Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

Today's image rates a 9.  In my opinion it is worth it.  I have rarely seen a FOTD fractal image with such a solid-looking ring filling such a large part of the frame.  With perhaps a bit too much exaggeration, I named it "Beast With 1500 Iterations".

The parent fractal is a moth-eaten series of bays and other assorted open areas that came about when I subtracted 0.3 parts of Z^(2.5) from 0.6 part of Z^(-1.5) and added straight C on each iteration.

The most obvious feature of this parent is a twisted Mandeloid at its the northern end, with the northern side of the main bud connecting into another, even more distorted, Mandeloid, which does not appear to be critical.  Today's scene is located in what I take to be the southern branch of Seahorse Valley of the northern Mandeloid.

The striking effect of solidity in today's image was created by rendering the scene with the inside set to 'tdis' followed by careful coloring.  For some reason I declined to award myself the usual half-point bonus for extra effort on the coloring.  A rating of 9 is exceptional enough as it is, however.

The name was inspired by those junky old horror movies that I still enjoy watching.  They lacked the super-computerized special-effect explosions, but made up for it by being so bad that they were actually good.

The calculation time of 2-1/4 minutes may not pass in a flash, but it will certainly pass in two flashes.  The flashing may be eliminated by viewing the finished image on the web sites.

The day brought lots of clouds with a few breaks of sun, as well as occasional periods of light rain to Fractal Central.  The temperature of 72F 22C was within a few degrees of normal, making for a satisfactory day.  The day was also satisfactory for the fractal cats, who watched birds, chased each other up and down the fractal hallway, fought over the collapsible cat cube, and asked for an extra treat.

With all else going well, the fractal humans had nothing to complain about.  The next FOTD will be posted in the near future.  Only time will tell if it goes well.  Until next time, take care, and we think, therefore we might or might not be real.

Jim Muth
jimmuth@earthlink.net


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