; Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2003 10:36:17 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 05-12-03 (Austral Astrals [7]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20031205103756.2fdf1c16@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- December 05, 2003 (Rating 7) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; To create today's image I added a tiny bit of Z^i to the Mandel- ; brot set and examined the East Valley area of the resulting ; fractal, which on the large scale is indistinguishable from the ; M-set itself. But though that tiny imaginary part makes no ; difference on the large scale, it does make changes on the ; smaller scale, especially in the area near the real axis. ; ; Today's image is one of a midget in the East Valley area of the ; M-set. The midget has been shifted and changed somewhat by the ; addition of the tiny imaginary part to the formula. But by far ; the greatest part of the effect of the image is a result of ; rendering the outside with the 'fmod' option. ; ; The blue background appears to be blended unusually smoothly for ; a 256-color GIF image, but a close examination will still reveal ; traces of color bands. Because of the extra effort I put into ; smoothing the background, I have decided to again reward myself ; with a rating of 7. ; ; After a few moments study, I named the image "Austral Astrals", ; which might be roughly translated as 'southern stars'. I had no ; good reason for choosing such a name. The words simply sounded ; good to me. ; ; Those who plan to run the included parameter file will find them- ; selves facing an 11-minute wait to see the image. Those who ; decide to download the completed image will see it faster. The ; GIF file of the image may be downloaded from Paul's web site at: ; ; ; ; or from Scott's site at: ; ; ; ; Thursday was cloudy and chilly here at Fractal Central. The ; cats managed about 30 minutes in the yard before the temperature ; of 36F 2C chilled their ears and brought them indoors to their ; window shelves. The traditional evening treat of tuna eased ; their chagrin. But this morning we have around 6 inches, 15cm ; of snow on the ground, and it is still snowing heavily in big ; fat 'quarter-pounder' flakes. The local weather experts are ; forecasting up to 16 inches 40cm by the time it ends later ; Saturday. The cats will not be happy about this. ; ; I'll be happy however, for despite my advancing age, I still ; enjoy watching the snow fall. And for some reason, fractals ; appear to look better in snowy weather. Until next time, take ; care, and I guess I'll be shoveling off. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Austral_Astrals { ; time=0:11:41.73--SF5 on a p200 reset=2002 type=manzpower passes=1 center-mag=+0.26761112108950750/-0.003830805561863\ 68/1.094852e+010/1/-5/0.00133 params=0/0/2/4.4e-006 float=y maxiter=2500 bailout=9 inside=0 proximity=0.04 outside=fmod periodicity=10 colors=000AVzAUzAUzAUyAUxAUwATwATuASuASsARrARpAQoA\ QmAPlAPkAOjAOi9Nh9Ng8Mf8Le8Kd7Jc7Ib7Ha6G`6F_5EZ5DY\ 5CX4BW4AV29U4AT5BS6BR7CQ8CP9DOAENBEMCFLDFKEGKFHKGH\ KHILIIMJJNKKOLKPMLQNLQOMQPNQQNQROQSOQTPQUQQVQQWRQW\ SPXRQXRQXRQXQQXQQXQQXPQXPQXPQXOQYOQYOQYNQYNRYNRYMR\ YMRYMRYLRYLRZLRZKRZKRZKRZJRZJRZJSZISZISZIS_HS_HS_H\ S_GS_GS_GS_FS_FS_FS`DT_FS_GS_HR_IR_KQ_LQ_MP_NP_PO_\ QO_RN_SNZUMZVMZWLZXLZZKZ_KZ`JZaJZcIZdIZeH_fH`gHehJ\ khKoiLuiMzkMyiNxhNtgOvfOueOtdPscPrbQqaQp`QpZRoYRoX\ SnWSnVSmUTmTTlSTlRUkQUkOVjNVjMViLWiKWhJXhIXgHXgGYf\ FYfEYbJV_NTWSRTWOQ_MMdKJhHFmFCqD9uBHoHOjNVeTa`ZeZ`\ hWciPbfQadRabSa`TaZU`XU`VV`TW`QX_OY_MY_KZ_I_ZG`ZEa\ ZAdXCaZE__FY`HWaIUcKRdMPeNNfPLhQJiSHjUEkVCmXAnY8o_\ 6p`4qY4nW4lU4iR4gP4dN4bL4_I4YG4VE4TA2RC4RD5RF6RG8R\ H9RJARKCRLDRNEROGRPHRRIRSKRTLRVMRWORXPRZQR_SRaTRbU\ RcWReXRfYRg_REYdEYdEYcFYc } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ;