; Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 10:03:39 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 11-05-04 (Oak Tree by Night [7]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20040511100717.2b47a020@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- May 11, 2004 (Rating 7) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; There is an old white oak tree in the Fractal Center neighbor- ; hood, standing 100 feet (30 meters) tall and broad, with a trunk ; about 6 feet (2 meters) in diameter. It has probably stood ; there for well over 100 years, surviving every storm that has ; assaulted it in that time. From its appearance, the tree, which ; is in perfect health, might stand for another 100 years. ; ; I mention this tree because the outline of a mighty oak tree is ; not very difficult to see in today's image. The dark blueness ; of the sky and hints of stars showing through the bare branches ; would indicate that the time of the scene is a winter night. ; The name "Oak Tree by Night" seems very appropriate. ; ; I found the scene by accident, while browsing the same parent ; fractal that produced the two most recent FOTD's. The fractal ; tree is located in a disconnected neighborhood in the western ; suburbs of this parent. The entire area is a forest of similar ; but not identical trees, some connected, some disconnected, and ; not all of them are white oaks. ; ; I rated the scene at a 7, since it is a refreshing change from ; my constant fare of quadratic midgets, which even to me ; sometimes seems boring. The short render time of under 3-1/2 ; minutes results in an overall value of 203. ; ; The task of rendering may be dispensed with by downloading the ; finished GIF image from the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; It is possible to have too much of a good thing, and this is ; what happened Monday here at Fractal Central when the ; temperature reached 88F 31C. This was too warm for the ; sensitive ears of the dynamic duo, who came inside after less ; than 1/2 hour in the yard. They would have preferred to lie ; under an air conditioner, but I have not yet turned any on. ; Today is starting just as warm. I will give the duo a break, ; and let them outside in the morning, before it gets too hot. ; ; The work for me is normal today, but hopefully, the fractal will ; be as far above normal as the temperature. Until next FOTD, ; take care, and ponder the inner meaning of fractals. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ Oak_Tree_by_Night { ; time=0:03:24.93--SF5 on a P200 reset=2003 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix2 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=-14.8903/-0.96767/36.79717/1/52.5/-4.07\ 27e-007 params=1.5/-1.24/0.19/-7.26/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=1200 inside=0 logmap=48 periodicity=10 colors=000RL7QL7RN7QL7QM7PL7PL9OKBOKCNJ9NJ5MI2MJ0L\ IELIFKJGKJHJKIJKJIKKIKLHKMHKNGKOGKPGKQFKRFKTEKVEKX\ DKYDK_CKaCKcBLeBMgBMiANkANm9Po9Pq8Ps8Qu7Rv7Rw6Rx6R\ y6Rz7Qz8Pz9PzAOzBOzCNzDNzDMzEMzFLzGLzHKzIKzJJzJIzK\ IzLHzMHzNGzOGzPFzPFzQEzREzSDzTDzUCzVCzVBzWAzXAzY9z\ Z9z_8z`8z`7za7zb6zc6yc5xc5wc4vc4ucAscKqcUocUmIckEc\ iEcgEceEccEcaEc_EcYEcWEcUEcSEcQEcOEcNEcMEcOEcPEcRE\ cSEcUEcWEcXEcZEc`EcaEccEceEcfEchEcjEckEcmEcoEcpEcr\ EcsEcuFcsFcqGcpGcnHcmHckIcjIchJcgJceKcdKcbKcaLc_Lc\ YMcXMcVNcUNcSOcROcPPcOPcMQcLQcJQcIScJTcKUcLWcMXcNY\ cO_cO`cPacQccRdcSecTgcUhcUicVkcWlcXmcYocZpc_qc_sc`\ tcaucbwccxcdycezcexcdvcducdscdrcdpccoccmcckccjcchc\ bgcbecbdcbbcb`ca_caYcaXcaVcaUcaVc_WcYXcWXcUYcSZcQZ\ cO_cM`cK`cIacGbcEbcCccBccBccBdcBdcBdcBecAecAecAfcA\ fcAfcAgc9gc9gc9hc9hc9hc9ic8ic8ic8jc8jc8jc8kc7kc7kc\ 7lc7lc7lc7mc6mc6mc6nc6nc6 } 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================================== ; ;