Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: 

Things have finally settled down enough here at FC to once again devote energy to the FOTD.  Today's image is a scene in the parent fractal that results when the expression Z^(2.5)+C is iterated 5.2 levels up the hyperladder with no function applied.

This unimpressive parent resembles a Mandelbrot set rotated so that the area normally on the west faces northwest, with a large jagged bay where its East Valley should be and a main bud that has two equally large sub-buds.  Filaments extend from each of these sub-buds, with large minibrots on these filaments.

Today's scene lies in the large minibrot on the filament extending from the north sub-bud.  This minibrot has two 'main' buds, with a rudimentary bay between them.  This bay is the home of today's image.

I rated the image at a 7-1/2.  If I had had more time, I might have improved the colors enough to raise the rating to an 8.  As it is, the image is not all that bad to look at, and well worth the 1-3/4 minutes required to calculate it.

The name "Two and a Half" refers to the exponent of iterated Z.

Today was cloudy with a temperature of 43F +6C.  The fractal cat is doing fine.  His new companion is due on November 14.  The humans are still in the clean-up process.

I have much to say about the big N.E. storm and the things I am hearing about it, but these things are mostly political, with lack of knowledge abounding, and this is a fractal list.  I'll soon voice my opinion on the official FOTD web site, where I will be starting a blog where anything goes.

The next FOTD will be posted when I get a 'round tuit'.  Until whenever, take care, and instead of continuing to blather about the Arctic ice, let's talk about what's happening to the much more plentiful ice in the Antarctic.

Jim Muth
jimmuth@earthlink.net


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  ozzezzXzzlzz_zzkzz_zzdzzZ }

frm:MandelbrotBC3   { ; by several Fractint users
  e=p1, a=imag(p2)+100
  p=real(p2)+PI
  q=2*PI*fn1(p/(2*PI))
  r=real(p2)+PI-q
  Z=C=Pixel:
    Z=log(Z)
    IF(imag(Z)>r)
      Z=Z+flip(2*PI)
    ENDIF
    Z=exp(e*(Z+flip(q)))+C
  |Z|<a }

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