; Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2004 10:14:02 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 08-10-04 (Fighting Angels [5]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20041008101458.0d87253c@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- October 08, 2004 (Rating 5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Do angels exist? The stories of them are certainly widespread ; enough. But are angels real? Are there unseen intelligent ; entities walking and flying among us, consisting perhaps of some ; exotic undetectable form of energy, or are such stories mere ; inventions of our ancestors' minds -- a primitive psychological ; attempt to understand and make sense of the natural mysteries ; around us? ; ; Being a mostly rational person, I would have chosen the natural ; explanation. But that was before I saw today's image. Today's ; fractal shows two angels engaged in a fight. Since angels have ; no bodies, only the angels' hair is visible, but wow!, how that ; hair is flying about! All this brawling caused me to name the ; image "Fighting Angels". ; ; The barnsleym3 formula was needed to reveal the struggling ; angels. Everything this formula does seems to be stretched out ; into four-dimensional angel hair. I chose to examine a point ; very close to the negative X-axis, where the stretching is ; particularly severe. After unstretching the area, I discovered ; the fighting angels themselves. ; ; Since seeing angels is a very rare event, I rated today's image ; at an average 5. If the angels' bodies had been visible, the ; rating would have been considerably higher. But angels can move ; very fast when they want to, and today's image needed to be fast ; to capture them. The render time of just over 5 minutes results ; in an overall value of 92. ; ; As almost always, the completed GIF image will soon be available ; for download on the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; The angels will show you the way. ; ; An absolutely perfect day here at Fractal Central on Thursday, ; with full sun and a temperature of 75F 24C, did not go un- ; noticed by the dynanic duo, who enjoyed almost seven hours in ; the yard. And the new cat on the block stayed where he belongs, ; which relieved the duo of the task of guarding their territory. ; The day ended peacefully after a good meal of seafood treat. ; ; My day was almost as good. Only the average rated fractal kept ; it from being near-perfect. Today is a new day however, and it ; is starting as pleasantly as yesterday. If things go as ; planned, the fractal I find will rate a 9 or 10. If not, a 5 or ; 6 will have to do. Until tomorrow, same time same place, take ; care, and my real beliefs about angels will remain a mystery -- ; at least for now. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Fighting_Angels { ; time=0:05:25.76--SF5 on a P200 reset=2003 type=barnsleym3 passes=1 symmetry=none center-mag=-1.14404228005046600/-0.000004878403788\ 43/193338/74.266 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=1000 bailout=9 inside=255 logmap=20 periodicity=10 colors=000UPJUPIUPKUPLUPNUPOUPQUPRUPTUPUUPWXPX_U_b\ ZbecehhhkmknrnpwqrrttmwvhzrcwpZtnUqlZnjckhhhmmerrb\ vvdzzzzzbzzzzzazzzzz_zzzzzZzzzzzXzzzzzWzzzzzUzzzzz\ TzzzzzWzzzzzYzzzzz_zzzzzbzzzzzdzzzzzfzzgzzhzzizzkz\ zlzzmzznzzozzpzzqzzrzzszzszztzztzztyzuxzuwzuvzvuzv\ tzvszwrzwqzwpzxozxnzxmzylzykyyjxziwzhvzguuftpcskar\ f_qbZraZraZraYraYraYraXraXraXraWraWraWraVraVraVraU\ raUraUraTraTraTraSraSraSraRraRraRraRrazzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzUlt } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ;