; Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2002 10:12:33 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 05-11-02 (Creepy-Crawlies [5]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20021105101421.0db72544@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; FOTD -- November 05, 2002 (Rating 5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; True, it's a few days past Halloween, but today's image has ; something creepy about it. With its somber dark blue color ; palette and its eight objects that could be taken as leeches, it ; might serve as an adequate cover for a paperback horror novel ; with a title such as "The Leeches that Sucked the World Dry". ; (Yes, I could be thinking of certain local politicians running ; for office. It's election day here in Fractal Central country.) ; Not wanting to name the image after something as unappealing as ; a dish of leeches, I gave it the more childish name "Creepy- ; Crawlies". ; ; The parent fractal is a grossly bloated Mandeloid rotated 180 ; degrees and on the verge of turning inside-out. The main ; period-2 bud, which is on the east side of the large bay has ; been totally obliterated by the ballooning bay itself. The bay ; has expanded so far that instead of the period-2 bud being the ; most prominent, buds with a periodicity around 30 or 40 are most ; prominent. Today's scene lies in the northern chaos that has ; accumulated as the whole fractal has expanded. ; ; I am sometimes asked how I find these midgets in unfamiliar ; areas of unfamiliar fractals. I'm not entirely sure how I do ; it. My attention is often attracted by elements that appear to ; have two-way symmetry. Then I simply get a feeling that a ; midget lies deep down at that spot, and when I go look, I am ; right as often as wrong. The route I took to today's midget can ; be retraced in reverse by turning off the logmap and outzooming. ; The trip back out will go faster if the passes is reset to ; and thumbnail-sized images are calculated. ; ; Today's image, which was calculated in the basic default manner, ; with equal iteration bands on the outside and blank black on the ; inside, rates a 5. This is an average rating; the image is an ; average fractal. The 11-minute render time from the parameter ; file is somewhat excessive, but relief is always at hand at ; Paul's web site: ; ; ; ; or at Scott's site: ; ; ; ; where the finished GIF image will soon be posted. ; ; The weather on Monday was uneventful here at Fractal Central. ; The partly cloudy skies, light winds, and temperature of 54F 12C ; made for a pleasant enough afternoon as the dynamic ones checked ; and explored the yard, finding nothing out of the ordinary in ; the process. ; ; It's now Tuesday morning and sun is once again illuminating the ; area. I've got a bit of work to accomplish before I can call it ; a day, so until tomorrow and the next FOTD, take care, and has ; anyone considered a fractal chess set? ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ Creepy-Crawlies { ; time=0:11:21.35--SF5 on a p200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=-92.74890492054568000/+85.5641322949149\ 1000/1519072/1/-70/1.46619012066709353e-005 params=0.6/-1.8/0.6/1.8/0/0 float=y maxiter=1200 inside=0 logmap=198 periodicity=40 colors=000GQIHRHISHJTGKUFLVFMWENXEOYDPYDQYCMYCKYBH\ YBEYDFYEHYFJYGLYHNYIPXJRWKTVLVVMXUNZTOYSPXROVQNTPM\ ROLONKMMKJLJHKIEJHCIGAHGBGICFJCELDGMDINEKPFMQFORGQ\ TGSUHUVIWXIYYJ__Ja`KcaLecLgdMieMkgNmhNniPmjQkkSikT\ glVemWcmXanZ_o_YoaWpbUqdSqeQrfOshMsiKtkIulGunEvoCw\ pAwlEviHveKvbNv_QvWTuTWuPZuMauJduKbsLaqL`oM_mNZlNY\ jOXhOWfPVeQUcQSaRR_SQZSPXTOVTNTUMSVLQVKOWJMWILZGJa\ EHdDFfBDi9Bl89o67q55n68l6Ai6Cg7Ed7Gb7I`7LY8NW8PT8R\ R8TO9VM9YK9_H9aFAcCAeAAg8Ai99g99f99eA9dA9cA8bB8aB8\ `B8_C8ZC8YC7XD7WD7VD7UE7TE6SE6RF6QF6PF6OF6NE7ME8LD\ 9KDAKCBJCCIBDHBDHBEGAFFAGE9HE9ID8JC8KB8KB7LA7M96N8\ 6O85P75Q65Q69S9CTBFUEIVGLXJOYLSZOV_QYaT`bVccYfd_ie\ akaclZemWfnThoQipNkqKmrHnsEptBqu8sv5to8mhBfaE`VHUO\ KNHNHAQA3S45T66U87UA9VCAWEBWGDXIEZKF`MHaOIcQJeSKgU\ MiWNkYOm_QoaRqcSseUugVwiWxkXylZzj`zhbzfdzefzchzajz\ _kzZmzXozVqzTszS7zJ7zJ7zI } 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================================== ; ;