; Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 11:51:24 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 16-12-03 (Ethereal Iteration [8]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20031216115312.2b57ff66@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- December 16, 2003 (Rating 8) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; The celestial appearance of today's image inspired the name ; "Ethereal Iteration". It is one of my better recent images, the ; first to rate an 8 in several weeks. ; ; Most of the heaven-like appearance is due to the coloring, which ; I found totally by chance. While I sat watching the colors ; cycle, today's palette flashed by. I quickly stopped the ; cycling and backtracked a few steps. Only a minor bit of ; touching up was needed before today's image was finished and ; ready to be crowned FOTD for December 16. ; ; The parent fractal is a curiously distorted Mandeloid, most of ; which lies beyond the top border of the default screen. North ; of the Mandeloid lies a rounded area of chaotic broken filaments ; and bits of spirals, almost serving as a shadow to the Mandel- ; oid. Today's scene, which mirrors the nature of the filaments ; very well, lies in one of these filaments. ; ; The midget itself was one that I found by instinct. There is no ; two-way symmetry at the surface of the parent fractal to indi- ; cate that the midget is there. How I find midgets such as the ; one in today's image is as big a mystery to me as to anyone ; else. Often I come upon them without even trying, while idly ; noodling around in some newly-created fractal. But that's how ; it is in the mysterious land of fractals. ; ; The rating of an 8 might be a bit liberal, but after so many 6's ; and 7's recently, I deserve it. The render time of 3 minutes is ; within the realm of reason, and can be cut in half by download- ; ing the finished GIF image from: ; ; ; ; or from: ; ; ; ; Monday was too cold and windy here at Fractal Central for the ; fractal cats to have a good day, but they took their disappoint- ; ment stoically. In the evening their reward was a dish of ; flaked tuna. Today is starting cold and calm, but due to turn ; warmer. It should be a better day for the duo. ; ; For me, it will be an acceptable day once the work is finished ; and the next fractal has revealed itself. But that time is yet ; several hours off, so it's time to get started. Until 24 hours ; have passed, take care, and what does it all mean? ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ Ethereal_Iteration { ; time=0:03:41.68--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=-0.08297230542334892/+5.277060130765460\ 00/174630.3/1/80/2.21423986923596772e-008 params=0.95/1.1/-1.05/-1.1/0/0 float=y maxiter=800 inside=0 logmap=75 symmetry=none periodicity=10 colors=000JAWKAYLA_MAaNAcOAePBgQCiRFkSImTKoUNqVPsW\ SuXUwYXwYZwYawZcwZfw_hw_kw_mwWjvSgvOevKbvH_vDYv9Vv\ 5Sv2Qv6Qr9QoCQkFQhIQeMQaQQZUQVYQSaQPeQLiQImQFiODeM\ CaKBYIAUG9QE8MC7KA6K85K64K43K32K6DK8NDBX9Df4Gp0Iz6\ KwBLtGNrLOoRQlWRj`TgeUeeQeeNfdJgdGhdCid9jd6je9heCf\ edAbXBZPCWHDS9EP1EO3DN5CM7BL9AKB9JD8IF7HH6GJ5FL4FN\ 4KR5OU5TX5X_5ac6ef6ji6nl6mi7mg7me7lc7la7l_7kY7kW7k\ U7hV8fV8dW8bW8`X8YX8WY8UY8SY9QZ9NZ9L_9J_9H`9F`9D`9\ BILFMKJQKMUKQYKUaJXeJ`iJcmJalK`lLZkLYkMWkNVjNTjOSi\ PQiPPiQNhRMhRKgSJgTIgTHhVHiWHjXHkYHlZHm_Hn`HoaGpbG\ qcGrdGseGtfGugGvhGwiFufEtcDsaCqZBpXAoU9nR9lP8kM7jK\ 6iH5gE4fC3e93d7GZITTSeNbqHllLjgPhbSfYWdUZc68c7Ha7Q\ _8ZY8gW8pUAlXBlZDm`EnbGodIpfKqhMr_OsSQtRSuRUvRWwRY\ xQ_yQazQczQezPgzPizPkzPmzOozOqzOszOuzNwzMxzLyzKzzJ\ zzIzz2zz2zz2zz7zzCzzGzzLzzPzzUzzYzzbzzfzzkzzozztzz\ xzzrzzlzzgzzazzWzzRzzLzzG } frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; Jim Muth a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(-a*b*g*h)^j, k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } ; END PARAMETER FILE================================== ;