; Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 11:29:45 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 23-05-03 (Isolated Minibrot [8]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20030523112911.2fa7257a@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- May 23, 2003 (Rating 8) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's fractal is different enough to rate an 8. It has a ; midget in it, which is the center of attention, but the midget ; is not at the center of the image. Most surprising, today's ; 'exceptional' image is merely a step on the way to the real ; image, which lies invisibly buried in today's scene, and will ; rate a 9, which equals 'one of the best of all time', when it ; appears tomorrow. ; ; Today's image is named "Isolated Minibrot" for obvious reasons. ; ; Most of today's scene consists of 'inside' material made visible ; by the < bof60 > fill. The areas of radiating bands of color ; are 'outside' areas that are normally flat, but have been given ; interest by the < atan > option. When rendered in the normal ; manner, the scene consists of large areas of black accented by ; scattered splotches that at one point in the frame appear to ; vaguely outline a Mandeloid 'atom'. ; ; As fractals go in this era of multi-layered and transformed ; images, today's image might not be considered worth its rating ; of an exceptional 8. But after trying those options, which are ; features of another program and draw images that may or may not ; be considered real fractals, I rejected them, and decided to ; stick with the more traditional methods of rendering my ; fractals. When today's image is compared with only my past ; FOTD images, I feel that it does indeed rate an 8. Whether I ; have become an old fractal fogy is up to the individual to ; decide. ; ; Today's FOTD image is fast, one of the fastest of all time. It ; renders in a zippy 38 seconds despite the fact that it consists ; mostly of trapped points. In today's case, the download will ; take somewhat longer than the time required to render the image ; from the parameter file. But as always, the download is ; available on the internet at: ; ; ; ; and at: ; ; ; ; The clouds were plentiful here at Fractal Central on Thursday, ; but the rain held off, the temperature reached an acceptable 61F ; 16C, and the dynamically fractal cats managed a pleasant after- ; noon in the too-tall grass of the yard. When a robin swooped ; carelessly low, Tippy took a swipe at it, but I fear the duo's ; bird-catching days are pretty much behind them. Tippy missed ; the bird by a good meter. I guess the only birds they will eat ; from now on will be processed turkeys. ; ; Rain is in the picture again today, as is a bit of work for me. ; Hopefully, the fractal duo will resign themselves to a day by ; the window. Until next time and next FOTD, take care, and be at ; ease when surrounded by aggressive fractals. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ Isolated_Minibrot { ; time=0:00:38.74--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix2 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+0.09896836297685904/+0.030531986286429\ 95/284.6369/1/87.5/2.8e-012 params=-10/-1.1/-1/-11\ /0/525/0/0 float=y maxiter=410 inside=bof60 outside=atan periodicity=10 colors=000fRwhSwiTxjUxkWymXynYzoZzp_znZymZylZykZyj\ ZyiZxhZxfYxeYxdYxcYwbYwaYw`YwZXwYXvXXvWXvVXvUXvTXu\ RWuQWuPWuOWuNWtMWtLWtJVtIVtHVsGVsFVsEVsDVsCVsGYpJ_\ mMakPdhSffWhcZk`amZdoWgpUhmThjThgTheSicSiaSi_SiYRi\ WRjURjSQjPQiNQhLQgKOfKMeJKdJJcIHbIFaHD`HC_GAZG8YG6\ XH5WI3VJ1UK0TL2SM3RN5QO6PP7OQ9NRAMSBMTDMUEMVFNWHNX\ IOYKOZLO_MP`OPaPPjQQlSQnTQoURqWRsXRtYPq_Oo`MlaLjbK\ gcIedHbeG`fEYhDWiBTjARk9Ol7Mm6Jn5Ho7In8In9InAImBIm\ CImDImFIlGIlHIlIIlJIkKIkLIkMIkOIjPIjQIjRIjSIiTIiUI\ iVIiXJhYJhZJh_Jg`JgaJgbJgdJfeJffJfgJfhJeiJejJekJem\ JdnJdoJdpJdqJcrJcsJctJcoPXkURg_LcdE_j8Wo2Un4Sn6Rn7\ Pn9NnAMnCKnDImFHmHFmIDmKCmLAmN9mOBlPClQDkREkSGjSHj\ TIiUJiVKhVMhWNgXOgYPfYQfZSe_Te`Ud`VdaXcbYccZbc_bd`\ aebafc`fd`ge_hf_ihZiiZjjYkkYllYlmZmmZmmZmmZnmZnmZn\ m_om_on_on_pn_pn_pn`qn`qn`qn`rn`ro`roasoasoasoatoa\ toatobupbupbupbvpbvpbvpcw } 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================================== ;