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Fractal of the Day
by Jim Muth
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Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today I have good news! Starting today, the FOTD will resume its daily schedule. This schedule will continue, with occasional interruptions, for the foreseeable future, bringing new and hopefully greater fractal wonders each and every day. It has been sometimes said that I give too little attention to the built-in fractal types of Fractint. To correct this possible oversight, I have decided to post a FOTD created by each of the fractal types in turn, starting with today's image, which was created by the Barnsley-1 Julia formula. I believe that this series of formulas first appeared in Dr. Michael Barnsley's book "Fractals Everywhere". For now, I will confine my explorations to the escape-time fractal types. Having devoted so much time and effort to my own formulas, I have done very little exploring in the fractals created by some of these formulas, making them almost new. This should assure as exciting a trip for me as for the readers. Today's stop in the fractal created by the Barnsley j1 formula rates a 5. I am sure that this formula has far better images latent in it, but having done almost no exploring, I have settled for the best I could find after 27 minutes of exploration. The image has a rather sharp, scratchy feeling to it, which reminds me of the thicket of prickly brush at the bottom of the fractal yard, where the fractal cats go to feel safe when they sense a threat in the vicinity. The name "Fractal Briars" seems quite appropriate. Since the image is part of a Julia set, it can hold no Mandelbrot midgets. Instead of a midget at the center, we have a symmetrical area of chaos that reveals additional interesting scenes as one dives ever deeper into it. The render time of 25 seconds raises the merely average rating of a 5 to a very impressive 1190, one of the highest overall values of all time. Those who would rather not render may find the finished image available for download on the FOTD web site at: The weather here at Fractal Central on Thursday threatened showers, but nothing ever developed. The sun between clouds and temperature of 75F 24C were perfect for fractal cats. The two local ones made the most of it by enjoying the entire afternoon in the yard. When supper time arrived, they came indoors without complaint. For me, only a few traces of the work backlog remain to be cleared away, and those will be gone by the weekend. The next FOTD will appear in 24 hours at this same place. Until then, take care, and what is it all about? Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com |
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