; Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 11:47:09 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 20-02-05 (Whin Peel [6]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20050220114732.0d873168@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- February 20, 2005 (Rating 6) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; In the 'Basically' image of two days ago we saw what happens to ; midgets on the main stem of the Mandelbrot set when they are ; very close to being swallowed up behind the bailout radius. In ; today's image I checked to see what would happen to a midget on ; the northern filament when it is about to be swallowed up. ; ; I reduced the bailout to 2, a setting that cuts off the extremi- ; ties of the M-set, and zoomed in on the point where the eastern ; branch of the northern filament vanishes behind the shrinking ; bailout radius. I chose the closest midget to the cut-off point ; that I could find. The midget is a very small one, requiring a ; magnitude that borders on the arbitrary-precision range. I have ; entered the mathtolerance=/0 into the parameter file to be cer- ; tain that the more accurate math is used in the rendering. This ; slows the image somewhat, but the render time of 7-1/2 minutes ; is still quite reasonable. ; ; The overall effect is much the same as what we saw in the ; 'Basically' image, though the radiating filaments zig-zag, in ; comparison to the earlier image, where the filaments are ; straight. ; ; The earlier image worked best when the outside was set to ; 'summ'. Today's image works best however with the outside set ; to 'tdis'. I had hoped for something a bit better from the ; day's adventure, and my disappointment shows in the image ; rating, which has dropped to a 6. The name "Whin Peel" is a ; variation of the word 'pinwheel'. ; ; Things could be worse; a rating of 6 is still above average. ; And the 7 minutes spent in rendering can be saved by downloading ; the completed GIF image from the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; Despite ample sun, the temperature stayed below freezing all day ; here at Fractal Central on Saturday. The fractal cats, whose ; delicate ears are subject to frostbite, waited until late after- ; noon before asking to go out, and then strayed no farther than 6 ; feet from the back door. 20 minutes later, when they were warm ; again inside, Tippy brought up the topic of tuna, and Thomas ; agreed. Today is starting almost as cold, and in addition the ; clouds are increasing with heavy snow forecast by evening. I ; doubt that the duo will have a good day. ; ; The philosophy will appear in a few days. The next FOTD will ; appear in 24 hours or so. Until then, take care, and don't get ; overrun by a hit-and-run fractal. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Whin_Peel { ; time=0:07:32.58--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=mandel mathtolerance=/0 center-mag=-0.0167732024585018/1.00547719359285659\ /2.508589e+013/1/172.55883670143217/0 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=850 bailout=2 inside=0 outside=tdis periodicity=10 colors=000TcDSdCQeBOgANh9Li9Kj8Il7Hm6Fn5Eo5YrDptLn\ qOmnQlkSkhUjeWicYh`_gYafVceSedQg_SiVTkQVmMWoNVlOUj\ PTgPSeQRbRQ`SPYSOWTNUUMRVLPVKMWJKXIHYHFYHDTJKPKRLM\ YGNdCPk8Qr6Mo4Il2Ei1Ag4Cd7Eb9F`CHZEJXHKUJMSMNQPPOR\ RMUSJWUHZWF`XDcZBe_9eY8eX8eW8eV7eU7eT7eS7eQ6eP6eO6\ eN6eM5eL5eK5eJ5ZYBSkGMyLNoROfXPYbQOhRFnR6sPKhNXZLi\ OKvEMuJOtOPtSRsXTraUreOmcIhaCc_6ZY0VX4UV7TUASTDRSH\ QRKKPNOOQONUNMXML_LJbKIfJHiIGlHFoHElFDiEDfDDdCDaAC\ Z9CW8CU7CR5BO4BL36J21L79MCGO7NP7VRCaSHhTHjRGcPKYNO\ RLSLJVFSTN`WViUYUC0`40e60h8_iAbfCefEhiGkoInfKqcMtl\ LxoLzuLzuLzyGzzIzzKzzYzzZzzZzz`zzczzhzzhzzhzzhzzhz\ zhzzmzzmzzrzzrzzwzzwzzzzzzzNQAIU4GUUEksHjoJilLhiNg\ fPfcRe`TdYVdVZcRabOdaLg`Ij_FmZCpY9sY6p_7l`7ha7dc7`\ d7Xe8Tf8Ph8Li8Ij8Fk8Hj9Jj9Ki9MiAOhAPhARhBTgBUgBWfC\ YfCZfCYR_YBvTFoPIhLMaHPWDTP9WI5_B1b51ZB1VH1SN1OT1K\ Z1Hc3J`4LZ5NX6PV8RS9TQAVO } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ;