; Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2003 12:05:13 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 03-09-03 (Spiral [3]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20030903120542.0d773290@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- September 03, 2003 (Rating 3) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; When I opened my e-mail box this morning, I found, among all the ; offers of more length, a letter informing me that I had just won ; 13-million dollars, or was it euros, in the European Lottery. ; This is strange, since I never bought a ticket. But I'm not ; questioning that aspect. The letter then asked for my bank ; account number so that the money I had won could be deposited in ; my account. I replied, requesting that the lottery commission ; send a check instead. As soon as the check arrives, I shall ; retire and devote the rest of my days to exploring the world of ; fractals. I wonder how long it will be before the check arrives. ; ; As for today's fractal, it is worth about as much as I am going ; to be enriched by winning a lottery I never entered. (Could ; anyone be gullible enough to actually reply to such letters?) I ; gave today's image a courteous rating of a 3. Actually, it ; might be closer to a 2. The image is so poor because I had no ; time to work on it. An unexpected rush job came in on Monday ; and kept me busy until after midnight. I'm still not quite ; caught up. ; ; Having no time to find a new fractal, I turned to one I ; generated yesterday, when I saw a message on the Fractint list ; that 7-armed spirals are a rarity in fractals. I had not ; realized that such spirals were rare, and to see if this were ; so, I went to a period-7 bud of the Mandelbrot set and drew the ; Julia set of that area. Then, for a bit of added interest, I ; double rotated the image 0.1 degree from the julia direction and ; got my 7-armed spiral, with a vague hint of Mandelbrot buds in ; the background. ; ; The picture had potential, but then the work came in and I had ; no time to color it properly. I leave the colors as they were ; when I had to stop working on it. I named the image "Spiral", ; and used it as FOTD for today. I might have done better not ; having a FOTD for today at all, but having gone this far, I am ; not going to scrap it now. ; ; The render time of 18 minutes is too slow for such a question- ; able image. I advise downloading the finished GIF image from: ; ; ; ; or from: ; ; ; ; The Tuesday temperature of 84F 29C here at Fractal Central was ; fair enough, but there was little sun. The occasional sprinlkes ; of rain were not enough to wet a person, but made the grass too ; wet for the sensitive paws of the dynamic cats. As a result, ; they had a bad day and needed their evening treat of tuna to ; restore their good moods. ; ; Today is starting cloudy, cool, foggy, drizzly, with occasional ; sprinkles of rain. It is sure to be another bad day for the ; duo. For me, I've still got that left-over work to catch up on. ; So until next FOTD, take care, and don't get twisted up in an ; endless spiral. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ Spiral { ; time=0:18:49.82--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=multirot-XY-ZW-new function=ident/flip passes=1 center-mag=-0.344854/0.856196/4.523577/1/\ 70/-5.05012698326368081e-014 params=89.9/89.9/2/0/\ 0/0/0.36837/0.14068 float=y maxiter=50000 inside=0 logmap=yes periodicity=10 colors=000UFAUPAUFAUPAUFAUQAUFAUQAUGAUUAUJAUXAULAU\ ZAUNAUaAUOAUbAUPAUdAUQAUeAURAUcAUSAUbAUTBUaCUUDU`E\ UVFU_GUWHUZIUXJUYKUYMUZNUZOUZPUZQUZRUZSVZTWZUXZVYZ\ WZZX_ZY`ZZaZ_bZ`cZ`dZ_eZ_f_ZgZZh_YiZYj_XkZXl_WmZWm\ _VlZVl_UlZTk_TkZSj_SjZRj_RiZQi`QiZPh`PhZOg`OgZNg`M\ fZMf`LeZLeaKe_KdaJd`JcbIc`IccHbaHbdGacGaeFadE`fE`f\ D_fD_fC_fCZfBZfBYfAYfAYf9Xf9Xf8Yg7Xf8Xf9Xe9XeAXdAX\ dBXdBXcCXcCXbDXbDXbEXaEXaFX`FX`GX`GX_HX_IXZJXZKXZL\ XYMXYNXXOXXPXXQXWRXWSXVTXVUXVVXUWXUXXTYXTZXT_XS`XS\ aXRbXRcXRdXQeXQfXPgXPhXPiXOjXOkXNlXNmXNmXMmXMmXLmX\ LmXLmXKmXKmXJmXJmXJmXImXImXHmXHmXHmXGmXGmXFmXFmXFm\ XEmXEmXDmXDmS8mVBmXDmZFm`HmbJmdLmfNmhPmiQmjRmjRnjR\ ojRpjRqjRrkRskRtkRukRvkRwkRxlRylRzlRzlRzlSzlSzlSzm\ SzmSzmSzmSzmSzmSznSznSznSznSznSznSznSzoSzoTzoTzpUz\ pVzpVzqWzqWzqXzrYzrYzrZzsZzs_zs`zt`ztaztazsbzrbzrb\ zqczqczpczpdzodzndznezmez } frm:multirot-XY-ZW-new {; draws 6 planes and rotations ;when fn1-2=i,f, then p1 0,0=M, 0,90=O, 90,0=E, 90,90=J ;when fn1-2=f,i, then p1 0,0=M, 0,90=R, 90,0=P, 90,90=J a=real(p1)*.01745329251994, b=imag(p1)*.01745329251994, z=sin(b)*fn1(real(pixel))+sin(a)*fn2(imag(pixel))+p3, c=cos(b)*real(pixel)+cos(a)*flip(imag(pixel))+p4: z=z^(p2)+c, |z| <= 36 } ; END PARAMETER FILE================================== ;