; Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 08:59:47 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 28-02-03 (Minibrot Snowstorm [6]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20030228090311.2b6784c8@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; FOTD -- February 28, 2003 (Rating 6) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; For at least a month, the view from the Fractal Central windows ; has shown everything covered in snow. So why cannot a fractal ; be in a snowstorm? In fact, as the name "Minibrot Snowstorm" ; implies, a snowy fractal is exactly what we have today. ; ; The snowstorm was created by combining portions of 1/Z, Z, ; Z^(-1.6) and Z^(-1.4), and then adding 1/C to produce a not-very- ; impressive parent. At first glance, the parent appears to have ; no open areas, but a careful examination shows it to be riddled ; with midgets too small to be visible at the default magnitude. ; Today's scene is located in the eastern suburbs of a larger but ; still quite tiny midget. ; ; The entire production is through the courtesy of the ; MandelbrotMix3a formula, which is like the workhorse ; MandelbrotMix4 formula except that it combines 4 different ; powers of Z rather than 2, and a critical point must be ; calculated by hand, an operation that is little fun. ; ; The rating of a 6 seems about right for an image that has a ; brief impact, then soon grows boring -- a sure sign of a work ; with insufficient artistic merit. The render time of 10 minutes ; on my 200mhz Pentium-I machine is a bit slow for an image only ; slightly above what I currently consider average. A more ; efficient way of viewing the snowstorm is to go to Paul's FOTD ; web site at: ; ; ; ; or to Scott's site at: ; ; ; ; and download the completed image from there. ; ; Thursday was cold and cloudy here at Fractal Central, with the ; snow flurries that fell during the day turning to steady snow in ; the evening. The snow plus the high temperature of only ; freezing kept thoughts of the outdoors far removed from the ; cats' minds. They satisfied themselves instead with a treat of ; turkey. ; ; Today is starting with light snow and 6 fresh inches 15cm on the ; ground. I guess this means more turkey for the dynamic ones. ; For me, it means more sidewalk clearing. I'll wait until the ; snow stops falling to begin. Until the next FOTD appears, most ; likely in 24 hours, take care, and savor every fractal. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ Minibrot_Snowstorm { ; time=0:10:47.74--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix3a function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+3.26650108165485/-0.05084635835292/4.9\ 03911e+008/1/-112.5/7.4048215368e-006 params=-1/-1\ /1/1/1/-1.6/-1/-1.4/0.2858095886402/0 float=y maxiter=800 inside=0 logmap=103 periodicity=10 colors=000mNzqVzu`zxezzmzzszzxzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzu\ zzmzzezuXzoPzkGxe8v`0sV0qP0mJ0kG0gC0dA0`80X60V40R2\ 2N06J0AG0EE0HA0L60P20T00X00`00d00g00k00g00e00d00b0\ 0`00Z00X00V00T20T80RE0PJ0NP0LV0K`0Pe0Uk0Zq0cu0hz0m\ z0rz0wz0zz0xz0uz0qz0my2ix4ew4av6Yu8Tu8NuAJuCGuCCuE\ 8uG4uG0uH0uJ0uJ0uL0uL0uN6uNGsPPqPZmRggRqbTzXTzRVzN\ VzRXzVXzXXz`XzbXzeXxgXukXsmXoqXmsXivXgxXdzXbzXZzXX\ zXTzXRzXTzZTz`VzbVzdXzeXzgZziZxk`vm`uobsqbqsdoudmv\ ekxeizegzgdugboiZkiXekT`kRXmNRmLNoHHoGCqC8qA2s60s4\ 0u00u00vE0vREvdRvqevzuvzzqzzmzvizqezkbzeZz`VzVRzPN\ zJJzEGz8Cz28z04z00z00z06z0EzHLz`TzqVxoVxoXxmXxmZxm\ Zxk`xk`xk`xibxibxgdxgdxgexeexeexegudgqdgobikbig`ie\ `ib`kZZkXZkTXkRXmNVmJVmHVmEToATo8Ro4Ro2Rm4Vk4Xk4Zi\ 6`g6dg6ee8ge8id8mb8obAqdAsgAvkCxoCzsCzvCzzEzzEzzEz\ zGzzGzzGzzGzz8zz2zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz4zzEzzNzzT\ zzTzzTzzTzzTzzTzzTzzTzzTz } frm:MandelbrotMix3a {; Jim Muth z=real(p5), c=fn1(pixel), a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), g=real(p3), h=imag(p3), j=real(p4), k=imag(p4), l=imag(p5)+100: z=(a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f))+(g*(z^h))+(j*(z^k))+c, |z| <=l } ; END PARAMETER FILE================================== ; ;