; Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2004 09:00:44 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 04-12-04 (Hidden Helmet [5]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20041204090224.0def46e6@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- December 04, 2004 (Rating 5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's not-so-glorious image was created by the 'tetrate' ; formula, a formula even more simple (if possible) than the ; Mandelbrot formula. The iterated expression is simply C^Z, but ; even this simple expression creates a fractal. ; ; The fractals it creates consist mostly of large flat blocks, so ; to add interest I rendered today's image with the inside set to ; 'atan' and the outside set to 'real'. In the resulting fractal ; I found a scene that vaguely reminded me of the top part of a ; helmet or ceremonial headdress peeking over a hill. Since the ; bottom of the helmet, along with the head wearing it, is ; hidden, I named the picture "Hidden Helmet". ; ; There is really nothing in the image that could be rated above ; average. The mathematical interest is lacking, the coloring is ; smooth but unexceptional, the composition is nothing out of the ; ordinary. The rating of 5 is as good as I could do with the ; image. Luckily, the calculation time of a brief 1-1/2 minutes ; means that not much time will be spent rendering it. The ; overall worth is 314. ; ; The rendering can be avoided entirely by downloading the image ; from the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; Mostly sunny but cold weather here at Fractal Central on Friday, ; with a temperature of 46F 8C, limited the fractal cats' outdoor ; time to under an hour -- not nearly enough to keep them conten- ; ted. An extra treat of tuna was needed to make up for the yard ; time they missed. Today is starting much the same. More tuna ; may be needed before the day ends. ; ; I expect a relatively calm day -- that is unless something unex- ; pected happens. Until the next FOTD fractal appears here in 24 ; hours, take care, and try to prove that the world is real. If ; you fail, try to prove that it is unreal. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Hidden_Helmet { ; time=0:01:35.62--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=tetrate passes=1 periodicity=10 center-mag=2.8193/-1.30897/1.577268/1/-98.75/1.310\ 75705844807544e-014 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=2500 bailout=1600 inside=atan outside=real logmap=yes colors=000L5KN8MRBOVEQYHS`KVcNTdQTdSTeTXfVYhXZjZ_l\ ``nbbqdcrfdshctjaskaqkbpjboibmhblgbjfchecgdcfccebc\ dadc`da_d`ZcZYbYXaWWaVV`TU`ST_RSZPRZNQZMPZKOYJNXHM\ WGLVEKUDJSBIRAIQ9ST8aJ7jAOwKNxMMxOLxQKxSJxTIxVHxXG\ xZFy_EyaDycCyeByfAyh9yj8yl7ym9vjBthDqfFocHmaJj_LhY\ MeVOcTQaRSZPUXMWUKYSIZQGYPIYOJXNLXMMXLOWKPWJRWISVH\ UVGVVGXUFYUE_TD`TCbTBcSAeS9fS8hR7iR6kR6lP8jN9iLAgJ\ BfICdGEcEFaCG`AHZ9IYAKZBLZBMZCNZDPZDQZERZFSZFUZGVZ\ HWZHXZIZZI_ZJ`ZKaZKcZLdZMeZMfZNhZOiZOjZPkZQmZQnZRo\ ZRpZTo_Uo_Vo_Xo`Yn`Zn``naanabnadmaembfmbhmbilcjlcl\ lcmldnldpkdqkdrketkeujevjfxjfyjfzjftfdocbj`adX__UY\ VRXPNVKKTFHSGJRGKQGLQHMPHNPHOOHPNIQNIRMITMJULJVKJW\ KJXJKYJKZIK_IK`HLaGLcGLdFMeFMfEMgDMhDNiCNjCNkBNlBM\ hBKeAJaAIZ9HV9GS8FP8ERDETHEVMEXQEZVE`ZEbbDdgDfkDhp\ DjtDlyDnzDpzCozCozBozBozBozAoyAowAov9nu9ns8nr8nq8n\ o7nn7nm7nlS_akMRjNUjNWjNY } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ;