; Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 11:52:10 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 23-12-04 (Comb Filter [7]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20041223115405.29d75974@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- December 23, 2004 (Rating 7) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; It's that time of year again, and I find myself with so much ; work and so many things to do that I will have no spare time for ; the FOTD for the next 3 or 4 days. The bad news is that there ; will be no FOTD until December 27th or 28th. The good news is ; that the FOTD will return at that time in its full glory, for ; another year, or twenty-five years, of stunning fractal images ; from nowhere. ; ; With today's image, I stayed with the Z^(2.02)+C fractal, but ; examined it 154 turns up the hyper-spiral, where the figure is ; rotated 180 degrees, so that East Valley now lies on the nega- ; tive X-axis, where the most interesting discontinuities are ; located. ; ; The inner details of this area are like nothing in the classic ; M-set. They vaguely resemble the elephant-like shapes that ; might be expected there, but are far more broken and chaotic. ; The midget in today's image is a typical example of the dis- ; order that exists in this part of the infinite-dimensional ; land of fractals. ; ; I have named the image "Comb Filter" because some of the ele- ; ments resemble coarse-toothed combs. (I am in no way an elec- ; tronics technician.) The rating of a 7 seems fair, considering ; the unusual nature of the image, which needed no program trick- ; ery. The render time of just under 5 minutes raises the overall ; worth to a rather impressive 143. ; ; The most convenient way to see the image is to download it from ; the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; An absolutely gorgeous day on Wednesday here at Fractal Central ; resulted in angelic cats. The warm sun, light breezes, and ; temperature of 61F 16F were just what the duo needed to ease ; their disappointment over the recent cold spell. No tuna was ; necessary to make them happy in the evening. Today is starting ; mild but rainy. I hope the duo doesn't have too big a let-down. ; ; For me, it's finish the work then get ready for the holiday ; craziness. As I said earlier, the next FOTD will appear in 5 ; days on December 28, (maybe the 27th if things go well). Until ; then, take care, and may Santa leave a real fractal, not just a ; picture of one, in your stocking. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Comb_Filter { ; time=0:04:53.58--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotBC2 passes=1 periodicity=10 center-mag=-0.26350487612601/+0.02105654396608012/\ 1347270/1/-57.5/-2.69338237129934654e-009 logmap=79 params=2.02/0/154/0 float=y maxiter=1200 inside=0 colors=000H0RI0SI0UI0VK0WK0YL0_L0`M0cM0dM0eP0hP0jS\ 0kS0nW0oU0qS0rR0sP0uO0rM0oK0nI0kH0hF0gE0dC0a90L70K\ 60L40K21L11L01M04P06S07V0AY0C_0Ea0Fd0Ig0Kj0Lk0On0P\ q0Rs0Su0Vs4Wr9YqF_oKanOclSdkYejagjejhkkgokeskdxlcz\ nazn`zh_ze_zcYz_YyWYy_WxWWxUWwRWwMVuIVsEVn9Um4Ui0U\ n0Un0Wo0Yt0`w1ax1dw2ev4gt6js7kq7no9onAqkCsjEuhExeF\ ydHzcIz`Kz_KzYLzVMzUOzSOzUPzVRzVRzWSzWSzYUzYUz_Vz_\ Vz`Wz`WzaYzc_zc_zd`zd`zeazeazgczgczhdzhdzjezjezedz\ cdz_dsWdlUdePc`McUKcMFcFCc76`09c1Cd2Fe2Ig4Kj6Mk6Pl\ 7Sn9Uq9WrA_sAauCdwEeyEhzFkzHnzHozIrzKuzKxzLzzHyzLs\ zOnzShzVcz_YzaSzeMzhHzlAzo4zs0zz0zw0zr0wn0rj0ne0ja\ 1eY1aU1YP2UL2PH2LE7OFCSIHVKLYMPaOUdPYgSakUenWjqYnu\ `rxauzcqy`nxYjwVguUcsR`rOWqMUqKPrHMuFIxCFz9Az77z42\ z10z04z27z6Az9EzCHzFKzHMzKPzMUzPWzS_zUazWdz_gzajzd\ lzeSz0Uz0Uz0hz4hzzgzzezzezzUzzIzz6zy0zw`zazzIzzgIz\ IEzFAzC7z94z61z20z00z00z0 } frm:MandelbrotBC2 { ; by several Fractint users e=p1, a=imag(p2)+100 p=real(p2)+PI q=2*PI*floor(p/(2*PI)) r=real(p2)-q Z=C=Pixel: Z=log(Z) IF(imag(Z)>r) Z=Z+flip(2*PI) ENDIF Z=exp(e*(Z+flip(q)))+C |Z|