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Fractal of the Day
by Jim Muth
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Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: I could not rate today's image because I consider it a virtual failure. I calculated it with great expectations only to see my hopes vanish when the time came to work on the colors. Regardless of what arrangement of colors I tried, the image just did not look good. And the other 'outside' coloring options worked no better. I'm not sure what went wrong, but I suspect that the basic fractal forms are simply too chaotic to create the well-defined 'objects' that I prefer in my images. And the tiny bits and pieces scattered throughout the scene add nothing at all to the appearance. Something about the image reminds me of a fireworks pinwheel, so that's what I named it. The parent fractal is the same one that produced yesterday's notably superior image, though in today's image I investigated a different valley of the clover-leaf shaped hole. The calculation time of 4-1/2 minutes is not too bad. Even better is the instant viewing available on the FOTD web site at: Partly cloudy skies and a temperature of 75F 24C made Tuesday rather pleasant here at Fractal Central. The fractal cats took enough of a break from their rowdy behavior to notice the sunny intervals. Then they returned to their mischief. We had to crack down when Nicholas overturned a waste basket and scattered the contents around the room. My day was unexpectedly busy, and I suspect the fractal suffered beacuse of it. But tomorrow will likely be slower, resulting in a better fractal. Check back in 24 hours to see if I keep my word. Until then, take care, and in fractals we see the abstractions known as numbers creating 'real' images. In physics we see the abstractions known as atoms creating 'real' material. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com |
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