; Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 09:27:25 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 20-11-04 (Monster Carnival [7]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20041120092854.29b7a2e4@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- November 20, 2004 (Rating 7) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; The next formula in line in our tour of the escape-time formulas ; of Fractint is the 'manzzpwr' formula. This formula raises Z to ; the power of the previous Z and adds Z raised to a user-defined ; power before adding C. ; ; One would think that this would produce some very interesting ; images, but when I began work with the formula, I was almost ; immediately disappointed. The first thing I found is that when ; the formula calculates, it truncates the fractional parts of ; values entered as the exponent, (not that I expected fractional ; values to make much of an improvement). Then I realized that ; the formula produces little beyond an endless series of bits and ; pieces of perturbed Mandeloids. I did stumble upon traces of a ; few distorted midgets, which appeared to be mildly interesting, ; but not being in the mood to determine critical points, I let ; these midgets go without further investigation. ; ; I soon came to the conclusion that, if I were to get anything of ; FOTD value from this formula, I would have to do it myself. So ; I took the image that results when the exponent is set to -12, ; rotated it -90 degrees, chose an appropriate cropping, and began ; trying the different inside and outside options. The 'atan' ; option seemed to work best with both the inside and outside ; parts of the scene. ; ; After a few minutes of working with different color palettes, I ; found today's image. It kind of reminds me of a carnival tent ; sitting on a hill, so I named it "Monster Carnival". Since I ; thought I did a pretty good job with the coloring, I rated the ; image at a 7. The render time is a very fast one minute, so the ; overall worth comes in at a very impressive 835. ; ; The crazy carnival tent, if that's what it is, may be viewed by ; running the included parameter file or by downloading it from ; the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; Clouds that hung around all day Friday here at Fractal Central ; were offset by the failure of the predicted rain to arrive, as ; well as the light winds and unusually mild temperature of 63F ; 17C. The cat duo approved by staying out in the yard for three ; hours. The high point of the day came when Tippy went for a ; squirrel, causing the squirrel to drop his nut and scamper up a ; tree, from where he scolded loudly. This morning is starting ; mild and damp, with showers in the area. I fear the good day ; for the duo will not be repeated. ; ; Unless some unexpected work arrives, I will have a day of peace ; and relaxation. The next FOTD fractal will appear in 24 hours. ; Until then, take care, and I hear it's all right to start eating ; carbs again. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Monster_Carnival { ; time=0:01:20.80--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=manzzpwr passes=1 periodicity=10 center-mag=1.34097/0/0.3257576/1/-90/-1.2337353361\ 1470521e-014 params=0/0/-12 float=y maxiter=1500 bailout=10000 inside=atan outside=atan logmap=yes colors=000RVASVASVBTUBTUBUUCUUCUTDVTDVTEVSEURETQFS\ PFROGQNGPMGOLGNKFMJELIDKHCGGBDFBFECGDDHCDIBEJAEKCF\ MDFNEGOGGPHHQJHRKITLIUNJVOJWPKXRKYSLZTL`VMaWNbYNcZ\ Od_OeaPgbPhcQieQjfRkhRliSnjSolTpmTqnUrpUsqVsrXtrVt\ rUtqStqRtqQtpOtpNtoLtoKuoJunHunGumEumDumCulAul9vl7\ ul8uk9tkAtjBtjCsiDsiDrhErhFrgGqgHqfIpfJpeJpdKodLoc\ MncNnbOnbPmaPmaQm`Rl`Sl_Tk_UkZVkYVjYWjXXiXYiWZiW_h\ V`hV`gUagUbgTcfTdfSeeTcdUbfSdgQdiObkM`lK_nHYpFWqDV\ rBTs9Rt6Rt7Qu7Qu7Pu7Pt7Ps7Or7Or7Nq7Np7No7Mo7Mn7Lm7\ Lm8Ll8Kk8Kj8Jj8Ji8Jh8Ig8Ig8If8He8He8Gd8Gc8Gb8Fb9Fa\ 9E`9E_9E_9DZ9DY9CY9CX9CW9BV9BV9BU9AT9AS99SA9RA9QA8\ QA8PA7OA7NA7NA6MA6LA5KA5KA5JA4IA4IA4HC5HD6HE7HF8HG\ 9HHAHIAGJBGKCGLDGMEGNFGOGGPGGQHFRIFSJFTKFULFVMFWMF\ XNFYOE_PE`QEaREbREcSEdTEeUEfVDgWDhXDiXDjYDkZDl_Dm`\ DnaCobCpbCqcCrdCseCtfCugAwhCvgDugEtgFsfGsfHrfIrfJr\ fKqfKqfKpfKpfKofKofKnfKmf } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ;