; Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 10:03:35 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 26-10-04 (Iso-Iterations [7]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20041026100445.2267eb58@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- October 26, 2004 (Rating 7) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; For today's image we return for a second go at the julia(fn||fn) ; formula. I am giving the formula a second chance because I feel ; that yesterday's below-average image failed to do justice to it. ; For today's image I began by setting both functions to sqr, a ; setting that draws the familiar Z^2+C Julia sets. ; ; With an 'East Valley' Julia set on the screen, I changed the ; second function to 'tan' and reset the shift value to 5.5. The ; result was spectacular -- a fractal with more places of interest ; than a drop of water has molecules. The Julia set has been ; surrounded by rings and decorated with all kinds of gingerbread. ; In addition, spurious bits and pieces of very distorted J-sets ; have sprung up in the suburbs, where little would normally be ; expected. I chose a scene in one of these outlying areas, tried ; the various 'outside' options, chose the 'summ' option, and let ; the iterations roll. ; ; After only 35 seconds of rolling, today's image appeared on the ; screen. I took around 15 minutes working up a color palette ; that would bring out the multi-level image that I saw in the ; scene. The final result is today's Fractal of the Day. ; ; The formula undoubtedly has even better images in it, but at ; least, with today's image and its rating of a 7, I feel that ; justice has been done, and it is time to move on to the next ; formula. The very brief render time of 35 seconds results in an ; overall worth of 1195, and that rating is not to be sneezed at, ; especially in a time of flu vaccine shortage. ; ; I named today's image "Iso-Iterations", which means 'lines of ; equal iteration. I gave it this name before I set the outside ; to 'summ', a setting that creates bands in an entirely different ; manner. ; ; The image may be seen by running the included parameter file or ; by letting Paul run it and downloading the finished image from ; the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; The clouds hung tough all day Monday here at Fractal Central. ; The fractal cats hung tough in their bad moods. Even the tuna ; left them a bit sullen. A lack of sun and a temperature of 57F ; 14C are not very pleasing to cats of the fractal variety. The ; clouds appear far less tenacious this morning, with even a few ; patches of blue showing through. If all goes well, we will have ; full sun and happy cats by noon. ; ; The next FOTD will appear in 24 hours. Until then, take care, ; and a fractal rating a whopping 9-1/2 will appear in 3 days. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Iso-Iterations { ; time=0:00:35.15--SF5 on a P200 reset=2003 type=julia(fn||fn) function=sqr/tan center-mag=-2.47062/2.15725/1.468253/1/-90/3.88578\ 058618804789e-016 params=0.29/0.01/5.5 float=y maxiter=1200 bailout=9 inside=0 outside=summ logmap=yes passes=1 periodicity=10 colors=000UA0c90cg0Oz0Ux0Zw0Ys0Yo0Xk0Xg0Xc0W_0WW0V\ S0VO0RK0TG0VC0X80ZE0aJAeNKhSUkX_n`eqeftjhwnizskzxl\ zzmzzkwxitvgruepsdnqbkoahnefkhdikbgnafq_ctYawW_zVZ\ zTXzRVzQUzURzXPz_NzbLzeIzhGzkEznCzhEzbGzXHzSJzMLzG\ MzAOz5Pz4Qz4Rz4Sz4Sz4Tz4Uz4Uz3Vz3Wz3Wz3Xz3Yz3Zz3Zz\ 3_z2`z2`z2az2bz2bz2cz2dz2dz4ez5fz6gz8hz9izAizCjzDk\ zElzFmzHnzInzJozLpzMqzNrzOszQszRtzSuzUvzVwzWxzXxzW\ vzWtzWrzWpzWnzWmzWmzWmzWmzWmzWmzWmzWmzWmzWmzWmzWmz\ WmzVmzVmzVmzUmzUmzUmzTmzTmzTmzSmzSmzSmzSmzUmzUmzUm\ zUmzUmzUmzUmzTmzQmzNmzJmzGmzDmz9mz6mz3mz2mz2mz2mz2\ mz2mz1mz1mz1mz1mz1mz1mz0mz0mz0mz0mz0mz0mz3mz6mz8mz\ BmzEmzGmzJmzLmzOmzRmzTmzWmzYmz`mzcmzemzhmzjmzimzhm\ zgmzfmzemzdmzcmzbmzamz`mz_mz_mzZmzYmzXmzWmzVmzUmzT\ mzSmzRmzQmzQmzOmzMmzKmzJmzHmzFmzDmzCmzAmz8mz7mzHmz\ Rmz`mzimzcmzZmzUmzPmzJmzEmz9mz4mz5mz6mz7mz7mzBmzEm\ zHmzKmzNmzRmzUmzXmz_mzbmz } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ;