Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

A not-totally-unexpected shopping spree erupted Saturday here at FC, which left little time for a proper fractal search.  All is not lost however, for I found today's image, which is nowhere near the best of all time, but is not the worst either.

The image is the third venture into the same parent fractal, this time into the southern shore of the valley on the west side of the main bay.  The nature of this valley is unclear, though it impresses me as an 'east valley' type of thing.

The effect of overlapping bubbles was created by rendering the scene with the outside set to 'fmod'.  At the moment I forget exactly what 'fmod' stands for, but whatever it is, it sometimes creates interesting images.

The rating of a 4 could have been several points higher if the hastily-found canary-yellow background had not been so ridiculously intense.  This over-intense background is the inspiration for the name "Sing Like a Canary".

The calculation time of 40 seconds is near the speed of light, and will cause no impatience even for those with the shortest attention spans.

The weather was uneventful here at Fractal Central today.  The temperature of 52F 11C was close to normal.  The clouds were thin enough to let some sun through, but thick enough to prevent the day from being described as sunny.  The fractal cats were annoyed by our absence, and did not concern themselves with outside conditions.

It's the shopping season again, so FL and I did our share to keep the seasonal spirit high and the merchants' cash registers jingling for a good part of the day.  I really dislike shopping, but I guess it's part of everyone's duty as a free citizen to go out and keep the economy moving.  The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours.  Until then, take care, and the greatest illusion creator of all time is the universe.  It actually has people convinced that it's really out there.

Jim Muth
jamth@mindspring.com
jimmuth@aol.com


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