; Date: Sat, 02 Oct 2004 10:01:30 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 02-10-04 (Broken Symmetry [5]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20041002100222.299f6e3e@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- October 02, 2004 (Rating 5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's fractal takes us to the second escape-time fractal of ; the large built-in library of Fractint, the barnsleyj2 formula, ; which like yesterday's formula, the barnsleyj1, first appeared ; in Barnsley's book "Fractals Everywhere". The fractals produced ; by the barnsleyj2 formula are quite like those produced by the ; barnsleyj1 formula, at least this is how it appears to me. I ; have done only an insignificant amount of exploration however, ; and have almost certainly missed the most interesting fractals ; these formulas can draw. ; ; I might have done better if I had started with the Mandelbrot ; versions of the Barnsley formulae. Then I would have formed ; some idea of the variety possible before jumping right into the ; Julia sets. But my intention is to work through all the ; escape-time formulas in order, and this clueless rambling is ; how it goes at the start. ; ; Like yesterday's image, today's image is centered on one of the ; points of symmetry that fill the parent fractal. And once again ; I could give a rating no higher than an average 5. The coloring ; helps a little, the blue background giving the impression of ; bits and pieces of fractal debris swirling in infinite space -- ; one of my favorite themes. After a short consideration, I named ; the image "Broken Symmetry". ; ; After short trips into the first two of Barnsley's Julia ; formulae, I am only mildly impressed by their potential. I have ; seen similar and even far more interesting 'bits-and-pieces' ; images created by the MandelbrotBC2 branch-cut formula when it ; is used to investigate the Mandeloids that result when powers of ; Z between 1 and 2 are iterated. ; ; Perhaps the best feature of today's image is its lightning ; speed. Less than 28 seconds to render a fractal is unusual, ; even in this day of gigahertz machines. And this speed raises ; the humble rating of 5 to a whopping overall value of 1087. I ; can already see the world's fractalists rushing to their ; computers to render the image. ; ; But unfortunately, some modern computers do not support the old ; DOS video modes used by Fractint. Those with such new-fangled, ; over-featured, under-performing machines can still see the image ; however by downloading it from the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; The weather was totally perfect here at Fractal Central on ; Friday. What could be better than light winds, a cloudless sky, ; and a temperature of 77F 25C? The fractal cats fully agreed. ; They spent the afternoon lounging in the holly thicket at the ; bottom of the yard, not showing themselves until I rang the ; dinner bell (a spoon on a can of cat food) at sundown. Today is ; starting cloudy and drizzly, with heavier rain due in a few ; hours. The fractal duo have not yet seen the deteriorating ; conditions. Hopefully, they had such a pleasant time yesterday ; that they will not mind a few drops on their ears today. ; ; With about three hours effort, I should be able to empty the ; in-shelf beside my desk of all waiting work. Then I will have ; no excuses for submitting less-than-perfect fractals. Until ; tomorrow, take care, and when a fractal goes sour, sprinkle a ; little sugar on it. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Broken_Symmetry { ; time=0:00:27.63--SF5 on a P200 reset=2003 type=barnsleyj2 passes=1 center-mag=+1.09808811220341800/+1.103806763054818\ 00/75.43892/1/62.5/-1.14117049143658278e-013 params=0.52/1.22 float=y maxiter=500 bailout=100 inside=0 logmap=19 periodicity=10 colors=000YA_XAZWBYVCXUCWTDVSDUQKTOQSMTRKXQF`LRdHb\ hCnm8zu4vnArgGn`LkVRgOXcHa_AgX4lU8kSCjPGiNKjKOkISl\ FWmD_nAco8gp6jq8irAisCitEhuGhvIhwKgxMgyOgzQfzSfzUf\ zSdzRbzP_zoZzmZzkZziZzg_ze_zc_za_z_`zY`zW`zU`zS`zQ\ azOazMazKazIbzGbzEbzCbzBbzD`zE_zGZzHYzJXzKWzMUzNTz\ OSzQRzRQzTPzUNzWMzXLzZKz_Jz`Iz_Nz_RzZVzZZzYbzYgaXk\ gXomWssWwycdqkNir5al6df7g`7jV8mP8pJ9sD9uCAvCBvCBvC\ CvCDvCDvCEvCFvCFvCGvCHvCHwCIwCJwCJwCKwCLwCLwCMwCNw\ CNwCOwCOwEQxGRxISxKTxMUxOVxQXxSYxUZxW_xY`x_axacxcd\ xeexgfxigxkhxmixu9AvGLvMVwSewYowcyvdwveuvfsvgrvgpv\ hnvimujkukiukgulfumdunbunatmcslerkgqjipjkoimnhomgq\ mgskhtjhtiithiugjufjuejudkvckvblvalv`mw_mwZmwYnwXn\ xWoxVoxUoxRlzPizNfzLczJ`zHYzFVzDQzBMzAHz8Dz68z54zE\ MzNczWtzXrzXqzYozYnzYlzZkzZjzZhz_gz_ez_dz`bz`az``z\ a_zaZzaYwaXtaWqaVnbUmbTnbTobSpbRqbQrcPscOtcNucMvcL\ wcLwWGzOCzG8zHGzHOzHVzOAz } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ;