;     Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2003 09:02:21 -0500
;     From: Jim Muth <jamth@mindspring.com>
;  Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 07-01-03 (Ghostly Happenings [9])
;       Id: <1.5.4.16.20030107090500.0db72706@pop.mindspring.com>
; ---------
; FOTD -- January 07, 2003 (Rating 9)
; 
; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:
; 
; The work is quite heavy this morning.  With no time for a 
; lengthy discussion, I will let the image speak for itself.  This 
; is no problem, for it speaks very well.
; 
; I really like today's image.  The rating of 9 that it was given 
; is no exaggeration.  The image earns every bit of its excep-
; tional rating.
; 
; I named the picture "Ghostly Happenings", not because there is 
; something spooky about it, but because the image is another of 
; my 'evaporated' images, consisting of all-inside, with the ghost 
; of the vanished material made visible by <bof60> fill.
; 
; The parent fractal was created by combining negative portions of 
; Z^(-0.75) and Z^(-7.5) before adding (1/C).  The fact that one 
; exponent has ten times the value of the other is of no impor-
; tance.  The parent is an indescribable thing that is almost 
; impossible to describe, but it is typical of this class of 
; double-negative fractals.
; 
; Today's scene is located in a valley in an unlikely area of the 
; northern part of the parent.  I call the area unlikely because 
; at first glance it appears to be non-critical and therefore to 
; hold no midgets.  But, as today's image shows, the world of 
; fractals, like the real world, sometimes holds the unexpected.
; 
; The render time of 12 minutes is quite reasonable for such a 
; quality image.  And as always, the completed GIF file is 
; available on Paul's FOTD web site at:
; 
;           <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>
; 
; and on Scott's site at:
; 
;           <http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html>
; 
; The fractal weather here at Fractal Central on Monday was partly 
; cloudy with a temperature of 34F 1C and occasional flurries of 
; snow.  The dynamic cats, who dislike snow, spent the day 
; sleeping by the warmest radiators they could find.  I don't know 
; what has come over the once truly dynamic pair.  The older they 
; get, the more they sleep.  It seems like 10 years since they 
; last chased each other up and down the stairs.
; 
; As for myself, I have a bit of work to chase down and finish 
; before starting my search for a fractal that equals or exceeds 
; today's.  I probably will fail to find one -- such images are 
; not easy to find -- but check tomorrow to see how close I come.  
; Until then, take care, and good things sometimes come to those 
; who wait, but if they wait too long, they sometimes miss the 
; fractal boat.
; 
; 
; Jim Muth
; jamth@mindspring.com
; jimmuth@aol.com
; 
; 
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