; Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 09:40:02 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 30-01-03 (UnNamed Fractal-IV [5]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20030130094301.299f5700@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; FOTD -- January 30, 2003 (Rating 5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Surrounding every Mandel midget is a basin of attraction. The ; midget behaves as though it wants to hold on to points that ; start near it. The closer to a midget a point lies, the more ; iterations will be needed before that point escapes beyond the ; bailout radius on its ever-accelerating but futile trip to reach ; infinity. Today's image, with the arms around the midget ; appearing to descend into the purple haze of the depths, ; illustrates this basin effect quite clearly. ; ; I originally had named today's image "Fractal Basin". Then it ; struck me that the name raised images of a bathroom. I quickly ; changed the name to the boring one that the image now bears -- ; "UnNamed Fractal-IV". And why not. We've been having a lot of ; nameless images lately. What harm will one more do? ; ; When it came time to rate the image, I could attach a rating no ; higher than an average 5. But the image is really not all that ; bad. Most likely I have been spoiled by the recent spate of ; evaporated images in the 7 and 8 range. ; ; At one point, I actually tried to 'evaporate' today's image, but ; much to my surprise, found that it would not evaporate, even ; though both exponents of Z are negative. I can only assume that ; this is because the parent fractal is of immense size, with ; fractal detail extending out at least as far as one-googol. ; ; Today's scene lies near the edge of a most curious double-bayed ; midget that lies near the edge of a larger double-bayed lake ; that lies near the shore of an immense ocean in the hugely ; bloated parent fractal. The parent was generated by taking one ; part of Z^(-1.11) and adding 0.001 part of Z^(-1000) to it, ; then adding 1/C. ; ; The render time of the parameter file is in the 7-minute range, ; at least on my exhausted old machine, which BTW I have named ; "Betsy". The wait may be avoided by downloading the completed ; GIF image from: ; ; ; ; or from: ; ; ; ; The sleet and freezing rain of Wednesday morning changed to ; light snow by noon, with a temperature that never topped 30F ; -1C. Only 1/2in 1cm of snow accumulated, but that was enough to ; convince the dynamic duo that this was not to be a day for a ; romp in the yard. Realizing the inevitable, they endured their ; confinement stoically. Today is starting once again cloudy and ; chilly. And the snow is still around. The duo will likely have ; another bad day. ; ; At least the work is light, which will give me more time to find ; one of those elusive fractals that rate a 9. Check in 24 hours ; to see if I succeed. Until then, take care, and all is not lost. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ UnNamed_Fractal-IV { ; time=0:07:43.96--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+15.47911410363785/+71.86947768905489/8\ 190988/1/5/9.87604994590954299e-005 params=0.001/\ -1000/1/-1.11/0/0 float=y maxiter=1350 inside=0 logmap=145 periodicity=100 colors=000WYDWXDXVDYUEYTEZSE_QE_PF`OFaNFaMFeSJiXNl\ aRpfUskYwpaxqdxrfvohtljrilmfnhckc`hZ_cUYZPWUKUPFSK\ BQ1BT1CW1CZ1C`1Dc1Df1Di1El1En1Eq1Ft1Fw1Fy1Lw7QuCWs\ I`qNfoTkmYij_hhagecfcee`gdZicWkbUlaVkaVkaVkaVk`Wj`\ Wj`Wj`Wj`Wj_Xi_Xi_Xi_Xi_XiZYhZYhZYhZYhZYhXWgWVfVTf\ USeTQcSPaRO_QMZPLZOJZNIZMHZKFZJEZICZHBZG9YF8XE7WD5\ UC4UB2VA1W90XC3_F6bH9eKChNFlPIoSLrUOuSQsQSqOToMVmK\ WkIYiG_gE`eCbcAca8e_6gY4hW2jU1kS2iU2hV3gX3fY4e_4d`\ 4ca5bc5`d6_f6Zg6Yh7Xj7Wk8Vm8Un9Sp9Rq9QrAPtAOuBNwBM\ xBLyEMwHMuKMsNMqQMoTMmWMlZMjaMhdMfgMdjMbmN`oOZnPXm\ QVlRTkSRjTPiURhVUgWXfX_eWcdVfcVidUldToeUqcVsaWu_Xv\ YYvWZuU_uS`tQatObsMcsKbrIarG`qE_qCZpBYoAXo9Wn8Vn7U\ m6Tm5Sl4Rl3Qk2Pk1Oj0Nj2Pg3Re5Tc6Va7WZ9YXA_VCaTDbRE\ dOGfMHhKJjIKkFLmDNoBOq9Pr7`sNltamucmvcmwchxccycZzc\ UzcPzcKzcEzc9zc4zc7zdAzeCzfFz_HzTKzNMzGPz9Rz3VzEYz\ PazUdzUezUSzUTzUUzUUzUVzU } 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================================== ; ;