; Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 10:21:24 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 14-01-04 (The Unseen Squid [5]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20040114102336.0d7743d8@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- January 14, 2004 (Rating 5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; When I stepped back to view today's image from a distance, I was ; immediately reminded of an undersea scene, where a squid or ; octopus has been threatened and has released a cloud of black ; ink to conceal its escape. Since I saw no actual squid in the ; image, I named it "The Unseen Squid". (I doubt that a Mandel- ; brot 'molecule' could pass for a squid.) ; ; All in all, it's a very traditional fractal, created with the ; MandelbrotMix2 formula and rendered with the outside set to ; 'iter' and the inside set to zero. The image has the appearance ; of being very close to the escape radius, but this appearance is ; the actual nature of the fractal at this particular point. ; Increasing the bailout by entering a large number as the ; imag(p3) parameter has very little effect on the image. A large ; bailout radius will not evaporate the image because its formula ; contains a positive power of Z. ; ; When rating the image, I studied it for several minutes, trying ; to find a reason to rate it at a 6. I found nothing in it worth ; more than a rating of a very-average 5. Combined with a render ; time of 11-1/2 minutes, this gives an overall value of 43. ; ; This value can be raised considerably by letting Paul render the ; image and downloading the finished product from his web site at: ; ; ; ; The temperature reached 48F 9C here at Fractal Central Tuesday ; afternoon, though the clouds, which came and went, kept ; conditions from being ideal. The fractal cats had as good a day ; as possible in the yard, considering the less-than-ideal ; weather. This morning is much colder, and a snowfall is moving ; in. The cats' moods will suffer, I fear. ; ; My day will be adequate once I finish the waiting work. And an ; adequate day is about the most one can ask for. Tomorrow, I ; will return with another fractal of a quality yet to be deter- ; mined. Until then, take care, and have faith in fractals. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ The_Unseen_Squid { ; time=0:11:34.70--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix2 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+1.68407403939392000/+12.56396673625027\ 000/48065.35/1/49.9999999999923546/-6.064168889263\ 75464e-010 params=-0.3/-1.5/1/1.5/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=1500 inside=0 logmap=181 periodicity=10 colors=000HZ_F_ZE`YCaXBaWGbXKcXOdXTdXXeY`fYegYigYm\ hZriZvjZzjZngVcdRTaNIZJ7WFAXECXDEYDGYCIYCKZBMZAO_A\ Q_9S_9OXELVIITMFRRCPV9NZqxunurksoiqlfnjdlgajd_hbbe\ debeh_fjXgmUhpRirOjrTiqXiWimUfjScgR`ePYbNV_LSYKPVI\ MSGJQEGNDDKBAI97F74C61A55D49G4CI4HN4LR4PW4T_4Xd4`h\ 4dm4hq4lv4pz7Xo9DdLANX86Z88_8A`8Ba8Dc8Ed8Ge8Hf8Jh8\ Ki8Mj8Nk8Pl8QmARmCSnDSnFToHUoIUpKVpMWpNWmMTkLQiKNf\ JKdIIbHF_GCYF9WE6UD4TF7TGATHCTIFSKISLKSMNSNPRPSRQV\ RRXRS_QUbQVdQWgQXiTZkV_lXamZbn`cobepdfqfgriiskjtml\ uomvqnwspxuqywrznpyeoxYnwPlvGku8jtAisBisCisDisEisF\ isGirHirIirJirKirLirMirNdpO`oPWmPSlQOkRJiRFhSAfT6e\ T2dNNjIfpDzuCvrCrpCnnCjlBfjBbhBZfBVdARbAN`AJZAFXAB\ VNLWZVXjdYvnYtm`rlcpkenjhlijjhmhgoffreftggshhriirk\ iqljqmkpnkpploqmnrnntnmuomvplwplpkejgZdcTZ_MTWGVXH\ XYHYZH__Ia`IcaJebJfcJhdKjeKlfLngLybbwc_vdXteVseSqf\ QpgNTUhRVgPVeOWdMXcKYbJZa } frm:MandelbrotMix2 {; 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)+(p4)), 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================================== ;