; Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 09:04:31 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 22-12-02 (Batty for Fractals [6]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20021222090659.0d87ca34@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; FOTD -- December 22, 2002 (Rating 6) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image comes as close to true-color as is possible with ; only 256 colors. The iteration bands are still there, but one ; must look carefully indeed to see them. And no, I did not spend ; hours working on this illusion. It happened by accident as I ; was rotating the palette. ; ; I named the image "Batty for Fractals" because the dark objects ; in the foreground remind me of baseball bats. The generating ; formula is named "BackwardBrot" because instead of raising Z to ; the power of a number, it raises a number to the power of a ; power of Z. I wrote the formula many years ago, well before I ; started the FOTD, back in the days when I was an intrepid ; fractal explorer exploring alone where no one had gone before. ; ; I am still a fractal explorer, and always shall be, but as the ; world of fractals has become more familiar, I no longer need to ; be as intrepid as I once was. The sense of adventure is still ; there however, and as long as unseen things remain in the world ; of fractals, I shall seek to find them. ; ; Partly because of its illusion of true color, which might depend ; on the adjustment of the individual monitor, today's image rates ; a 6. Perhaps its best feature is its incredibly fast render ; time of 48 seconds, which is likely due to the fact that its ; magnitude is in the default range. ; ; The completed GIF image may be found on the W.W.W. at: ; ; ; ; and at: ; ; ; ; With a temperature of 55F 13C, Saturday turned out to be better ; than expected here at F.C. After starting with lots of clouds, ; it turned sunny and mild by noon. Too bad that the holly trees ; blocked most of the sun from reaching the yard, where the ; dynamic duo spent almost two hours exploring. I fail to see how ; one's own yard can be so unknown that it needs to be explored, ; but then I am not a cat, and cats live in a different world. ; ; Now I must give the bad news that I had hoped to avoid. With ; the holidays so close, things are getting so hectic here at F.C. ; that for the next few days I will be unable to find the time for ; fractal exploration. As a result, today's FOTD will be the last ; until this coming Saturday, December 28. But I am not losing ; enthusiasm for fractals -- I can't imagine that happening -- I ; merely will not have the spare time to sit at the computer and ; explore. Until Saturday then, take care, and I'll still be ; checking the lists every day. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ Batty_for_Fractals { ; time=0:00:48.22--SF5 on a p200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=archive2.frm formulaname=BackwardBrot passes=1 center-mag=-3.34\ 426/0/0.269495 params=-12/0/-12/0/0.3/0 float=y maxiter=240 inside=bof60 logmap=yes periodicity=10 colors=000SGDAAEUMFSOFQRGOTHMWIKZJJ`KHcLGeLEhMCkNB\ mO9pP8rQ6uR5wR8vTAuUCuVEtXGsYIsZLr`NraPqbRpdTpeVof\ Ynh_niamjcmlelmgknjkpljqnirpitrhutfvsduratqZspWsoT\ rnQqnMqmJpmGplDolAok7nk3nj4mj4mi5li5kh5kh6ih6hh7fh\ 7dg7cg8`g8Zg9Xg9Vg9TgARgAPgBNgBKgBIgCGgCEfC9eBAdBA\ cBBbABaAC`AC_9CZ9DY9DX9EW8EW8EV8FU7FT7GS7GR7HR6HQ6\ HP6IO5IN5JM5JL5JK8MKAPKCSKFTKHUKJVKKWKKXKKYKKZKK_J\ K`GKaHKbHKcHKdHKeIKfIKgIKhIKiJKjJKkJKlJKmKKmKKmKIm\ KHmLFmLDmLBmL9mM7mM5mM3nK0pM2nO3mP4lR5jS6iU7hV8fX9\ eYAd_BbaCabD`dEZeFYgGXhHVjIUkJTmKRoLQpMPrNNsOMuPLv\ QJxRIySHwTIuUJsVKqWKoXLmYMkZNi_Ng`OeaPcbQacQ_dRYeS\ WfTUgTShUQiVOjWMkWNiYOg_OfaPdbPcdQafR`gRZiSYkSWmTV\ nUTpUSrVQsVPuWNwROyWMx`KweJvjHuoGtnFrmFqlFokFnkFlj\ FkiFihFhgFfgFefFceFbdF`cF_cFYbFXaFV`FU_FS_FRZFPYFO\ XFMWFLWFJVFIUFGTFFUDCTFETHGSJISLJRNLRPNQRPQTQQVSPX\ UPZWO`XObZNd`Nfb_9AZBBXEC } frm:BackwardBrot { ; Jim Muth z=c=pixel: z=p1^(z^p2)+(p3*c), |z| <16 } ; END PARAMETER FILE================================== ; ;