Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

It's Saturday, and as so often happens, FL and I spent the afternoon on an antiquing expedition.  Luckily, I found today's image a few days ago, but the 30 minutes or so it took to engage my brain and write the incredibly entertaining discussion set things back a bit.  This explains the briefness, but does not excuse the rating of a lowly 6.

The drawback is the colors, which are downright muddy, with high and low value areas mixed together in a downright non-aesthetic manner.  If I had more time, I might have improved the colors, but the image is a difficult one and I did not wish to spend time on a possibly futile effort.

Today's image lies in the same parent fractal as yesterday's.  But instead of being located in the southern debris, today's is found in the east valley area of a large minibrot in the debris on the northwest edge of the main bay.

The name "Sylvester's Dilemma" came about when I thought of Sylvester, the perennially hungry cartoon cat, who can't catch a canary and is so often seen scrounging through trash cans for fish bones.  The eight prominent elements around the central minibrot remind me of his fish bones.

The calculation time of 11-3/4 minutes is a big drawback, especially for an image of such questionable quality.  Relief for this dilemma is available on the web sites, however.

A minor break in the oppressive heat made today's weather here at Fractal Central a notable improvement over yesterday's.  Clouds obscured the sun during most of the afternoon, holding the temperature to a warm but respectable 90F 32C, while the drier air and breeze made it actually pleasant to be outdoors.  The fractal cats spent the day waiting for their pet humans to return.  The next FOTD will be posted when I get a round tuit.  Until whenever, take care, and what the heck is a tuit?

Jim Muth
jimmuth@earthlink.net


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