; Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2003 09:34:05 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 02-11-03 (Rainbow Vision [8]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20031102093517.39278088@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- November 02, 2003 (Rating 8) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; I got quite a shock this morning when I opened my e-mail box. ; Among the hundred or so letters destined for immediate deletion ; I found one with the subject 'jamth, I met your mom last night ; xvztgsh hltbrs'. I was both shocked and elated. My mother has ; been dead over 10 years, which meant that spirit communication ; with the dead through the internet must have at last been ; achieved. But my wonderment did not last long. When I opened ; the letter, off-line of course, my web browser came up, and a ; message appeared telling me that the server could not be found. ; My disappointment was beyond words. The whole letter was just a ; ruse to lure me to a web site where someone wanted to sell me ; something I neither needed nor wanted. I drowned my sorrow in a ; glass of orange juice. ;-) ; ; Today's image however is no disappointment. It is a scene in ; the fractal that results when 0.2 parts of Z^2.97 are subtracted ; from Z^2.03 before C is added. In this fractal, the infinite ; splitting that normally occurs on the negative stem of a fractal ; such as Z^2.01+C occurs on a spurious stem that has magically ; appeared in the 'East Valley' area. ; ; This area of today's parent fractal is interesting enough when ; rendered with the normal equal-iteration-band method, but it is ; really outstanding when rendered as it has been in today's ; image, with the 'fmod' outside option with the proximity value ; set to 0.4. ; ; I named the image "Rainbow Vision" because of its rainbow-like ; palette of colors. The rating of 8 is justified, as will become ; obvious 2-1/2 minutes after the parameter file is started. And ; one of those 2-1/2 minutes can be knocked off the waiting time ; by going directly to Paul's web site at: ; ; ; ; or to Scott's site at: ; ; ; ; and downloading the completed image from there. ; ; Near perfect weather on Saturday made for near ideal cats. The ; sunny skies and temperature of 81F 27C were perfect for cats ; and man alike. Both enjoyed an afternoon of doing little in the ; yard. When evening came, (and it comes early at this time of ; year), the duo were ready to eat, and the man was ready to ; venture into Fractal Land. The day ended peacefully with a ; junky old sci-fi 'creature' movie on the TV. ; ; Today is starting just as pleasantly. If all goes well, the day ; will be as pleasant as yesterday. If not -- well, that's a ; different story. But regardless, 24 hours from now, another ; fractal will appear from nowhere. Until the next apparition, ; take care, and be kind to your fractals, for you might come face ; to face with one in the next world. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ Rainbow_Vision { ; time=0:02:28.96--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=ident passes=1 center-mag=-2.035785276340843/-0.01093006104338/10\ 0742.8/1/-122.5/-1.11086558701734e-009 params=1/2.\ 03/-0.2/2.97/0/0 float=y maxiter=500 inside=0 proximity=0.4 outside=fmod periodicity=10 colors=000KphKnhJlhIjhIhhHfiHdiGbiFaiF`iE_iEZjE_iI\ `gLaeGcYSdUWeQZgMbiIekEilAlm1mm4ll6lj8khAkeDjcFj`H\ iZJiWMhUOhSQgPSfNUfKXeIZeF`dDbdAec8gc5ib3kc0lb1ma2\ l`2k`3j_4iZ4hZ5gY6fX6eX7dW7cV8bU9aU9`TA_SBZSBYRCXQ\ DWQDVPEUOETNFSNGRMGQLHPLIOKINJJMJJMJJLNIOQIRUITXHW\ `HZcH`gGcjGfnGhqFktFnwFptGmrGjpGhmGekGchH`fHYcHWaH\ TZHRWIOUILRIJPIGMIEKJBHJ8FJ6CJ3AJ19I28I38H37H46H56\ G55G65G6CHDJIKQJRXKY_NabKc_HdWEeCBf38g57e77c97bB7`\ D7ZF7YG7WI7VK7TM7RO6QQ6OS6MT6LV6JX6IZ6G`6Eb6Dd6Bg1\ 0e6AdBJcGTbLaaQjZPiXOhVNgSNfQMeOLdLKcJKcHJbEIaCH`A\ H_7GZ5FY3EX1EX6K`BQcFVfK`iPflTkoRhkPegObcM`_LYWJVT\ HSPGQLENHDKDBH9AF6AHBAJGAKLAMQANVAP_ARdASiAUnAVrES\ pHQoKNmNLlRJjUGiXEg_CfaBdbBbcBadB_eBYfBXgBVhATiASj\ AQkAPmANnALoAKp9I`VGbUFaVG`VG_WHZWHYWIXXIWXJVYJUYJ\ TYKSZKRZLQ_LP_MO_MN`NM`NLaNKaOJaOIbPHbPGcQFcQGbKFc\ QFcVEd_EdeDej5TwDeoMugLsh } 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================================== ;