; Date: Sun, 11 May 2003 09:06:06 -0400 ; From: "Jim M." ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 11-05-03 (An Undecided Fractal [5]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20030511090522.29a7fda8@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- May 11, 2003 (Rating 5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's fractal appears undecided. It cannot make up its mind ; which way it wants to go, and as a result, its rating suffers. ; The scene is filled with fragments of themes, any one of which ; could be developed into a satisfying overall theme, but none of ; which actually are. It's no wonder that I named the image "An ; Undecided Fractal". ; ; This indecision is caused by the location of the scene in its ; parent -- exactly on the left edge of the 'fan', where it merges ; into the chaos surrounding a small irregular hole. At this ; particular point, all the forces are balanced. The situation is ; unstable, poised at the brink, but there is no trigger to flip ; the scene into a definite theme. ; ; As a result of all this indecision, I could rate the overall ; result no higher than a 5. The render time of 14 minutes is a ; bit slow for an image that tries hard but doesn't seem to know ; in which direction to go. And that 14-minute wait can be cut ; drastically by downloading the completed GIF image from either ; of the two FOTD web sites at: ; ; ; ; and: ; ; ; ; It rained and thundered in the morning of Saturday here at F.C. ; The rain was not too heavy, but the high humidity and light ; winds that followed left the grass soaked for the rest of the ; day, a situation that always keeps the cats' moods less than ; optimum. The temperature reached 72F 22C -- comfortable enough ; -- were it not for the wet grass. How long it seems since the ; dynamic duo were actually doing things other than being in moods ; -- such as climbing trees and catching birds. But this is what ; happens to cats when they reach the age of 12 years. ; ; Well, today is starting with more wet grass, and possible ; tornadoes are forecast for this afternoon. So it's time to say ; 'see you next time', and batten down the fractal hatches. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ AnUndecidedFractal { ; time=0:14:53.64--SF5 on a p200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix2 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+3.68764793983902500/+2.385906045025763\ 00/520464.8/1/-147.5/1.08806127205318681e-007 params=-10/-1.1/-1/-11/0/525/0/0 float=y maxiter=1600 inside=0 logmap=235 periodicity=10 colors=0007cF6dD6dC5dA5d94d74d66c87cA8cBAcDBbFCbGD\ bIFbKGaLHaNIaPKaQLaSM`UO`VP`XQ`ZR__T_aU_cV_dWZfYZh\ ZZi_Zk`Zl__jZ`iZahYbgXbeXcdWdcWebVfaUf_UgZThYTiXSi\ VRjURkTQlSQlRPlPOmOOnNNoMLpJNqLOrNPqPRpRUnTZlYcjYb\ hYahY`gY_fY_eYZdYYcYXcYWbYVaYU`YT_YSZYTYZSZYRZXQZW\ PZVO_UN_TM_SL_RK`QJ`PI`OH`NGaMFaMEaLDaKCbJBbIAbH9b\ G8cF7cE6cD5cC4dB3dA2d90f82d94b95`AZZA8YAcZBBUBWVBE\ QCGPCINCJLDLJDMHDOGEPEERCESAFU8FU5CV7FW9HXAJYCLZDN\ _FP`GRaITbJVcLXdMZeO`fQbgRdhTfiUhjWjkXllZom_rnauob\ zobxnYslTokOjjJfhEag9Ye2Vf5Ug7Th9ThCSiESjGRjIRkLQl\ NQlPPmRPnUOnWNoYNp`MpbMqdLrfLriKskKtmJsnHtoJviLwcM\ yYOzSPyTRyUTyVUxWWxXXxYZxZ_w_aw_bw`dvafvcgvfivijul\ luomuqouopsmlqkipifngblf_kfXifUgfQffNdfKbfMafO_fQY\ fSYgUXfWWfYVe_UeaTecTdeSdgRciQczPczPbzObzNbzMazLaz\ L`zK`yJ`wI_uH_sH_qG`oG`mF`kF`zE`zEazDazDazCazCazBb\ zBbzAbzAbz9bz9cz8cz8cz7cz } frm:MandelbrotMix2 {; 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)+(p4)), 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================================== ;