; Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2004 08:17:07 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 03-10-04 (Metropolis [7]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20041003081800.29a7a42c@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- October 03, 2004 (Rating 7) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; I realized today that I had been hasty in searching for the ; first two fractal images of my tour through Fractint. When I ; posted the barnsleyj1 and barnsleyj2 images, I knew almost ; nothing of what these formulas can do. To correct the ; oversight, I have decided to start again today back at the ; beginning of the formula list. Today's second effort at the ; first Barnsley formula does not result in a great fractal, but ; it is certainly an improvement over the image of two days ago. ; ; Today's image was created by the barnsleyj1 formula. This time ; I examined the Mandelbrot version of the formula before setting ; the Julia parameters. The result is a rather unique image which ; I have named "Metropolis". I gave the image this routine name ; not because it reminds me of the city that Superman calls home, ; but because it reminds me of an aerial view of a grid of square ; city blocks. ; ; Such perfect squares and straight avenues as appear in the image ; are not easily found in fractals. This rarity earns the rating ; of 7. The rating is helped by the fact that I would have a ; difficult time producing a similar image from one of my work- ; horse formulas. The very fast render time of under 18 seconds ; gives the image an overall value of an astronomical and somewhat ; inflated 2414. ; ; Downloading the completed image from: ; ; ; ; might not be as fast, but it certainly is more convenient. ; ; A cloudy Saturday here at Fractal Central brought only a few ; sprinkles, and the temperature of 73F 23C made the outdoors ; comfortable for the fractal cats, who passed the afternoon in ; the holly thicket, showing themselves only when the dinner bell ; rang. Today is starting sunny and slightly cool. The duo will ; likely approve. ; ; For me it looks like a mixture of yard work and fractals for ; today. If I finish the yard work early enough, I might check ; the latest issue of 'Skeptical Inquirer' magazine, which I have ; not yet opened. Check back in 24 hours to see what I turn up in ; the land of fractals, and perhaps in the land of skepticism. ; Until then, take care, don't be too credulous, but be lively. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Metropolis { ; time=0:00:17.36--SF5 on a P200 reset=2003 type=barnsleyj1 passes=1 center-mag=0.417181/0.0913958/1.326295/1/-45/3.885\ 78058618804789e-016 params=1e-019/1.45 float=y maxiter=5000 bailout=1000 logmap=23 periodicity=10 colors=000KHHrzIUoIhvITlLThNSdPS`URXZRTcQPhQLmPHrP\ DvO9zO5zO2zS7zVBzTEzSGzRJzPLzOOzNQzLSzKVzJXzH_zGaz\ FczIafL_bOYYQWUTUPWSLZQG`OCbPCcQCeRCfRChSBiTBkUBlV\ BnWBoWBpUDpTEpRFpQGpOIpNJqLKqKLqIMqHOqFPqEQrCRrBSr\ 9Ur8Vr6Wr5Xr4Y`LdJ`k1pq2nn3lk4jh4ie5gb6e_6cY7bV8`S\ 8ZP9XMAWJAUHBSECQBCP8DN5EL2EK0FL2FM3GN4GO5HO6HP7HQ\ 8IR9IRAJSBJTCJUEKVFKVGLWHLXILYJMYKMZLN_MN`NN`OLhXJ\ odIvlHrjGoiFlgEifEfeiGNjGLjGKkGJkGIlGHlGGmGEmGDmGC\ nGBnGAoG9oG7pG6pG5qG4qG3qG2x88u7Is7Rp7_n7hk7qi7zfF\ scMmaTfZ_`WfUUmOWjPXhQZfR_dSabTb_TdYUeWVgUWhSXjPXk\ NYmLZnJ_pH`qF`pRfoalnmrmxwjsqgokekfbf``bWYZQWVLUTM\ SRNQQOOOPMNQKLRIKSGITEHUCFVAEW8CX6BY49Z38Z69W9AUBB\ SECQHDOJEMMFKPGIRHGUIEXJCZKAaL8cL6dSEeZMfdTgk`hrhi\ znhxohwogvpgupgspfrqfqqeprenremrdlsdksdjsdjsejseks\ ektektfktfltfltfltgmtgmtgmthnugmtflseksdjrciqbhqbh\ pago`fo_enZdmYcmSgITiITkI } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ;