; Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2003 09:51:32 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 04-11-03 (Fractal Arrowheads [7]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20031104095245.0d772ba2@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- November 04, 2003 (Rating 7) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image reminds me of the indian (Native American in PC ; language) artifacts that are sometimes found in the Fractal ; Central area. Lots of these are still lying around the area, ; waiting to be discovered. But it is not a matter of going out ; and picking up a relic. The difficulty lies in distinguishing ; the artifacts from the natural stones. It takes an expert to ; pick out an old arrowhead among the pebbles littering a river ; bank. ; ; There is no such difficulty in today's image. The reddish- ; orange bits that fill the image and seem to be swirling around ; the small midget in the center could easily be old arrowheads ; that have been lying in the ground for hundreds if not thousands ; of years. They could be, but they are actually fractals. I ; named the image "Fractal Arrowheads accordingly. ; ; The formula Z=(-1*(Z^1.1))+(11*(Z^(-1.11)))+1/C was iterated to ; create the parent fractal, which consists of two Mandeloids -- a ; rather intact one on the left, and a rudimentary one on the ; left, which is partly cut off. Today's scene lies in what ; remains of the East Valley of the left Mandeloid. ; ; Today's scene is unusual in that almost all the outside options ; work well with it. I chose the 'summ' option because that one ; impressed me the most when I saw at thumbnail size how it worked. ; ; The rating of today's image lies somewhere between 7 and 8. ; Feeling conservative, I rated it at a 7, though an 8 would have ; been nearly as accurate. The render time of 11 minutes borders ; on the excessive. The better way to see the orange arrowheads ; in today's image is to download it from one of the FOTD web ; sites at: ; ; ; ; and at: ; ; ; ; Monday started perfect and stayed perfect all day here at ; Fractal Central. Cloudless skies, balmy south winds and a ; temperature of 81F 27C kept the dynamic fractal cats coming and ; going from 11am until sunset, which comes at 5pm in this part of ; the world at this time of year. It might be winter in ; Minnesota, but it's summer in Maryland. ; ; Today looks to be another perfect one. The cats are waiting ; with anxious anticipation. As for me, I've got a couple hours ; of work to wrap up before I return to Fractal Land. The next ; FOTD will appear in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and could ; a fractal ever be complex enough to be considered alive? ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ Fractal_Arrowheads { ; time=0:11:75.43--SF5 on a p200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=-0.07936380134388553/-0.063807105970711\ 40/2.109278e+009/1/175/-3.97646805857798658e-005 params=-1/1.1/11/-1.11/0/525 float=y maxiter=1800 inside=0 outside=summ logmap=250 periodicity=10 colors=000KDJNEKQFLTGMWHNZIOaJPdKQgLRjMTmNVpOXsP_u\ QbwReyShzUkzWnzYqz_tzawzcwzcwzcwzawzawz_wz_wzYtzYq\ zWnzWkzUgzUczSazSZzSVzVRzYPz`LzcGyaBw_9wY4wU0wR0uP\ 0nS0fS0_S0SS0JS0AU0AW0QZ0Ua0Yd0ag0ej0im0mn0il0ej0a\ i4Yf7UdBQcGMaLH_N0YR2YV4WZ7U`AScCQgEOkHLnJJqLHtLCo\ OHvOJwOLwOOwOSwOUwOWwJ_wOYwQYwSWwWWwYUw_UwcUwdSwfS\ wjQwlQwnQwrOwtOvuLtyLqzJnzJkzJgzHczHazEZzEVzCVzETz\ HRzJPzLNzOLyOIuQGtSEqUBlW9iY7dY4a_1Ya0Uc0Sd0Of0Jf0\ Ei0Aj04l00n00n0Hr0Wu0jy0wz0zy0zz0zz0wz1rz7lzBdzG_z\ LWzRUzPUzNUzLSzISzGSzESzBQz9Qz9Qz7Oz4Oz1Oz0Oz0Lz0L\ z0Lz0Sz0Lz0Ez0Az02z00z10z40z70zE0zL4zPCzVHyZOwcUti\ Yrncqrflvljwqiwnjwnlwnnwlqwlrwlrwltwjuwjwwjyvjyviz\ viztiztfzrfzrfzrfzqdzqdzodzodzoazk_zgYzfWzaUzZQzXO\ zTLzRJzNHzICzGAzB7z74z42z00z04z0Az1Ez4Jz7Oz9SzBWzE\ _zGczIfzLjzNnzPrzRuyTyyVzyXzyZzy`zwazwczwfzwgzzfzz\ gzzizz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0 } 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================================== ; ;