; Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2004 09:18:21 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 02-02-04 (A Nest of Undines [8]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20040202092046.298ff688@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- February 02, 2004 (Rating 8) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; The first day of February, the day of the great computer virus ; attack, has come and gone, and not much has happened -- at least ; as far as I have heard. This is just about what I expected. ; These over-hyped disasters never seem to happen. Of course, I ; never had reason to worry. With the precautions I take, I have ; absolutely 100-percent total immunity, (no exaggeration), to ; electronic viral attack. But though I was not concerned about ; my own computer safety, I was surprised when a friend called ; yesterday to ask if it were safe to go on the internet. I told ; her that the risk was slight, and settled down to wander in ; Fractal Land. ; ; I gave the name "A Nest of Undines" to the image I soon found. ; An undine is a female nature spirit who supposedly lives in the ; water, just as gnomes live in the earth and sylphs live in the ; air. I have no idea what a group of undines would be called. I ; doubt that it would be a bevy. I guess a nest is as good as ; anything. ; ; There is nothing really watery about today's image. I simply ; liked the sound of the name. The image is an evaporated one, ; created by combining 7 negative parts of Z^(-1.4142) with 0.7 ; negative parts of Z^(-14.142) and then adding (1/C). Since the ; image has been evaporated, it consists of nothing but trapped ; 'inside' points, which have been brought to life by rendering ; it with the inside set to bof60. ; ; The image is one of the few in which the 'bof60' inside fill ; draws the best picture. Normally, this fill draws little more ; than chains of bubbles, which can sometimes be quite attractive, ; but often are boring. In today's image however, the bubbles ; have been caught up in the discontinuities and ripped to ; shreds, so that they resemble the shape of bananas more than ; spheres. ; ; Another unusual feature of the scene is the almost total lack of ; symmetry around the central midget. This is a result of the ; rather low maxiter of the image. ; ; I feel that the rating of an 8 is justified. Due to the extra ; effort I put into its coloring, the image is one of the more ; unusual ones of recent weeks. Combined with the render time of ; 29-1/2 minutes, this gives an overall value of 35. The wait ; for the image to calculate can be avoided by downloading the ; already-rendered image from Paul's web site at: ; ; ; ; Of course, then you miss the fun of doing it yourself. ; ; Sunday was a bit milder here at Fractal Central. The tempera- ; ture reached a high of 32F 0C, but the yard is still shaded by ; the holly trees and the snow is still 15cm deep on the ground. ; The cats passed the day wishing for better things. Today looks ; like a repeat. We'll see how it goes. ; ; The work looks as though it will be heavy today. If I am smart, ; (which I am), I'll start on it without delay. The next FOTD is ; due to appear in 24-odd hours. But an ice storm is also due in ; 24 hours, and the reliability of the electric service here at ; Fractal Central in ice and wind conditions cannot be under- ; estimated. Until tomorrow, when the next FOTD will hopefully ; appear, take care, and keep searching for stray fractals. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ A_Nest_of_Undines { ; time=0:29:37.95--SF5 on a P200 reset=2003 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+0.54156745632081060/+1.201010131049127\ 00/1170.852/1/-35/-7.59461937782646146e-014 params=-7/-1.4142/-0.7/-14.142/0/1e+100 float=y maxiter=1200 inside=bof60 periodicity=10 colors=000zb8zb8zb6zb4vb1ub0qb0nd0md0hd0ed0dd0`d0Y\ d0Wd0Sd0Od0Md0Oe0Qe0Se0Ug0Ug0Wg4Yh8ZhAZhF`kIbkKdkO\ emSemWgmYhn`kndkngmohnomoooomqmknhimefkbcj_aeXZdUW\ bQUZMRYKOWHHUDDQ88O44M11K00H00F00D00A00H08K0HO0QS0\ YW4eZ6nb8ueAzhDzmAzk8xk6vh4si1pi0mi0jh0gf0ee0bd0`d\ 0Yb0Vb0Sb6PgOEidzqszvzzzqzzdqzOZz8Hz6Kz1Mz0Qz0Sz0W\ z0Yz0`z0bz0ez0gz0kz0mz0nz0hz0dz0`z0Wz0Sz0Mz0Iz0Dz1\ 8z41z60zSK0QO0OQ0OS0MW0MY0KZ0K`0Id0Ie0Hg0Hk0Fm0Fn0\ Do0Ds0Au0Av08z08z06z06z0Az0Fz0Iz0Mz0Qz0Uz0Yz0`z0dz\ 0gz0hz0mz0oz0sz0vz0zz0zx0zx0zx0zx0zx0zx0yyKxzUwzUv\ zIvz0vz0vz1vz8vzDvuHvnMvhQvbWvWZvObvHgv8kv1nx0kx0g\ z0ez0bz0Zz0Yz0Uz0Qz0Oz0Kz0Iz0Fz0Az08z04z00z00z00z0\ 0z00z00z00z00z40z80zF0zI0zM0zS1zW4zZ8zbAzgDzkHznIz\ sKzvOzzQzzSzzWzzYzzZzzbvzd0zq6zkIzdUzZduSnoKxkFze6\ z`0zY0zZ0zZ0z`4z`8zbDzbHzbKzdOzdSzeWzeZze`zhYzkWzn\ UzoSzsQzeQz`IzbHzbFzbDzbA } 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================================== ;