; Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 11:31:39 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 13-12-02 (An Unreal Object [6]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20021213113358.38efad02@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; FOTD -- December 13, 2002 (Rating 6) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today is Friday the 13th here at Fractal Central. Am I worried ; about bad luck? Not in the slightest. I doubt that bad luck ; exists. What passes as bad luck is probably nothing more than ; normal statistical variation. But I admit that fate seems ; against me during those spells when, regardless of how long and ; hard I search, I can't find a good fractal anywhere. ; ; With its rating of 6, today's fractal is leaning toward good, ; but closer to average. In yesterday's FOTD discussion I told of ; a curious rectangular hole in one of the Julia sets of the ; Z^2.003+C fractal. Today's image shows that rectangle, not in ; its pure form, but slightly distorted by a double rotation. I ; have also added interest by filling the open area with < fmod > ; inside fill. ; ; The result looks rather artificial, even unreal. It appears to ; have been assembled from several fractals, which is why I named ; it "An Unreal Object". The entire image gives the impression of ; a surreal bird flying toward outer space, moving so rapidly ; through the atmosphere that it is actually ionizing the air as ; it moves through. The violet glow surrounding the bird-like ; shape could be a result of this ionization. ; ; I almost named the picture "Sunbird" after an old computer ; animation of a bird in space, flying beyond earth on its way to ; the sun. When viewing this short animation, I have always ; wondered how a bird can maneuver in the vacuum of space, with ; nothing to beat its wings against. Well, if those space ; fighters in the "Star Wars" series can do impossible things like ; turning and banking in a vacuum, why not a bird? ; ; The four odd perpendicular aspects of this area each have their ; unique features, and the odd oblique slices also hold some inter- ; esting scenery. But none are as interesting as the Mandelbrot ; and especially the Julia aspects. ; ; In its Mandelbrot aspect, today's scene is located in the East ; Valley area of the prominent midget on the main stem of its ; parent fractal. But in this parent fractal, created by Z^2.003, ; the main stem, including the East Valley of the midget, has ; started to split apart, revealing some entirely new material, ; including a curious tiny bay right on the X-axis. ; ; To see the 'unreal' bird that in today's image flies into space, ; boot Fractint and run the attached parameter file. After a wait ; of 7 minutes, the bird will be in full view, violet aura and ; all. Or the wait can be avoided by downloading the pre-rendered ; GIF image from the internet at: ; ; ; ; or at: ; ; ; ; Thursday was a cloudy day here at F.C. The temperature of 45F ; 7C was reasonable enough, but the combination of snow and mud ; in the yard kept the fractal cats confined to the porch. Their ; moods were surprisingly pleasant considering the situation. ; Today is once again cloudy, with rain threatening. It remains ; to be seen how the dynamic duo will pass the day. ; ; I know how I'll pass my day -- keeping busy. And at 11:15am, ; it's already past the time to start. So until next FOTD, take ; care, and keep fractaling. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ An_Unreal_Object { ; time=0:04:28.37--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=multirot-XY-ZW-VE function=flip/ident passes=1 center-mag=-0.00476435/-0.00231079/62.790\ 73/1/110/1.31075705844807544e-014 params=89.5/89.4\ /2.003/0/0.00019/0.07388/-1.7435/4e-005/1.77/0 float=y maxiter=1200 inside=fmod proximity=0.05 logmap=yes symmetry=none periodicity=10 colors=000DY`B``9aZ6dZ4fZ2hY0kY0lY0pW0qW0sW0vV0xV0\ zR0yV0yY0y`0xc0xd0xh0xk0vn0vq0vs0Oziczsmzzzzzuz2dx\ 6PqBDpABl9Bk9Ai7Ah79f69d67a47`46Z36Y34W24V23R13P12\ O02N01L01K00H00G00E00D00B00A00900B00D00E10G20H30I4\ 0K70N90OA0PB0RD0TE0VG0WH0ZK0bL0dN0gO0hP0iR0kT0lW0n\ Y0pZ0r`0sa0uc0wd0xf0zc0u`0sZ2qW7pVBnRHkONiNThKZfIc\ dH`fHZhHWiHVkGRlGPlGNnGLpEIqEHsEEuEDuGGsHHsIIqKLqK\ NqLOpNPpOTnOVnPWnRZlT`lTakVckWfkYhiYiiZlh`nhaphaqf\ cufdvdfxdixffyddydcydaydZzdYzdWzdVzdTzdPzcOzcNzcLz\ cKzcHzcGzcEzcDzcBzc9za7za6za4za3za1za0za0za0za0za0\ pW0ZR0IN13I00A20E60HB0KG0NL0RP0VW2Y`4`f6dk9hqBkx0q\ vDnvVkulhxziuzfqzcpvalqZklYhhVdcRcZP`VNZOLWKIVGHzB\ Ez7BN3AK07I06G03E02D04D07D0AB0BB0EB0HA0zA0zz0z90z9\ 0z90z70z71z71z62z63z63z44z46z07y46sA4nG3iL3dP2`W1z\ a1Rh0Nl0Is0Ey0Az06z02z04z07z09z1Bz2Ez3Gz4Iz6Lz7Nz9\ PzATyAVxBYxD`vEavGdIVaGW` } frm:multirot-XY-ZW-VE {; draws 6 planes and rotations ;when fn1-2=i,f, then p1 0,0=M, 0,90=O, 90,0=E, 90,90=J ;when fn1-2=f,i, then p1 0,0=M, 0,90=R, 90,0=P, 90,90=J a=real(p1)*.01745329251994, b=imag(p1)*.01745329251994, z=sin(b)*fn1(real(pixel))+sin(a)*fn2(imag(pixel))+p3, c=cos(b)*real(pixel)+cos(a)*flip(imag(pixel))+p4: z=z^(p2)+c, |z| <= sqr(p5) } ; END PARAMETER FILE================================== ; ;