; Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 09:51:38 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 22-07-03 (Lots of Activity [8]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20030722095144.2a2f24ae@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- July 22, 2003 (Rating 8) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; A day that starts with only 37 spam e-mails and a nearly empty ; work-shelf can't be all bad. Unfortunately, the 37 spams are a ; fluke, and fortunately, the nearly empty work shelf is a fluke ; also. I could eliminate the spam, at least for a while, by ; changing my e-mail address, but all those 'hi ya!', 'remember ; me!' and 'mdqwk zutpdxloj' subject lines have become almost like ; old friends waiting to greet me and then be deleted when I open ; my e-mail box every morning. ; ; Today's bustling image is also filled with activity. In fact, ; it is so active that it appears almost hectic. Because of its ; activity, I have given it the not very poetic name "Lots of ; Activity". ; ; The parent fractal was created by subtracting 0.8 parts of ; Z^(-1.2) from one part of Z^(1.1) before adding (1/C). It is a ; twisted Mandeloid consisting of a single large main bay edged ; with unusually small buds, which are so similar in size that the ; main period-2 bud is nearly impossible to find without checking. ; Avoiding the impossible, I checked. ; ; Today's scene is located very near the tip of the filament ; extending from the 'main' bud. The hectic effect has been ; achieved by rendering the scene with the 'outside' coloring ; option set to 'atan'. The normal 'iter' outside setting also ; creates an interesting scene, as do several other options, but ; the 'atan' option gives the best results, at least with today's ; image. ; ; I have had a run of below-average images lately, so maybe I have ; over-rated today's. But when I saw the result of the 'atan' ; option, I was so surprised that I gave the image a rating of a ; much-above-average 8. ; ; The recent render times seem to be in inverse co-relation to the ; quality of the finished images. Today's image, which renders in ; only 5 minutes, continues that trend. And if rendering fractals ; is not your 'cup of tea', the completed GIF image may be down- ; loaded from the FOTD web sites, which are located at: ; ; ; ; and at: ; ; ; ; The fractal weather was better than had been expected here at ; Fractal central on Monday. True, it was oppressively muggy and ; the temperature reached 91F 33C, but the forecasted rain failed ; to arrive, permitting the fractal cats an extended romp in the ; grass. By the time their fun ended, the duo were so tired that ; they settled to sleep without their customary evening treats. ; ; Rain is once again forecast for today, and once again I see ; great patches of blue sky overhead. A forecast of rain and ; actual rain are two entirely unrelated things, so I'll believe ; the forecast of rain when I see actual water falling from the ; sky. If my cynicism is correct, and it usually is, the cats ; will have another fun day. And with another slow work day ; coming, today is sure to be a fun day for me. Until next FOTD, ; take care and be alert for the rain. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ Lots_of_Activity { ; time=0:05:11.15--SF5 on a p200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=-0.05422309850998541/+0.601340703105692\ 80/3.458086e+010/1/-165/0.0022281871845546905 params=1/1.1/-0.8/-1.2/0/0 float=y maxiter=1200 inside=0 outside=atan periodicity=10 colors=000IUFIUHIUJIULJUNJUPJUQJUSJUUJUWKVYKV_KVaK\ VbKVdLVfLVhLVjLVlLVnLVoNYlO_iPafRdcSfaThZVkWWmTXoR\ ZrO_tLcvIhw5myCrxGwwJzvMzuQztTwsWrrZmqbjpekohlnlmm\ onlrrswpovolumhuletjbtiZsgWsfTrePqcMqbIp`Fp_CoY8oX\ 5nX0oW2nV4mV6lU8kT9jTBiSDhSFgRGfQIeQKdPMcPObOPaNR`\ NT_MVZNY`MWZMVYLUWLTVKSTKRSJQQJPPIONINMHMKHLJGJIGI\ GFHFFGDEFCEEADD9DC7CB6CA4B93A60B82BA4BC5BE7BG9CIAC\ KCCMDCOFCQHCSIDUKDWLDYND_PDaQDcSEeTEgVEiXEkYEm_3pf\ 9ocEo`KnYPnVVmT_mQemNjrKkwJmzHorIqjJw_Iz`Ju`Jw`Jr`\ Jo`Jn`Jm`Jl`Jk`Jj`Ji`Jh`Jg`Jf`Je`JdaJcaJbaJaaJ`aJ_\ aJZaJYaJXaJWbJVcJUfJTiJSlJSqHRlJQdKPXLPUMOPNNKOMUQ\ MTRLSSKQTJPUJOVIMXHLYGKZGI_FH`EGaDEcDDdCCeBAfA9g34\ lA8hGBdME`SHYZKUdNQjQMqRGpSIpTJpUKpVMpWNpWOpXPoYRo\ ZSo_To_Uo`WoaXobYocZnc`ndanebnfcngengfnhgnihmjjmkk\ mklmlmmmomnpmoqmnuCUWCUVCUUDUTDUSEUREUPEUOFUNFUMGU\ LGUKGUIHUHHUGIUFIUEHTBIUD } 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================================== ;