this discussion has been omitted from the Fractint version, but it appears in the philofractal version.> Tuesday was chilly here at Fractal Central, but not as chilly as Monday had been. The high temperature of 36F 2C was just warm enough for the fractal duo to venture off the porch and spend over an hour checking the holly thicket. When they found nothing out of order, they returned inside to enjoy their treat of tuna. Today is starting notably milder. It should be a fine day for the duo. I continue to be asked if and when pictures of the dynamic duo of fractal cats will be posted. The problem is that my 25-year- old Pentax SLR film camera has stopped working and I have not found an opportunity, nor a good-enough reason, to purchase and learn to operate one of the 'new-fangled' electronic cameras. But one of these days I will do so, and the cats' pictures will be available for all the world to see. For me it looks like work for most of the day, then a trip to the land of fractals, where I will linger awhile to ponder deep philosophical things not necessarily designed to make people feel good. The image I find there will appear as tomorrow's FOTD. The thoughts will appear in the philofractal discussion. Until then, take care, and never stop searching. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Verdancy { ; time=0:17:23.70--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotBC2 passes=1 periodicity=10 center-mag=-0.49203911917759770/+0.522166115275836\ 80/2411091/1/-67.5/-2.1590601288757e-007 logmap=360 params=1.98/0/3.1/0 float=y maxiter=3500 inside=0 colors=000K5BU5AT6AT69T79T79S88T88U98U97UA7VA6WB6X\ B6YC5ZC5_A2ZC5ZD7ZF9ZGCYIEYJGYLJYMLXONXPPXRSXSUWUW\ WVZWX`WYbWZdY_cZ_b``aaaacb`eb_fcZhdYjeXkeWmfWogVph\ UrhTtiSujRwkQxkQvhRteRrcRq`SoYSmWSkTSjQThOTfLTeIUc\ GUaDU_AUZ8VX5VV2VU0V`GNfVGlj8ry1sv3st4sr5sp7tn8tl9\ tjAthCtfDudEubGu`HuZIuXJvULvSMuQNtOPtMQsKRrISqGSpE\ PpCOoAPn8Pm6Ql4Rj5Ti6Uh7Ug8Vg9WhARcAV`BIbC_eD_eE`e\ FajGfeFbaE_YEXVDUSCRPCOMBLJAIHAGF9DD8A771D89G9FKAL\ NARRBXUCbXChYEgYFfZGeZIeZJd_Kc_Mc_Nb`Oa`Qa`R`aS_aU\ _aVZbWYbYYcZXc_WcaWdbVdcUdeUefTegSeiSfjRfkQflQdRFc\ 65b76b87b98aA9aBAaBB`CC`DD`ED`FE_GF_GGkHHZIIZJJZKK\ _4LZKKYZJYmIWlKVlLUkMTkNSjORjPQwQPpROhSNhTLhVKgWJg\ XIfYHfZGe_Fe`EdaDdbCdcDbbEabF`aF_aGZ`HY`HX_IW_JVZJ\ UZKTYLSYLRXMQXNPWNOWONVPMVSOUVQUYSU`UUcWUfYUi_UlaU\ ocUreUugUwhUxiUyjUzkUzlUzmUznUzoUzpUzqUzrUzsUztUzu\ UzvUzwUzxUzyUzzUzzUzzUzzU } frm:MandelbrotBC2 { ; by several Fractint users e=p1, a=imag(p2)+100 p=real(p2)+PI q=2*PI*floor(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 PARAMETER FILE=========================================