; Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 09:28:55 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 24-05-04 (Fun in the Sun [5]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20040524093240.3927c4ec@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- May 24, 2004 (Rating 5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image is something different. It has no midget at the ; center, and it has been created by one of the built-in formulas ; -- the manzpower. To find the image, I drew the Z^(998.1)+C ; Mandeloid and examined it in the area of the negative real axis. ; ; Fractals of such a high order are normally very dull objects, ; appearing as circles with a multitude of identical tiny bays ; lying along the perimeter. The inner detail of these bays has a ; similarity that makes exploration boring. ; ; But today's image was drawn with a fractional power of Z, and ; that fractional part makes the difference. Most of the parent ; fractal consists of the expected identical bays. The difference ; lies along the negative real axis, where the fractal is ; splitting apart and new scenes are springing into existence. It ; is in this area that today's image lies. ; ; In today's image the view window has been rotated 90 degrees. ; East is up and north is left. The X-axis runs up and down the ; center of the screen. The magnitude of the scene is a nominal ; 2x(10^8), the maxiter an unimpressive 1500. ; ; The resulting image reminds me of a fantastic tree set against ; an alien sky, with smoky globules of light scattered among the ; branches. For reasons not recalled, I named it "Fun in the ; Sun". The tree itself is unlike anything that could be found on ; earth, but if one of the leading quantum theories is correct, ; and an infinity of alternate universes does exist, then this ; exact scene not only exists, but exists an infinity of times. ; ; The rating of a 5 is a fair representation of the image's worth. ; I found it almost automatically and spent very little time in ; rendering or coloring it. When the render time of 2 minutes is ; considered, the overall value is an exciting 226. ; ; For fractal convenience, the parameter file of the image has ; been rendered and the finished image posted to the FOTD web site ; at: ; ; ; ; Sunday was a repeat of Saturday here at Fractal Central. The ; temperature reached 91F 33C under lots of sun, and the cats ; spent several hours in the yard, watching cicadas and occasion- ; ally eating one that fluttered too near. In the evening they ; came inside and settled down without complaint. Today looks as ; though it will be another repeat. ; ; In my corner of F.C. the work is piling up, so I had best get ; started. Until next FOTD, which will most likely, but not ; certainly, appear in 24 hours, take care, and be kind to all ; types of fractals. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Fun_in_the_Sun { ; time=0:02:12.70--SF5 on a P200 reset=2003 type=manzpower passes=1 bailout=10 center-mag=-1.00064242478037900/0/2.137563e+008/1/\ 90/3.88578058618804789e-016 params=0/0/998.1/0 float=y maxiter=1500 inside=bof60 outside=real periodicity=10 colors=000F2LD3JC4IB5G96F87D78B59A4\ A82B63C73D73E73F73G74H74I74J84K84L85M85N85O85P81Q7\ 3R85S87T98U9AVACWAEXAFYBHZBJ_CL`CMaDObDQcDSdETeEVf\ FXgGZhH_iIajJckKdlMemOgnQioSkpUkqWmrYos_osapscprep\ qgppippkpompnopmqplrplsoktojunivnhwngxnfyoezodzocz\ ocztbStaTt`Tt_TuZUuYUuXVuWVuWWuVWuUWuTXvSXvRYvQYvP\ YvOZvNZvN_vM_wL`wK`wJ`wIawHawGbwFbxFawFbwFbvFbvFbu\ FbuFbuFctFctFcsFcsFcsFcrFdrFdqFdqFdqFdpFdpFeoFeoFe\ oFenFenFemFemFflFflFflFfkFfkFfjFgjFgjFgiFgiFghFghF\ hhFhgFhgFhfFhfFhhBmgDjfFhfHfeJdeLbdM`cOYcQWbSUbUSa\ WQcYRbXPaXO`XN_XMZXLYXKXXJWXIWWGVWFUWETWDSWCRWBQWA\ PW9PW8RVBSVDUUFVUHWTJYTLZSN_SPaRRbRTdQVeQXfPZhP`iO\ bjOdlNfmNhnNjnMkoMkoLlpLmqKmqKnrJnrIosIosHptHpuGqu\ GqvFrvFrwEswEsvFrqNquGruHrtIrtJrsJqsKqrLqrMqqNqYiO\ ZhPZhPZhQ_gQ_gR_gR_fR`fS`fS`eTaeTaeUadUadUbdVbcVbc\ WXSeVRcUQbSQ`RPZQOYONWNMVMLTKLRJKQIJOGIN } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ;