; Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2004 09:55:00 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 07-10-04 (Domed Windows [6]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20041007095555.29b7e612@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- October 07, 2004 (Rating 6) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; I have been a bit disappointed by my adventures so far in the ; Barnsley formulas. Maybe the reason is that they do not seem to ; produce Mandelbrot midgets, which are my specialty. What they ; do produce is mostly the kind of images I pass by while using ; the MandelbrotMix or BranchCut formulas. Then maybe I am under- ; estimating these formulas. After all, Barnsley considered them ; good enough to include in his book "Fractals Everywhere" where ; they first appeared. I might do better with them if I read the ; book. ; ; Today's image, which was created by the barnsleym2 formula, is ; totally a result of my effort. I created and am totally respon- ; sible for the coloring, good or bad as it may be. The fractal ; program is innocent of any wrongdoing. The image is basically a ; different aspect of the "Metropolis" fractal of Oct 2, which was ; created by the barnsleyj1 formula, but instead of resembling an ; aerial view of a city street grid, it resembles a view looking ; up into a windowed dome, with brilliant sunlight streaming ; through. I named the picture "Domed Windows" accordingly. ; ; I rather like the hazy effect, and was tempted to give the image ; a rating of something like an 8. But since the picture was ; created almost entirely by me, such a rating would have shouted, ; "Jim the Great and Magnificent Fractalist!" I do not consider ; myself a great fractalist, only a stubbornly persistent one, so ; I rated the image at a more conservative 6, which is still ; better than the recent FOTD's. ; ; The October fractals, though not great, have so far been very ; speedy indeed. With its render time of only 17 seconds, today's ; image continues the lightning trend. The fast render time gives ; today's image an exaggerated overall value of 2091. Fast as it ; may be, the render time can be eliminated entirely by download- ; ing the finished image from the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; Wednesday started perfect, stayed perfect, and ended perfectly ; perfect here at Fractal Central. The cats, who like things ; perfect, were perfectly happy. True, things got a bit tense ; when the new cat on the block wandered into the yard, but as ; soon as Tippy went into fighting mode and started toward the ; intruder with back arched and tail bristled, the other cat ; quickly retreated. As usual, Thomas merely watched. The day ; ended with two happy cats enjoying their Fancy Feast cat food. ; Today is promising to be even more perfect, if such a thing is ; possible. ; ; With the commercial work completely caught up, my day was also ; perfect -- well maybe not absolutely perfect but near-perfect. ; A perfect 10-rated fractal would have been necessary to make the ; day absolutely perfect. The next fractal will appear in 24 ; hours, and I will likely have a few kind words to say about it. ; Until that moment arrives, take care, and watch where you wander ; in the world of fractals. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Domed_Windows { ; time=0:00:17.20--SF5 on a P200 reset=2003 type=barnsleym2 passes=1 periodicity=10 center-mag=-0.00346218/1.48287/35.15813/1/22.5/1.5\ 3051182838481736e-013 params=-0.6/-1.3 float=y maxiter=500 bailout=1000 inside=0 logmap=yes colors=000WVLUTMSRNQQOOOPMNQKLRIKSGITEHUCFVAEW8CX6\ BY49Z38Z69W9AUBBQECRHESJGTMIUNKVOMXPNZQOaRPeSQiTQl\ UXoeczfizgrzhwzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmz\ zmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzm\ zzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzz\ mzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmz\ zmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzm\ zzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzz\ mzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmz\ zmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzm\ zzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzz\ mzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmz\ zmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzm\ zzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzz000000000000\ 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\ 0000000000000000000000000 } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ;