; Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 09:36:30 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 25-10-02 (A Ringing Spectre [7]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20021025093810.2ab7b826@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; FOTD -- October 25, 2002 (Rating 7) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image continues the same theme as the most recent three ; images. One negative part of Z^(-14.14) was added to six ; negative parts of Z^(-1.414) before 1/C was added. The relation ; to the square root of 2 is intentional. The resulting parent ; fractal consists of the same large many-lobed Mandeloid as the ; past three FOTD's, but in this case, the enormous rings to the ; east are missing. ; ; The northern bay of the parent is partly obscured by two thick ; arms extending toward its mouth, which create the impression ; that the area is not critical and therefore no midgets will be ; found there. However, in the worlds created by the M-mix4 ; formula, things are not always as they first appear, and a ; closer examination of the eastern arm revealed suspiciously ; symmetrical areas. When I dove down into one of these areas, I ; did indeed find a perfect quadratic midget. ; ; The entire area is in a state that I call 'eroded', with the ; normally solid outside elements broken by numerous holes, which ; in many cases are larger than the midget itself. When the scene ; is calculated at the default bailout radius of 100, the holes ; are so numerous that they comprise the greater part of the ; scene. When this situation exists, the better fractals are ; often found when the remaining outside material is 'evaporated' ; by raising the bailout radius to one-googol, leaving only the ; ghost of the midget that was once there. It is this midget- ; ghost that is visible in today's image, which totally consists ; of trapped 'inside' points. The ghost is made manifest by the ; inside fill of bof61. ; ; With its 3-D effect, the ghost-midget rates a conservative 7, ; perhaps a liberal 8. I decided on the lesser rating; I could ; just as honestly have chosen the 8. (Is today's image really ; one whole rating beneath yesterday's?) ; ; I have no explanation for the name I gave the image -- "A ; Ringing Spectre", but the words have a poetic quality that ; rather matches the feeling of the blue and gold image. ; ; The 12-minute render time is somewhat slow, making the download ; the wiser but not quite as much fun choice. The download may be ; found at both Paul's web site at: ; ; ; ; and at Scott's site at: ; ; ; ; The fractal weather Thursday was most unpleasant here at F.C., ; with heavy clouds, a raw northeast wind, occasional drizzle, and ; a temperature of 43F 6C. The dynamic cats were very undynamic ; as they passed the day in their favorite chairs, stirring only ; to look outside and eat. ; ; Today promises to be a gloomy repeat, so I guess it's a good ; chance to get ahead on some of the work I've been putting off. ; Until tomorrow, take care, and we have evaporated milk, why not ; evaporated fractals? ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ A_Ringing_Spectre { ; time=0:12:47.53--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+0.64824186856016940/+1.487023000176482\ 00/163749.5/1/-70/-3.00485698823127478e-010 params=-6/-1.414/-1/-14.14/0/1e+100 float=y maxiter=1800 inside=bof61 periodicity=10 colors=000lFW_FFPF0QK1RN4TQ9VVDWYIYaL_fQaiTalWbqad\ tdfxigzlizqkztlzynzznzzlzzFkzlzylxvkrtknrkiqkbnkYl\ iTkiNgiIfiDdi8bf9ddBdbDd_DdYFfWGfTGfRIfQKfNLgLLgFk\ zGPgFPgDQi9Ri8Ti6Ti2Vi1Wk0Wk0Yk0_k0_k0Yn0Wq0Wt0Yx0\ _y1az2bz4dz8fz9gzDizFkzGkzIgzIdyIatKYnKWiKTbKQWLNR\ LKLLIGLF9NB2N80N40N20K60I80G90DB0BF09G08I04K02L01O\ 00Q00Q00T0QV00Y0W_0Za0cb0cd0mo8ryImzRKza2z_2z_2zY2\ xY2rW2nW2iW6lY9n_DoaGibKtdNmdQxfTygWzi_zkbzlfzlizn\ lzoozqrzrvztyztxzoxzkvzfvzatzWtzRrzPrzKqzFqz9oz4oz\ 0oz0Wo9DTN06_16g86oF6vG4rI4oK2lK2iL2fN1bN1_P1WQ0TR\ 0QR0NT0KV0GV0DW09Y06Y04_19a4Fb8KdDPfGTgKWiPakRflVk\ n_oobrqfxrkztnzvqzvtzyvzzvzzvzzxzzxzzxzzxzzyzzyzzy\ zzyzzxvzxrzxnzvkzvfzvbztYztVztQzrNzrIzrFzq9zq6yq1x\ o0vo0to0to0oq0lq0gq0dr0_r0Wr0Tr0Pt0Lt0Gt0Dv08v04v0\ 1v00r00q00o00l00k00i00f00d00b00_00Y00W00_00a00d00f\ 00i00k00l00o00q02z0zFzxFn } 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================================== ; ;