; Date: Sat, 09 Oct 2004 08:14:31 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 09-10-04 (Julia Snake [5]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20041009081528.38b78ce4@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- October 09, 2004 (Rating 5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's fractal was created with the cmplxmarksjul formula of ; Fractint, a formula that draws variations of the standard Z^2+C ; Julia sets. Today's image is a variation of the very familiar ; Seahorse Valley or C=(-0.75) Julia set. ; ; When the exponent of C is a whole number, the cmplxmarksjul ; formula creates images resembling those created by the familiar ; Julia formula, though the size of the Julia sets increases as ; the value of the exponent is increased. When the exponent is ; fractional, the overall shape of the cmplxmarksjul fractals ; departs in certain areas quite a bit from the shape of the ; fractals created by the familiar Julia formula, though the ; smaller inner detail remains unchanged. As is the case with ; all the formulas I rarely investigate, I have probably missed ; the most interesting possibilities of the formula. ; ; Continuing the biblical theme of yesterday, I have named today's ; image "Julia Snake". I gave it this name not because there is ; something evil about it, but because something about it reminds ; me of a squirming snake. Snakes are still not the most pleasant ; things on earth, so I could rate the image no higher than a 5, ; but the very brief render time of 54 seconds raises the rating ; to a lofty overall value of 556. ; ; Tomorrow's image will be a scene in the Mandelbrot aspect of the ; same formula. Hopefully, I will find something that rates ; higher than a 5. ; ; As I stated above, today's image takes 54 seconds to render. It ; also takes about 54 seconds to download from the FOTD web site ; at: ; ; ; ; The means of viewing the image is left to the viewer. ; ; Perfect weather Friday, with sun and a temperature of 77F 25C, ; made the cats happy. Unfortunately, it did not make Tippy happy ; enough to make friends with the new cat in the area. When the ; new guy ventured into the yard, Tippy sent him scurrying. Then ; Tippy returned to the porch to be greeted by Thomas. ; ; I expect a rather peaceful day for a change. And peace is what ; I need to inspire me to find those elusive great fractals. One ; of them might appear tomorrow, then again, it might not. Check ; back in 24 hours to see what happens. Until next time, take ; care, and remain alert for those angels. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Julia_Snake { ; time=0:00:54.10--SF5 on a P200 reset=2003 type=cmplxmarksjul passes=1 center-mag=-4.44089e-016/4.44089e-016/0.9991767/1/\ -40/-2.5056345887009002e-014 params=-0.781/0/0.95/0 float=y maxiter=3000 bailout=9 inside=0 logmap=yes periodicity=10 colors=000HTAJV9MY9O`8Rc7Uf7Wi6Zl5a\ n5cp4fr3hs3frAdpGbnM`lSZjZXhdVfjUdnRblP`hN_dLY`JWX\ GVUETQCRMAQI8OE5O96NB7MD8LF9KGAJIBIKBILIJNOKOQLQSM\ RUNRWMSYLT_KTaJUcIUdHVeGVfFWfEWfDXfCXfFYeKYcPaaUe_\ ZiYcmWhjUmgSrdQqbOp_MpXKpUIpSGoPEoNGnKLnIQmFVmD_lA\ dl8il6eiCafIZcNV`TRZZOWcKTiGQmDOmEOmFOmGPmXomZlm`j\ mbgmdemfbmh`mjYmlWmnTmoRmmQmkQmiQmgQmeQmcQmaQm_QmY\ QmWQmOZmUQmSQmQQmOQmMQmrvmqrmmomilmehmbemZbmVZmRWm\ NTm7em9cmBamC_mEYmGWmHUmJSmx`mu_mrZmpYmmYmkXmhWmfW\ mcVm`UmZUmWTmUSmRSmPRmMQmZ1mTmmRimQemOamNYmLUmwQmB\ OmCPmDPmDPmEPmFPmFPmGPmHQmHQmIQmJQmJQmKQmAFmBGmCHm\ DImEJmFKmFLmGMmHNmIOmJPmKQm3Un6To9SpCSqFRrIQsgjtcf\ u_cvW_wSXxOTyxpzojzgez__zSVzlRzjQzhQzfQzdQzbQzaQz_\ QzYQzWQzUQzTQzRQzPQzNQzLQzIQzJQzJQzKQzHdzIazI_zJXz\ JVzKSz2wz4sz6pz7mz9jzBgzCdzEazGZzHWzJTz3Iz6Kz9LzCM\ zFOzIPzYlzWjzVhzUfzTdzSczRazQ_z9EzBHzEKz } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ;