; Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2002 08:47:12 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 10-08-02 (Levanter [6]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20020810084758.0dc72ef6@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; FOTD -- August 10, 2002 (Rating 6) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image is named "Levanter". If I remember correctly, a ; levanter is a strong wind on the Mediterranean Sea. I have no ; idea why I gave today's rather harmless fractal such an unlikely ; name. I guess I simply liked the sound of the word. ; ; Actually, when I began trying to think of a name, my thoughts ; were of politics and had drifted to the Middle East. I had done ; a lot of thinking earlier Friday, trying to convince myself that ; the U.S.A. is not about ready to launch a war in the Middle ; East, the purpose of which would be to secure the oil fields in ; an effort to boost its lagging economy. I might be imagining ; all this neo-imperialism, but the older I get, the more I ; realize that the only problem with my cynicism is that I'm ; usually not cynical enough. ; ; Remembering my resolution never to discuss politics, I will now ; confine my comments to the fractal at hand. The iterated ; formula, Z^(10)-10(1/Z)+C, is another whimsical expression I ; entered into the M-Mix4 formula at random. It draws a tiny ; M-set far beyond the right edge of the default screen. This ; M-set is surrounded by even tinier cut-off M-sets, like our ; galaxy is surrounded by globular clusters. Today's scene, with ; its obviously cut-off features, reveals one of these tinier ; 'globular' M-sets. ; ; When calculated with the normal equal-iteration bands on the ; outside, today's image was dull and flat. To add a little life, ; I re-calculated the scene with the outside set to , and ; tweaked the colors a bit. The resulting picture improved from a ; 4 to its current rating of a 6. ; ; Perhaps the best feature of the image is its super-rapid render ; time of 44 seconds. Even the download of the completed image ; file from: ; ; ; ; or from: ; ; ; ; can't beat that time. ; ; The fractal weather Friday was wonderful here at Fractal ; Central, with a temperature of 86F 30C, sapphire blue skies ; decorated with cottonpuff clouds, low humidity and a gentle ; breeze. The fractal duo approved heartily by actually romping ; in the yard a few times in between their bouts of sleeping on ; the porch. They are indeed in touch with their inner kittens. ; ; As for me, I'd best get in touch with the work that needs to be ; done. I know it's Saturday, and Saturday is supposed to be an ; off day, but when a job comes in on Friday afternoon and needs ; to be delivered Monday, it means working on the weekend, ; especially since the customer is paying extra for rush service. ; So until next time, which will arrive on the 12th, take care and ; for peace's sake, avoid politics. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ Levanter { ; time=0:00:44.65--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=ident passes=1 center-mag=+11.48064466578638/-2.778123424321501/2\ .234309e+008/1/15/-0.000284086357036986148 float=y params=1/10/-10/-1 maxiter=270 inside=0 outside=tdis colors=000MnzMmzMlzMkzMjyNixNhwNgzNfyOexOdw000MHRV\ KPbOMmQJzUHpPKlLMkHPjDRi9TaJaVSiNaqGjyMixShwYhwcgv\ ifunfuofupfupguqgurhushushuritqitpitojtnjtnjsSpmmj\ slkskksjksilsilrhlrglrfmremrdmrdnqcnqbnqanq`oq_oq_\ opZppYppXppWppVqpVqoUqoTroSroRrotvvquunutktshtsetr\ bsq_sqXrpUrojVxiWwiWwhXwhXwgYwgYvgZvfZvf_ve_ve`ue`\ udaudaucbucbucctbctbdtadtaetaes`fs`fs_gs_gsZhsZhrZ\ irYirYjrXjrXkqXkqWlqWlqVmqVmqVnpUnpUopTopTppTpoSqo\ SqoRroRro5T46U67V78W98XA9YCAYDAZFB_GC`ICaJDaLEbMEc\ OFdPGeRGeSHfUIgVJhXJiYKj_Lj`LkbMlcNmeNnfOnhPoiPpkQ\ qlRrnd36c58c69c7Ab8Bb9CbADaCEaDFaEG`FH`GI`HJ_JK_KL\ _LM_MNZNOZOPZPQYRRYSSYTTXUUXVVXWWWYXWZYW_ZV`_Va`Vb\ aVcbUecUfdUgeThfTigTjhSliSmjSnkRolRpmRqnPAIQGNQMRQ\ RVQXZRbcRggRmkD2oE3oE4oE5oE6oF7oF7oF8oF9oFAoGBoGCo\ GCoGDoHEoHFoHGoHHoHHoIIoIJoIKoILoJMoJMoJNoJOoJPoKQ\ oKRoKRoKSoKToLUoLVoLVoLWo } frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; Jim Muth a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(-a*b*g*h)^j, k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } ; END PARAMETER FILE================================== ; ;