;     Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 23:31:41 EDT
;     From: JimMuth@aol.com
;  Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 08-08-06 (Up the Ladder [8])
;       Id: <bc3.27a23da.32095f9d@aol.com>
; ---------
; 
; FOTD -- August 08, 2006 (Rating 8)
; 
; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:
; 
; Today's rather unusual image takes us 414 levels up the logarith-
; mic ladder to see what the Z^sqrt(2)+C fractal looks like at 
; that lofty height.  Actually the fractal doesn't look like much. 
; It is little more than a cut-off blob.  But on the southwest 
; edge of the blob, a distorted pseudo-Mandelbrot midget lies.  
; Today's scene is located in what passes for the north branch of 
; Seahorse Valley of this midget.
; 
; I named the image "Up the Ladder".  And why not?  We had to 
; climb 414 levels to reach the parent fractal.
; 
; In my opinion, the image is unusual enough to be worth a rating 
; of an 8.  Others may rate it differently.
; 
; Most of the coloring effect was achieved by rendering the image 
; with the 'outside' set to 'atan'.  This option usually creates 
; images with far too much chaos.  With today's image however, it 
; works better than any other.
; 
; The render time of a little under 13 minutes is rather slow.  It 
; will be more convenient to download the finished product from 
; the FOTD web site, which may be accessed at:
; 
;        <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>
; 
; With a temperature of 88F 31C and high humidity, Monday turned 
; out too sultry for human comfort, though the fractal cats, being 
; inhuman, did not mind.  They spent the day chasing each other up 
; and down the hall.  The hall is carpeted; the dining room is 
; not.  Nicholas has not yet grasped that there is less traction 
; on a polished floor than on a carpet, and after zooming down the 
; hall, he slid several times head first into the wall at the back 
; of the dining room.  His thick head suffered no damage.
; 
; The work is still under control, which means the next FOTD will 
; likely appear on schedule in 24 hours.  Until then, take care, 
; and walk with fractals in your eyes.
; 
; 
; Jim Muth
; jamth@mindspring.com
; jimmuth@aol.com
; 
; 
; START PARAMETER FILE=======================================

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  e=p1, a=imag(p2)+100
  p=real(p2)+PI
  q=2*PI*floor(p/(2*PI))
  r=real(p2)-q
  Z=C=Pixel:
    Z=log(Z)
    IF(imag(Z)>r)
      Z=Z+flip(2*PI)
    ENDIF
    Z=exp(e*(Z+flip(q)))+C
  |Z|<a }

; END PARAMETER FILE=========================================
;