; Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 10:05:48 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 13-11-03 (Mandelbrot-02 [6]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20031113100710.0daf2bf0@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- November 13, 2003 (Rating 6) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's trip into the Mandelbrot set takes us to East Valley, ; which is sometimes known as Elephant Valley. The elephants do ; not appear in today's image however. Instead, the place we ; visit is the north shore of the valley and the 'star' at the ; tip of a filament extending from a bud with a periodicity of 24. ; ; The scene of today's image lies on a filament of the 'star'. ; The midget at the center of the image is surrounded by 8 groups ; of 24 radiating filaments, making 192 filaments in all that lead ; beyond the frame. This multitude of filaments blends the ; otherwise jagged iteration bands into a smooth color gradient ; that is not at all justified by the palette color itself. ; ; Naming the image was no problem. Since it is the second in the ; series of scenes in the Mandelbrot set, I named it "Mandelbrot- ; 02". Rating it was an equally simple task. The picture is just ; a little above average -- a perfect candidate for a rating of 6. ; ; I avoided the use of arbitrary precision math, thereby enabling ; the image to render in 3 minutes, at least on my antiquated ; 200mhz 80586 (P-200) unit. Since the magnitude of the image is ; close to the range where arbitrary precision math kicks in, I ; included the mathtolerance=/1 command in the parameter file. ; This prevents the program from shifting to arbitrary precision ; math and avoids unpleasant surprises, such as two-hour render ; times, when the image is calculated at resolutions higher than ; 640x480. ; ; All rendering problems may be avoided however by downloading the ; finished GIF image from either Paul's FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; or from Scott's site at: ; ; ; ; Heavy clouds and rain kept the fractal cats indoors all day ; Wednesday. The temperature reached 55F 13C, but the duo had no ; chance to test it. This morning is starting with lots of clouds ; but some sun. The winds are high however, and this will again ; put a damper on the cats' outdoor activity. Fractal cats ; dislike strong winds. ; ; I have about 4 hours work to finish before I will have a chance ; to look into the M-set. What I find there will be tomorrow's ; FOTD. Until then, take care, and be happy in your fun. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Mandelbrot-02 { ; time=0:03:01.58--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=mandel passes=1 mathtolerance=/1 center-mag=+0.26649584743215790/-0.003450374208644\ 80/6.476097e+012/1/-69.0025124098784488/-0.0022269\ 2079104778312 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=18000 inside=0 logmap=-3400 periodicity=10 colors=000qcUmcUmcUmcUmcUucUmcUmcUmcUucUocUpcUqdTr\ aSseQrcPpaNn`MmZLkXJiWIgUGeSFdREbPC`NBZL9XK8WI7UG5\ SF4QD2OB1NA0P93R86S89U7CV6EX6HY5K_5N`4Pb3Sc3Ve2Yf2\ _g6`hAaiEajIbkLblPcmTcnXdo`dpceqgerkfsoftsguvgspaq\ gXoURmKMk0Gi0BkKDlPEmUFoZGpcHqhJsmKtrLuwMzzNzzOzzO\ wxOuvPstPrsPqrQqqQppQpoRonRpmRqkSrjSsiStgTweTzbTz_\ U`XU_UUPMVZUVZVVXZXXaYXdZXe_Xf`XhbVicTjdRkePlfQkdR\ kcRkbSk`Sk_TkZTkXUkWUkVVlTVlSWlRWmSXmTXmUYmWYmXZmY\ ZmZ_m__m`YmaXmbWmcUmdUmeVmfWmgXmhYmiZmj_mk`mlammbm\ ncmodmpemqfmrgmshmtimujmvkmwlmxmmymmzmmzmmzmmzmmzm\ mzmmzmmzmmzmnzmnzmnzmnzmozmozmozmozmpzmpzmpzmpzmqz\ mqzmqzmqzmrzmrzmrzmrzmszmszmszmszmtzmtzmuzmuzmuzmv\ zmvzlvzgvzbwyYwxTwwOwvJwuEwt9wsBznDzjFzfHzbJzZKzXL\ zVMzTMzRNzQOzOOzMPzKQzIRzHRzFSzDTzBTzAczBbzDazF`zG\ _zI_zJZzLYzMXzOWzQWzRVzTUzUTzWTzXUzVUzUUzTUzSUzRUz\ QUzPUzOUzNUzMUzLNz_mzUmzU } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ;