; Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 08:41:28 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 21-11-04 (Seasonal Ornament [7]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20041121084258.0d0f7228@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- November 21, 2004 (Rating 7) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's fractal takes us onward to the marksjulia formula. I ; had a bit of a problem with this formula, which draws Julia sets ; identical to those drawn by the classic Z^2+C formula. As far ; as I could tell, the extra parameter does nothing more than ; multiply the number of lobes of the Mandelbrot version and ; change the size of the Julia sets drawn by the Julia version. I ; was unable to find anything that could not have been created ; more simply by the more simple julia and mandel formulas. ; ; To find today's image, I set the parameter to 4 and checked the ; Julia sets associated with one of the four resulting Seahorse ; Valleys. To avoid too obvious a repetition of an image that ; could just as easily have been done by the julia formula, I ; rendered today's image with the inside set to 'zmag' and the ; outside set to the color 001. The resulting image, though ; obviously a Seahorse Valley Julia set, is different enough to ; qualify as FOTD for November 21. In fact, it is different ; enough to rate a 7. When adjusted for the render time of 3 ; minutes, the rating gives an overall worth of 228. ; ; The image reminds me of a fancy Christmas tree ornament, so I ; named it "Seasonal Ornament." The way to see the ornament is to ; run the included parameter file or to download the finished GIF ; image from the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; Heavy clouds and occasional sprinkles here at Fractal Central on ; Saturday kept the fractal cats indoors. The temperature of 59F ; 15C was mild enough, but the cats prefer their paws and whiskers ; dry when they explore the yard. Their day ended with a treat of ; tuna. Today is starting cloudy and damp, but a clearing is on ; the way. (according to the experts) I hope it arrives in time ; to give the duo an hour or two of outdoor comfort. ; ; With little to do but TV and fractals, my day promises to be ; good enough. Check back here tomorrow for the next FOTD. Until ; then, take care, and fractals don't have a ghost of a chance if ; there is no screen. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Seasonal_Ornament { ; time=0:03:04.43--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=marksjulia center-mag=0/0/0.850340\ 1/1/-10/3.88578058618804789e-016 params=0.65873435\ 84704123/0.6573484715109714/4 float=y maxiter=1010 bailout=10000 inside=zmag outside=1 logmap=yes periodicity=10 colors=000000ZNRYLUXKXVI`UGcTEfSDiQBmP9pO7sN6vVEmb\ LdjTWq_No`On`PlaQkaQiaRhbSfbSebTccUbcU`dV_dWYdWXeX\ VeYUeYWgXXhXYiWZjW_kV`lVamUbnUcoTdpTeqSfrSgsSdrW`p\ ZYnbUleRkhUldWm`YnY`nUboRdpNfqKiqGkrDms9os6qlEsfLu\ `SwU_yOfzImzCtzGpzKlzOhzSdyW`y_XxcTxgPwkLwoHvsDvtA\ rqBnlCkhCgbDcXE`SEXRFTQGQPGROFRNFSMFSLFTKFTKFTKFUM\ FUNFVPFVRFWSFWUFWVFUZDSbCRfAPj9Nn7Mq6QnATkDWhHZeKa\ bOd_RgXUkUYnR`qOdtLgwIkzFnzCqxDjsEcnEYpGWqHUrISsJQ\ qMOoPNmSMkVLiYKg`JecIcfHaiG_lFYoEWrDUtCWrEYpF_oHam\ IclJdjLfiMhgNjePldQmbSoaTq_UsZWuXXvWYogmirzentbjl_\ fdXbXUZPKwPRqOYlNdfMkaLrWKyRJzMJzPMySOuURrXTnZWkaY\ hc_g`bfYesVzUvqUvpVwpVxpWxoWyoXzoXzoWxpVwpUvpUupTt\ pSrpRqpRppQopPnpPmpOkpNjpMipMhpLgpKfpJdpJcpIbpHapH\ `pG_pFZpEYpEXpDWpCVpCUpDWoEXnEZnF_mFamGclGdlHfkIhj\ IijJkiJmiKnhKphLrgLsgKofKleKieKfdKcdK`cKYcKVbJSbJP\ aJMaJJ`JG`JD_JA_J7ZJ4Z000 } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ;