; Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 09:09:44 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 22-05-03 (Fractal Claws [8]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20030522090909.29bf7134@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- May 22, 2003 (Rating 8) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image is what yesterday's should have been. Looking at ; yesterday's image one day later, I see that I over-rated it. It ; now looks more like a 6 than a 7. But regardless of the true ; value of yesterday's image, today's image, which mirror's ; yesterday's, rates a true 8. In fact, if I had more time to ; color today's image, I might have been able to work it into a ; 9-rater. As it is, the colors are a bit gaudy, a flaw which ; costs one rating point. ; ; Today's image is located on the northwest edge of the fan, ; where the fan blends into the surrounding area. Like ; yesterday's image, today's lies in a vague spiral arrangement in ; a kind of pseudo-valley. ; ; I studied the image for several minutes before I noticed the ; claw-like features and named it "Fractal Claws". These claws ; are not to be confused with Santa Claus, whose reality lies ; somewhere in the range of today's image. In both cases, we can ; see the picture but not the object. ; ; The always-annoying render time of today's image is 15 minutes ; on my machine, but can be bypassed by letting Paul and Scott do ; the rendering and going to one of their web sites to view the ; image. ; ; The URL of Paul's site is: ; ; ; ; Scott's site is at: ; ; ; ; The all-day rain here at Fractal Central on Wednesday made the ; fractal cats very unhappy. The temperature of 55F 13C made them ; even more unhappy. They spent a few minutes under the cover of ; the porch roof, but soon realized that a pleasant afternoon in ; the yard was simply not going to happen. They consoled them- ; selves by sleeping. ; ; Today promises more of the same, and in addition, I have more ; work to do. So until next FOTD, take care, and is today's ; fractal as real as Santa? ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ Fractal_Claws { ; time=0:15:34.54--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix2 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+4.19356285882042800/-1.852233346795663\ 00/4434460/1/-2.5/2.4608337104159439e-009 params=-10/-1.1/-1/-11/0/525/0/0 float=y maxiter=2400 inside=0 logmap=267 periodicity=10 colors=000j`hiaihbihbigcjfdjfdjeejdfkdfkcgkbhlbhla\ il`jl`jm_kmZlmZlnYmnXnnUpmXnn_lobjpehqgfrjdsmbtp`u\ sZvx_zuYwsWuqVroTpmSnkQkiPigNgeLdcKbaI__HYYFWWETUC\ RTAOSBPRBQQBRQBSPBTOBUNBVNBWMBXLBYKBZKB_JB`IBaHBbH\ BbGBcFBdEBeEBfDBgCBhBBiBBjABk9Bl8Bm8Bn7Bo6Bp6Bp9Fq\ CIqELqHOqJRqMUrPXrR_rUbrWerVfqUgqThqSiqRjqQjqPkqOl\ qNmqMnqLnqKoqKpqJqqIrqHrqGsqFtrEusDvtCvuBwvAxw9yx8\ zyAzz6tk5ne4h_2bU1XO0SIDZJQeKblLnsMmqNmoNmmOmlOmjO\ mhPlfPlePlcQlaQl_RlZRkXRkVSkTSkSSkQTkOTkMUjLUjJUjH\ VjFVjEVjCWiAWi8Xi7Xi5Xi3Yi1Yi0Yg1Xf2Wd2Wc3Vb3Va4U`\ 4U_5T_5TY6SX6SW7RV8QU8QT9PS9PRAOQAOPBNOBNNCMMCMLDL\ KDLKJJRPHYUFd_DhbCkdBn`BpWBsSAuNAxJAzFAxGGwGLuGQtG\ VrG_qHeoHjnHolHtkHyjIxiJxhJwgKwfKveLvdMueMugNuiNtk\ OtmPsoPsqQrsQruRqwSqxSqyTpzTpzUozVozVnzWnzWkzWnzFq\ zHpzIozJnzLnzMmzNlzOlzQkzRjzSjzUizVhzWhzXgzZfz_fz`\ ezbdzcdzdczebzgbzhazi`zj` } 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================================== ;