Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

Things have been very wet here at Fractal Central these past few days, wet enough in fact to flood the FC basement 10cm deep.  But by Sunday the water had subsided, and things were getting back to normal.

In the fractal department, I have returned to an old formula for today’s image — the Mystic2 formula, which is at least 12 years old.  When the inside is set to a flat color, this formula draws nothing but empty circles, but when an active coloring such as the ‘bof61 is applied to the inside, strange things begin happening.  Today’s image shows some of these strange things.

The image consists entirely of inside stuff made visible by the ‘bof61’ inside fill.  It is very sensitive to changes in the inside fill, the function and the p3 parameter.  The p1 and p2 parameters have a far lesser effect.

The name “Shadow Dance” sounds kind of Native Americanish, but it has little to do with the appearance of the image.

Due to the lack of organized colors, I could rate it no higher than a 6.

The finished image soon will be available on the current FOTD web site at:

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

The original FOTD web site may be found at:

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

My own FOTD web site will soon be up and running, though due to problems dealing with the flooded basement, it has made no progress since the last report.

Sunday brought clouds and a temperature of 43F +6C to Fractal Central.  The fractal cats took it all in stride.  They were more interested in being fed.  My day was spent recuperating from the flooded basement and watching far greater disasters on TV.  The next FOTD will be posted in a couple days.  Until then, take care, and no matter how bad things seem, they are never so bad that they could not get worse.

Jim Muth
jamth@mindspring.com


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frm:Mystic2 {; Jim Muth
a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), c=real(p2),
d=imag(p2), k=real(p3), f=imag(p3),
g=pixel, z=(pixel)^a+(b*(pixel))^c:
z=(fn1(z)+(d*(g)))^k+(f*(cos(g)))
g=sqr(g),
LastSqr <= 100 }

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