FOTD -- December 30, 2003 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today is the next-to-last day of the year 2003 here at Fractal Central, (and everywhere else as well), and there is a bit of work I want to put behind me before the year changes. Today's discussion will therefore be short and to the point. The image is a scene in the fractal that results when 0.3 parts of Z^(-9.5) are combined with 3 parts of Z^(-1.5) and (1/C) is added. The parent fractal is one of those disorganized, rambling things that results when negative powers of Z are combined. Today's image is as much a demonstration of the program features as a discovery of a new fractal. I have rendered the image with the outside set to 'fmod' and the inside set to 'bof61'. I normally prefer to avoid program trickery, but in today's case, using the available features results in a more interesting image. The image as it is, rates a 6. When rendered in the normal manner, the image rates only a 4. The two extra rating points were IMO worth the departure from fractal purity. Something about the image reminds me of fish. I therefore named it "Something Fishier", though I can see really nothing in the picture that could be associated with fish. The render time of 27 minutes is slow, but can be avoided by downloading the finished GIF image from: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Monday was quite pleasant here at Fractal Central. The sky was mostly sunny, the temperature reached 54F 12C, the wind was light, and the cats were happy. Today started wet, but the rain moved out quickly and the sun is now appearing. I expect the cats will be happy again. The next FOTD, the last for 2003, is already in the works, and will appear right here in about 24 hours. Until then, take care, and keep looking for fractals. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ Something_Fishier { ; time=0:27:08.65--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix2 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+1.72463778859888/+0.14466193464504/2.8\ 39504e+007/1/5/-5.201420565093e-008 params=3/-1.5/\ 0.3/-9.5/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=1200 inside=bof61 proximity=2 outside=fmod periodicity=10 colors=000BIGAIGAIGAIG9IG9IG9IG9IG8IG8IG8IG7IF8IG9\ IH9IIAIJBIKBILCIMDINDIOEIPFIQFIRGISHITHHURG_JEWJDX\ KCYLAXKBYKCZKC_KD`KDaKEbKEcKFdKFeKGfKGgKHhKHiJIiJK\ jJMkJOlJRmJTnJWoJYpJ`rJbtJevJgxJjyJlzKjyLhxMewNcvO\ `uPZtQWsRUrSRrTRrUQqVRqWRpXRpYRpYSoZSo_So`SnaTnbTm\ cTmdTmeTlfUlgUlhUkiUkjVjkVjlVjmVinWioWipWhqWhtVgqW\ hoWimWjkWjiXkfXldXlbXm`YnZYnWYoUYpSZpQZqOZrL_sMZrN\ YrOXrPWrQVrRUrSTrTSrURrVQrWPrXOrXNrYMrZLr_Kr`JraIr\ bHrcGrdFreErfDrgCrgBrhDsiFsiHsjIskKtkMtlNtlPtmRunT\ unUuoWupYvpZvq`vZbzrcvsewsgwtiwtjwulxvnxvoxwqxxsyx\ uyyvyyxyzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzxzzwzzuzztzzszzqzzpzyozxm\ zwlzvkzuizuhztfzsezrdzqbypayp`yoZynYymXylVykUyjSyj\ RxiQxhOxgNxfMxeKxeJxdIxcGxbFwaDw`Cw`Bw_9wZ8wY7wX5w\ W4wW3tY5rZ7p_8m`AkaCibDgcFddGbeI`fKYhLWiNUjPSkQPlS\ NmTLnVIoXGpYEq_BqaCr`Dr_ErZFsZGsYHsXIsXJtWKtVLtUMt\ UNuTOuSPuSQuRRvQSvPBXGBXG } frm:MandelbrotMix2 {; Jim Muth a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(((-a*b*g*h)^j)+(p4)), k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } END 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE==================================