; Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 09:32:08 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 28-11-03 (Mandelbrot-16 [6]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20031128093342.29b7ecae@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- November 28, 2003 (Rating 6) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; After a very pleasant Thanksgiving day, on which I and the ; fractal lady (who is a great help but wishes to remain ; anonymous) had the dinner table entirely to ourselves, I ; ventured into the Mandelbrot set to see what I could find there. ; My travels took me far out the negative real axis, to a midget ; around -1.985, where I checked one of the many filaments ; extending from the little fellow. ; ; On the filament, just beyond the point where the broad chaos ; ends, I found a much smaller midget. The midget reasonably ; accurately reflects the nature of the broader area in which it ; lies, but when rendered with the normal equal-iteration-bands ; method, it lacks a certain something that would give it life. ; ; Whatever that missing something is, it was supplied when I tried ; the 'outside=fmod' option, with the proximity set to a very ; small 0.00001, and found an image that is different enough to be ; the FOTD for today. ; ; I could rate the resulting image at only a 6 however, because, ; IMO, the 'fmod' outside option introduces an element of ; artificiality into the image. Yes, I realize that the equal- ; iteration-band outside option is also artificial -- all methods ; of coloring fractals are artificial -- but when I first explored ; the Mandelbrot set, the flat iteration bands were the only ; coloring method available, and in my mind, this method repre- ; sents the 'true' fractal image. ; ; The included parameter file renders in 3-1/2 minutes on my ; machine, and faster on newer units. The wait for the rendering ; to finish can be replaced by a short pause while the completed ; image downloads from: ; ; ; ; or from: ; ; ; ; The predicted rain failed to arrive here at Fractal Central on ; Thursday. Instead, the afternoon was partly cloudy with a ; temperature of 52F 11C, light winds, and scattered happy cats. ; The cats spent the afternoon in scattered places around the ; yard, doing nothing in particular other than just being cats. ; This morning however the rain is most definitely falling. I'll ; keep the bad news from the dynamic duo as long as possible. ; ; I'm not yet sure what kind of day I'll have. It's kind of a ; holiday made for shopping, but I kind of have some work to do. ; The only thing (almost) certain is that the next Mandelbrot ; image will appear in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and who ; knows what wonders lurk in the land of fractals? (Even the ; Shadow doesn't!) ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Mandelbrot-16 { ; time=0:03:37.62--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=mandel passes=1 center-mag=-1.98544215780481200/+0.000048925446947\ 36/9.506984e+012/1.0005/-167.369632363377747/-0.07\ 22266742894553948 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=1800 bailout=9 inside=0 proximity=1e-005 outside=fmod logmap=yes periodicity=10 colors=020zzXzzXzzXzzYzwbztdzqgzoiznlzknzhpzfszduz\ bxzbzz`zz_zzZzzYzzYzzYzzYzzZzz_zz_zz`zz_zz_zz_zzbz\ zbzxbzwbzudzsdzrdzpdznezlezkezigzghzehzdhzbjz_jzYj\ zXkxVmxTmwRmwMkzPmwTmsXmp_nndnkgngipelpbppYsrXwrTz\ rPzrOzpPzpPznRxnRxnTxmTwmVwmVwkXukXukYuiYuiYsi_sg_\ sgbrgbrfdrfdpfepdepdgndgnainainaip_ep_dr_br_Ys_XsZ\ VuZTuZPuZOwZMwXIxXGxXEzXCzX8zV6zV4zV0zV0zV0zT0zT0z\ T0zT0zR0zT0zT0zV0zV0wV0uX0rX4pZ6lZAkZEg_Ge_Kb_M_aP\ XaTVdVRdYPdbMfdKfgGgiEglAgp8ir4iu0Xu2iwCuxMzzVzzVz\ zVzuVzrVzlVzgVzdVwYVtTVpPXkOXfMX_KXXKXRIYMGYIGYCEY\ 6CY2CX6CTCARGAOM8MQ8KT6GZ6Ea4Ai68p6Ak4Cf4C_4EV4GQ4\ GM4IG2KA2K42M22O22K20M20O22O26P28P2AR2ER2GT2KV2MV2\ OX2RX2TY2VY2Y_4_b4db6ed8gd8keAlb2zeAnga_izKgz6kz4l\ z4nz2pz2sz0uz0wz0xz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0\ zz0zz0zz0zz0zu0zp0uk0nf0e_0YV2RQ2VO6XO8_MCbMEdKIgK\ KiIOlIPnGTpGVsEYuE_xCdzCe } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ;