; Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 12:18:14 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 12-12-03 (Spoor of the Beast [7]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20031212122000.29df8bb0@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- December 12, 2003 (Rating 7) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; When I started the FOTD on the Fractal-Art list in April of ; 1997, I intended to post a few fractals and discuss whether ; fractals really are art. I had no idea the FOTD would become ; such a major part of my life. But that's the way things go ; sometimes. Here we are, 6-1/2 years later, still as enthusias- ; tic about the FOTD as we were the first day. ; ; Today's image was created with the MandelbrotMix3a formula. It ; is a scene in an evaporated fractal that results when various ; portions of Z^(-1.3), Z^(-2.5), Z^(-4.6), and Z^(-6.4) are ; combined, then (1/C) is added. (Fractals with negative expo- ; nents 'evaporate' when the escape radius is raised to 10^100.) ; ; The M-Mix3a formula does not automatically calculate a critical ; point. This task must be done by hand, which is not easy, and ; makes the formula quite burdensome to use. But when a critical ; point is finally found, the results can be worth the effort. ; Whether today's image was worth the effort is up to the individ- ; ual viewer to decide. ; ; My decision was that the image earns a rating of a 7. ; ; Finding a name for the image was kind of fun. While studying ; the scene, I fancied myself looking down on a jungle from above. ; There below me was the scene of a kill, and leading to the scene ; were the tracks of various scavengers. I named the image "Spoor ; of the Beast", though no beast appears in the picture. ; ; The render time of under 4 minutes is fast enough, but a minute ; or two can still be saved by downloading the completed image ; from: ; ; ; ; or from: ; ; ; ; I must now take a moment to apologize to those who are disappoin- ; ted that the promised philosophical pontificating did not appear ; today. I have been too busy to ponder. But the philosophy will ; appear as promised in a day or two. After all, anything worth ; having is worth waiting for. ; ; Thursday was pleasant enough temperature-wise here at Fractal ; Central, with a high of 50F 10C and much sun, but the wind ; gusted to 50mph 80kph all afternoon, and the noise it made in ; the trees and bushes spooked the fractal cats, who dared not ; venture beyond the porch steps. In the evening, we comforted ; them with the customary treat of tuna. and they settled to sleep ; satisfied. Today is starting rather agreeable. We'll see how ; the rest of the day goes. ; ; And I've got that load of work to finish before it starts to ; pile up. I have already rambled on longer than I had intended. ; Until the next FOTD in 24 hours, take care, and beware of the ; wild fractal beasts that are lurking in the vicinity. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ Spoor_of_the_Beast { ; time=0:03:49.21--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix3a function=recip passes=1 center-mag=-9.081882577005382/-6.444497511562424/1\ 94430.2/1/-32.4999999962004082/1.5461261916594e-008 params=1/-1.3/0.8/-2.5/-0.5/-4.6/-0.3/-6.4/1.07557\ 97065275/1e+100 float=y maxiter=1200 inside=bof61 periodicity=10 colors=000P3sM8nJDiGHdDM_AQV7VQ5ZL_\ rr`traurbqpbnncjlcgjcdhd`fdYddVbeR`eOZeLYdMWcMVbNU\ aNS`OR_OQZPOZPNYPMA0KAAJAFIAKGANFAPEOTDIVJDYP8aVUg\ acmgzzzzztzzphlmfgidbfbXc`S_ZNXYIUWKTUMRSPPQRNUULM\ WKKYII_HGbFEdDCfCAhA8j9BbHEVPHOXKGdN8lP1tQ7rRCqSHp\ TNoUSnVXmValY`h_`da_`c_Xe_UfaWfcXfeZff_ghagjbgkdgm\ ehofhphhrihtkiuliwniyoizpRghOciL_jIWkFSlCOm9Kn6Go3\ Dp6Gq8JqBMqDPrFSrIUrKXrM_sPbsResTgsVhqWioXjmZkk_lj\ `mhbnfcoddpcfqagr_hsYisXgqYepZdo_bm`ala_kbZicXhdWg\ eZba`ZYbUUdQRfPShPSjOSlOTnNTpNTrMUtMUvLUwLUoQ`gVf_\ _mSdsRboRakR_hQZdQYaQWYPVUPTRPSNPRKMURJXYG_dEbkHdg\ KedNf`QgYTiVWjRZkOalLdiPfgSheWkbZm`boZerWitUlvSorQ\ poOqlMriLseJsbHt_GuXEvTCvQBwN9xK7yH6yI8wI9uJAtJBrK\ CqKDoKFmLGlLHjMIiMJgMKfLJgLIgKHgKHhKGhJFhJFiIEiIDi\ IDjHCjHBjHBjLFgPJdTNaXR_`VXdZUhbRkfPjhQijRikShmTgn\ UgpVfqWfsXetYdvZdw_cy`cz`XsbQlcKedDZe7Sf } frm:MandelbrotMix3a {; Jim Muth z=real(p5), c=fn1(pixel), a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), g=real(p3), h=imag(p3), j=real(p4), k=imag(p4), l=imag(p5)+100: z=(a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f))+(g*(z^h))+(j*(z^k))+c, |z| <=l } ; END PARAMETER FILE================================== ;