Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

As expected, an unplanned shopping trip arose by surprise on Saturday, which kept FL, (and myself also to some degree), occupied most of the day, exploring the Susquehanna Mall, a place that I always avoid assiduously.  But thanks to providence, (whatever that is), the task was eventually completed, and we found ourselves back at FC before daylight failed.  This left enough time to find a respectable but not quite outstanding fractal, but not enough time to finish the discussion.

The generating formula is total whimsy.  I took eleven negative parts of Z^(-1.1) and combined them with 1.1 negative parts of Z^(-11) before adding straight C.  The parent fractal is a most unpromising thing -- an oversized open oval with a small blob and a small wedge floating in its center.  But the wedge is full of detail, and a quick search led me to today's scene, which lies in a more chaotic area of the wedge.

I named the image "Grated Remnants".  The texture of the eight obvious features surrounding the central minibrot reminds me of a kitchen grater.

I rated the image at a 7, which is kind of a FOTD standard.

The calculation time of 8-1/3 minutes could cause a bit of fidgeting among those with too many other things to get done.

To prevent fidgeting, the finished image will soon be available at:

http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html

(But the last I heard, the site at:
http://www.fractal-animation.net/fotd2.zip
was no longer being kept up to date.)

I do not know what the situation is at the original FOTD web site at:

http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/

I have not heard from Paul in several weeks, though I continue to send the finished images to him.

A mix of clouds and sun and a not-too-chilly temperature of 39F +4C made Saturday a near-average mid-December day here at Fractal Central.  The fractal cats must have agreed, for when we returned from the shopping, we found them waiting in the window. After surviving the shopping, I had a day that was acceptably uneventful.

The next FOTD will be posted in 13 hours or so, but with no promises made as to the quality of the fractal.  Until then, take care, and if seven is lucky and thirteen is unlucky, what happens if you combine them and come up with twenty?

Jim Muth
jamth@mindspring.com


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