; Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 10:45:58 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 12-09-03 (Strawberry Fields [6]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20030912104633.297f58a2@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- September 12, 2003 (Rating 6) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today is starting on an up note: there were less than 100 spam ; e-mails in my emailbox when I checked a while ago. But at the ; same time, there is a down note. I have not yet received that ; apology from the administrator, if one exists, of the fracpro- ; grammers list that I am waiting for before I re-subscribe. No ; matter, there is no noticeable decrease in the number of letters ; I am receiving from the list. More ominously, I am starting to ; receive returned mail from the Fractint list that I never sent ; out. Since I have no sneaky viruses or worms in my system that ; could send out e-mail without my knowledge, and I never use the ; programs that get infected by these critters, we'll see where ; this 'returned mail' leads. Now on to the fractal for today. ; ; Today's image is named "Strawberry Fields" not because I like ; the music of the Beatles, which I rather do, but because the ; phrase simply came into my head while I studied the image in ; search of a name. I guess the pinkish terraces inspired the ; name. ; ; The parent fractal is a distorted Mandeloid with no East Valley, ; lying in the proper orientation, with X-axis symmetry. Unlike ; the classic M-set however, the parts of this Mandeloid are not ; connected, and it is surrounded by a cloud of tiny isolated ; midgets, every one of which, with the exception of its mirror ; image, is different. ; ; The formula subtracts Z^2 from lesser portions of Z^4, Z^6, and ; Z^8. This combination produces a fractal with three critical ; points, one of which is located at Z=0,0. The remaining two ; critical points, around Z=+-0.77, produce nearly but not exactly ; identical Mandeloids, which might hold some interesting scenes ; and might be worth investigation. ; ; The largest satellite midget of today's parent fractal is ; located on the negative X-axis. Curiously, this midget is ; rotated 180 degrees, so that its East Valley is on its west ; side. Today's scene is found near a larger midget in the ; interior of the north branch of the Seahorse Valley of the very ; large satellite midget. ; ; My standard rendering method, where the outside=iter, produces a ; fair enough image, but the outside=tdis option that I used does ; a little better. When rating the image, I felt a bit more ; satisfied with it than usual, and gave it a rating of a 6. ; ; The parameter file's render time of 14-1/2 minutes is slow. ; Downloading the completed image from one of the FOTD web sites ; is fast. Those sites are: ; ; ; ; ; ; Sunny skies, gentle breezes, low humidity, and a temperature of ; 79F 26C made the cats very happy again on Thursday. They spent ; the entire afternoon in the yard, romping and resting. In fact, ; they have been getting so much quality time in the yard this ; past week that they actually seem to be growing bored with it. ; Perhaps the rain that is forecast for later this afternoon and ; over the week-end will give them reason to appreciate days such ; as yesterday. ; ; As for me -- I must finish a pile of work before I can appre- ; ciate anything, so until next time, take care, and when life ; serves up a lemon, make lemonade and then blow your top. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ Strawberry_Fields { ; time=0:14:35.73--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix3a function=ident passes=1 center-mag=-1.22979885859737000/+0.002659402810015\ 19/2.341307e+010/1/-125/0.00485842217789580338 params=-1/2/0.5/4/0.25/6/0.125/8/0/0 float=y maxiter=1500 inside=0 outside=tdis periodicity=10 colors=000Cgg8fk4fnAblF_jLXhQUfWQe`NcfKakH_pEZ_AUJ\ 6P33LLEQaPVbOXbNZcN`cMbdMddLfeLheKjfJlfJngIpgIrhHt\ hHviGxiGzjJyjMxjPwjSvjVujYtj`tkcskfrkiqklpkookrnku\ nVykWvlXtlXqlYolYmlZjlZhl_el_cl`al`ZlaXlaVl_cjYkhN\ WgCHf22eqtEopFnmGmiHlfIkbJj_KiWLhTLdQJaNIZKHWHGSEF\ PBEM8DJ6CG6AD68A66864FA6LE8RIAXMCbPEhTGnXIt`KzcLvd\ MrdNndNjeOfeObePZeQWfQSfROfRKfSGgTCgT8gU5gU9cWC`XF\ XYIU_LQ`ONaRJcUGdXDebBbhA`n8Zt7Xz6VqEPiLJaSD`TI`UM\ `VR_WV_X__Xceubdr`cpZbnYalW`jV_hTZfRYcQXaOW_NVYLUW\ JTUISSGSQFUVDVZBWbAXf8Zj6_n5`r3av2KVT24sDGgNSXXcMf\ oBdmIclObkUaj_`ie_hkZgqYfwWuKZoJaiIdcHgYHjSGmMFpGE\ rBEdAMSAUFA`zbpvYgsT_oORlJJUG9CD0DI5DN9DSDDWID`MDe\ QDiUKoOQtIWyDQxHLxKGxNIyLJyKKzILzHMzGTwG_tGeqGlnGs\ kGyhGBMgGQaLUWQYQUaLHb7T`HdZRpY_oTaoOcoJenEgn9in4k\ dCnWJpNQsEXu5cwD`nLZfSWY_UQgRHnP9`bNNo_OUkO8vH6XB4\ 7ABE9HL8OS7UZ6`e5fkLh_Hhc } frm:MandelbrotMix3a {; Jim Muth z=real(p5), c=fn1(pixel), a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), g=real(p3), h=imag(p3), j=real(p4), k=imag(p4), l=imag(p5)+100: z=(a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f))+(g*(z^h))+(j*(z^k))+c, |z| <=l } ; END PARAMETER FILE================================== ;