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Fractal of the Day
by Jim Muth
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Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: The continuing rush here at Fractal Central shows little signs of abating. But the fractals keep coming. And why not? The FOTD is becoming so automated that it takes little more than 10 minutes of my time. The question now is, 'can good fractals and interesting discussions be found automatically, and if they can, what does this say about the worth of fractals in general?' Today's hastily-found image takes us deep into the east branch of the valley of the period-3 bud on the north shoreline of the main cardioid (bay) of the Mandelbrot set. I searched for all of two minutes before finding this familiar-looking scene, whose only redeeming features are a too-high logmap value and a little extra attention given to the coloring. The too-high logmap is the cause of the flat background, which is not all bad, since it gives the overall scene the appearance of brilliant little beads floating in infinite space. I named the image "For Ever and Ever More", and rated it at a 4, which fits well with the fourth day of the month. When the render time of over 15 minutes is figured in, the overall value rates a 26. When the completed GIF image is downloaded from the FOTD web site, the overall value has little meaning. The completed image may be found at: Monday and Tuesday were warm and muggy here at Fractal Central, but no rain fell and the dynamic fractal cats had two good days in the yard. Today is starting similarly. It again looks good for the duo. For me it looks like more work waiting to be done, but that's nothing new. Until next time, most likely in a day or two, take care, and if you find life too filled with worries, become a nihilist. Then you will have nothing to worry about. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com |
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