; Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 10:03:07 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 14-11-04 (Black Flag [4]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20041114100431.29b7c07c@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- November 14, 2004 (Rating 4) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; With today's fractal we move on to the 'manfn+exp' formula. ; This formula gave me a fight when, knowing next to nothing about ; how it works, I tried to make it do something interesting. I ; forget all the tricks I tried, but nothing much happened until I ; tried the 'abs' function. The fractal I found defies descrip- ; tion. A a good idea of its appearance can be gained however by ; viewing today's image. ; ; The image is not quite like anything I have done before. When I ; saw it, I found nothing in it that might inspire a name. After ; puzzling over the image for a few minutes, I noticed what looks ; like a small, triangular black flag waving in the upper right ; part of the frame. I named the image after this unimportant ; feature. ; ; When I saw an image so unlike my usual fractal fare, with no ; Mandelbrot midget at its center, I could rate today's FOTD no ; higher than a humble 4. But it is actually a rather active, ; jazzy image, well worth the 5 minutes required to run the inclu- ; ded parameter file. When it is combined with the rating of 4, ; this 5-minute render time gives an overall worth of 76. ; ; As a side note, today's image is the last one I will create with ; the current version of Fractint. A slightly updated version has ; just been released, and I will use it for all future images. I ; am kind of curious about what kind of images the new passes=o ; option will draw. ; ; As always, the finished GIF image is or soon will be posted in ; all its glory on the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; There was lots of sun here at Fractal Central on Saturday, but ; the wind blew all day and the temperature never made it above ; 43F 6C, which was simply too cold for the delicate ears of the ; fractal cats, not to mention their whiskers and paws. They ; chose to venture no farther than their porch chairs. Today is ; starting about the same. Little change is expected. ; ; I am planning on another slow day. The work is caught up; the ; fractals are brewing on schedule; is that a burst of philosophy ; I feel coming on? Check back tomorrow, same place same time, to ; see what, if anything, comes of this. Until then, take care, ; and if every conscious entity were suddenly removed from the ; universe, would the material part of the universe still exist? ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Black_Flag { ; time=0:05:17.63--SF5 on a P200 reset=2003 type=manfn+exp function=abs passes=1 center-mag=-3.69511578397888100/-4.784533569672067\ 00/496.1529/0.08901/-157.725134848375319/72.874014\ 7653520154 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=1200 bailout=100 inside=255 logmap=64 periodicity=10 colors=000zKNzUNzcNzgNZzMmpMzzzzzLWmLqwLUcKcrKSUK_\ hJQoJPKJOKJNfLMKNLKPKKRJKTKLVNNXPPZSR`UTbVVbWUcWUd\ WUdXTeXTfXTfXTgYShYShYSiYSjZRjZRkZRl_Ql_Qm_Qn_Qn`P\ o`Po`Pp`PqaOqaOraOsbNsbNtbNubNucMvcMwcMwcMxdLydLyd\ LzdLzcMzcMzcMzbMzbMzbMzaNzaNzaNz`Nz`Nz`Nz_Nz_Oz_Oz\ ZOzZOzZOzYOzYOzYPzXPzXPzXPzWPzWPzWQzVQzVQzVQzUQzUQ\ zUQzTRzTRzTRzSRzSRzSRzRRzRSzRSzQSzQSzQSzPSzPTzPTzO\ TzOTzOTzNTzNTzNUzMUzMUzMUzLUzLUzLUzKTzKSzKSzJRzJRz\ JQzJQzIPzIOzIOzHNzHNzHMzHMzGLzGKzGKzFJzFJzFIzFIzEH\ zEHzEGzDFzDFzDEzDEzCDzCDzCCzBBzBBzBAzBAzA9zA9zA8z9\ 7zA8zA9zBAzBAzCBzCCzDDzDDzEEzEFzFGzFGzGHzGIzHJzHJz\ IKzILzILzJNzJPzJRzJTzJVzJWzKYzK_zKazKczKezKfzJgzJg\ zJgzJgzIhzIhzIhzIhzHizHizHizHizFjzHizJhzLgzNfzOezQ\ dzSczUbzVazX`zZ`z`_zaZzcYzeXzgWzhVzjUzlTznSzoSzjTz\ fTzaTzYUzTUzPUzKVzGVz8XzCVzFUzJTzMSzQRzTQzXPz_NzcM\ zfLzjKzmJzqIzsIztHztHztHz } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ;