; Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2004 10:16:46 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 01-10-04 (Fractal Briars [5]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20041001101735.299ffbf0@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- October 01, 2004 (Rating 5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today I have good news! ; ; Starting today, the FOTD will resume its daily schedule. This ; schedule will continue, with occasional interruptions, for the ; foreseeable future, bringing new and hopefully greater fractal ; wonders each and every day. ; ; It has been sometimes said that I give too little attention to ; the built-in fractal types of Fractint. To correct this ; possible oversight, I have decided to post a FOTD created by ; each of the fractal types in turn, starting with today's image, ; which was created by the Barnsley-1 Julia formula. I believe ; that this series of formulas first appeared in Dr. Michael ; Barnsley's book "Fractals Everywhere". For now, I will confine ; my explorations to the escape-time fractal types. ; ; Having devoted so much time and effort to my own formulas, I ; have done very little exploring in the fractals created by some ; of these formulas, making them almost new. This should assure ; as exciting a trip for me as for the readers. ; ; Today's stop in the fractal created by the Barnsley j1 formula ; rates a 5. I am sure that this formula has far better images ; latent in it, but having done almost no exploring, I have set- ; tled for the best I could find after 27 minutes of exploration. ; ; The image has a rather sharp, scratchy feeling to it, which ; reminds me of the thicket of prickly brush at the bottom of the ; fractal yard, where the fractal cats go to feel safe when they ; sense a threat in the vicinity. The name "Fractal Briars" seems ; quite appropriate. ; ; Since the image is part of a Julia set, it can hold no Mandel- ; brot midgets. Instead of a midget at the center, we have a ; symmetrical area of chaos that reveals additional interesting ; scenes as one dives ever deeper into it. ; ; The render time of 25 seconds raises the merely average rating ; of a 5 to a very impressive 1190, one of the highest overall ; values of all time. Those who would rather not render may find ; the finished image available for download on the FOTD web site ; at: ; ; ; ; The weather here at Fractal Central on Thursday threatened ; showers, but nothing ever developed. The sun between clouds and ; temperature of 75F 24C were perfect for fractal cats. The two ; local ones made the most of it by enjoying the entire afternoon ; in the yard. When supper time arrived, they came indoors ; without complaint. ; ; For me, only a few traces of the work backlog remain to be ; cleared away, and those will be gone by the weekend. The next ; FOTD will appear in 24 hours at this same place. Until then, ; take care, and what is it all about? ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Fractal_Briars { ; time=0:00:24.99--SF5 on a P200 reset=2003 type=barnsleyj1 passes=1 center-mag=-0.76237465831199520/+1.36037226116\ 578400/96846.58/1/115/-2.65054318770996389e-010 params=0.7/1.25 float=y maxiter=300 bailout=100 inside=0 logmap=40 periodicity=10 colors=000zYzsXroTigPY_MNSIBKF0GKADOJATT7Xa4ak1et2\ bs3Zr3Vq4Sq5Op5Ko6Gn6Dn6Kk6Qi6Xf6bd6hb6o_6uY6zWByT\ FxRJvPOuMSsKWrI`pFdoDhnBkeLmXVpOdrFnnIojLogOocRo`U\ pXXpU_pQbpNeqJhqGkqCnq9qq8oo8nn8mm8ll8kk8jj8hi8gh8\ fg8ef8de8cd8bcAedBheCjeDmfEpfGrgHugIxhJzhKziLziSw_\ ZpQehGka6ge8ch9`lAXoBUsCQvDNyEOxHOwKPwNPvQQvSQuVRu\ YRt`StbSseTshTrkTrmVtjWugXvdYwaZxZ_yW`zTazQbzNczK`\ zLYwMVtNSqOPnOMkPJhQGeRDbRA_S7XT4UU1SU3TS5UQ7VO8WM\ AXKCYIEZGF_FH`DJaBLb9Mc7Od5Qe3Re2NjKJo`InaHmbGlcFk\ cEjdDieChfBgfAfg9eh8di7ci6bj5ak5`kAZfFXbJVZOTVSSRX\ QN`OJeMFiLBYHONE_BBk08w6DsCHpHMlNQiTVeYZbSbdNeeHig\ Clh6pj1sk4tl6tm8tmBunDunFuoHvoKvpMvpOwqQwqTwrVxrXx\ sZxs_mg`cX`UMaKBaA0aD3aF5aI8aKAaMDaPFaRIaUKaWNaYP`\ cY_heZmnYrvZps_np_ln`jkahhaffbdcbcaab``a`_``Z__YZ_\ XY_WX_VWZUVZTUZSTZRSYQRYPQYOPYNTVNWTMZQMaOLdLLhJKk\ GKnEJqBJt9Jw7nbnpaor`qt_r } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ;