Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

This is the month of deep images, but at a magnitude of only 4*(10^19), today's image lies at nowhere near a record depth in the Mandelbrot set.  Since arbitrary math is necessary, the scene is deep enough to qualify as a deep image however.

The scene is located in the East Valley of a minibrot that lies deep in the northwest valley enclosing the period-23 bud on the south shore of East Valley of the M-set.

The rating of today's image is a question mark.  This is because its coloring is experimental.  To get the effect, I first reduced an everyday color palette to gray scale then added the tints by hand.  Part of the image is still pure gray scale, while other parts have color shades of varying intensity.  The final effect is interesting but I could not decide on a definite rating.

The name "Color in Black and White" is an oxymoron.  By definition, 'black and white' implies a total lack of color.  (Actually, a black and white image contains all the colors, but they are all of the same intensity, giving the visual effect of a lack of color.)

The image is deep enough to require arbitrary precision math, which means it is a slow one, taking almost 45 minutes to complete.

The weather conditions in the Fractal Central area were near perfect today.  The early morning fog soon cleared off to reveal a cloudless blue sky, which prevailed for the rest of the day.  The fractal cats approved of the hot sun and temperature of 86F 30C from their inside location.  Nicholas tried to make a breakout when we opened the front door.  He made it into the vestibule, but much to his disappointment, was stopped by the outer door.  Cassie watched with amusement.  She is quite happy to be a totally indoor cat.

The humans spent the day at the Sunbury River Festival, our small town's big annual event.  We arrived just as an exhibition of belly dancing was starting.  Being a refined gentleman, I averted my gaze . . . directly to the action.  If I recover, which I fully expect to do, the next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours.  Until then, take care, and don't worry.  I apologized to the Big Guy up there, made a sincere act of contrition, and will do my penance.


Jim Muth
jimmuth@earthlink.net


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