; Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 10:57:31 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 12-11-03 (Mandelbrot-01 [7]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20031112105851.0d5fa55c@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- November 12, 2003 (Rating 7) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; The Mandelbrot set was the first fractal I explored those many ; years ago when I found my first fractal program. (A blow-up of ; the large midget on the negative stem was the first zoom I ever ; made.) In all the years that have passed since that day, I have ; yet to find a fractal with more richness and variety of detail. ; In a way, the Mandelbrot set is the ultimate fractal, the ; fractal to which all others must be compared. ; ; In order to do justice to this king of all fractals, I have ; decided to devote the second half of November to the Mandelbrot ; set. To make things more interesting, more convenient, and more ; challenging, I will limit the magnitude of the images to the ; range of conventional math. This will avoid the render time of ; hours that often results when arbitrary precision math is used. ; And I will try to limit myself to the equal-iteration-bands ; method of coloring. I will however explore the high-iteration ; areas that were beyond the reach of the 8mhz machine I was using ; when I first ventured into the M-set. ; ; Today's image, the first of the Mandelbrot series, is named ; "Mandelbrot-01". This is more of a catalog number than a name. ; The succeeding images will be named -02, -03 and so on. I have ; rated the image at a 7. Despite being a scene in such a well- ; known fractal, it equals many of my more exotic MandelbrotMix4 ; images, and easily earns its rating. ; ; The midget in the image lies rather deep in a spiral in the bud ; side of the east branch of North Valley of the M-set. This ; valley has a more descriptive name, which I cannot remember at ; the moment. There is not much to be said about today's FOTD. ; The image speaks for itself. (Though not in words!) ; ; Despite the high iteration count of the image elements -- the ; logmap is 7740 and the maxiter is 45,000 -- the parameter file ; renders in a zippy 6-1/2 minutes on my tired old machine with ; the balky fan. The fastest machines will render it in only a ; minute or two. ; ; The rendering can be bypassed completely by letting Paul and ; Scott do the rendering and picking up the completed image from ; one of the following web sites: ; ; ; ; ; ; Tuesday brought cloudy skies and showers to Fractal Central, and ; disappointment to the dynamic duo. The temperature of 57F 14C ; was mild enough, but the wet grass dampened the paws of the cats ; and their spirits as well. It took a feather on a string to get ; them out of their lethargy. Unfortunately, today promises to be ; even wetter. I hope the cats' spirits hold out. ; ; I have a bit of work to accomplish before returning to the ; Mandelbrot set. And the sooner I get started, the sooner I'll ; finish. Until 24 hours have passed, take care, and become one ; with the Mandy. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Mandelbrot-01 { ; time=0:06:21.73--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=mandel passes=1 center-mag=-0.1125\ 432147408424/+0.6501357215415452/1.112385e+010/1/\ -45/-4.45623187553881306e-005 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=45000 inside=0 logmap=7740 periodicity=10 colors=000m_npXqtUtwSwuRtsQqrPnpOloOimNfkMdjLahKZg\ KXhMWiOWjQWkRWlTWmVWnXWoYVp_VqaVrcVsdVtfVuhVviVVki\ 3lw5ku6ks8kq9koBkmCkkEkiFkgHjeIjcKjaLj_NjYOjWQjURj\ TWnW_rZdrahqdcnVZjLSfOMhRFjU9lWChYFe_HbaK_cMXePUgR\ RiUOkWLmZIo`FqcCse9uh6wj3xg5ue6sc7qa8oZAmXBkVCiTDf\ REdOGbMH`KIZIJXGKVJQ_LVdN_hLZfKZdIYbHYaFX_EXYDXXKU\ UKUUKUUKUUKUUKUUMUUGUUBUU5UU0VUcTmaPm`Lm_HmZDmXBgV\ AbU9YS8TQ6OP5JN4EM39N58N67N77O86O96OA5PB4PC4PD3QE3\ QF2QG1RH1RI0RJ0PM1NO1MQ1KS1JU2HW2GZ2E`2Db3Bd3Af38h\ 37j39l6An9KpCUsFcuImxLrzNmuRhpVcnPUlJRiEXh8bh3di4e\ i4fj5hj5ik6jk6ll7ml7nm8pm8qn9rn9toAuoAvoAugDt`GtUI\ sMLsFNp8Qn1Sj3Vf4Xb5Z`6UXAKZFK`KUbPc`UmZZwXczVhzTm\ zRrzNrzJrzFrzBwzDrzEmzFhzGczIG0JSXKT`LUcNVfOWiPXlQ\ YoSZiT_cU`ZVaTWbNXcIZdO`eUbf_djefkj6l8BmBGnEKoHPpK\ UqNYrPbsSgtVkuYpv`uwcyxezybzz_zzXzzVzzSzzPzzSzzSzz\ SzzSzzSzzWzzZzzazzdzzgzzk } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ;