; Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 11:52:11 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 22-02-05 (The Hidden Squid [7]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20050222115235.2277aaa8@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- February 22, 2005 (Rating 7) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; With a minor rush lying on the shelf beside me, and a customer ; coming to pick it up this afternoon, I will have to be terse in ; today's FOTD discussion. ; ; When I saw today's image I was reminded of squid tentacles, yet ; at the same time, no squid body was visible, leading me to name ; the image "The Hidden Squid". ; ; The image is part of the Julia set that corresponds to the ; western shoreline of the Mandelbrot fractal created by the ; formula (-Z)^1.5*(C^0.1)+C. ; ; The rating of the image is 7, and most of this rating depends on ; the striking definition of the tentacles. Almost all the effect ; of squid tentacles was achieved by arranging the color palette ; to emphasize the tentacle-like shapes. In themselves, the ; underlying fractal shapes are hardly worth a rating of 5. ; ; To speed up today's formula, I have made a small change in it. ; The change is minor, and does not affect the running of any ; parameter files that were created with the earlier version. ; ; The render time of 12 minutes is true on my worn-out fractal ; machine. On my newest unit it renders in just under 2 minutes. ; But regardless of the speed of the computer, a download of the ; image from: ; ; ; ; will likely be faster. ; ; A bit of hazy sun in the afternoon and a temperature of 50F 10C ; gave the two fractal cats one acceptable hour in the thicket at ; the bottom of the yard here at Fractal Central on Monday. When ; they came inside, they chased each other up and down the stairs ; like kittens a few times before asking for their tuna. Today is ; starting cloudy, chilly and damp. Most likely the cats will be ; once again mildly satisfied. ; ; My day is starting in an average manner, and will most likely ; end in an average manner, with the next fractal appearing almost ; by magic in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and how did I ever ; manage to keep this FOTD going for almost 8 years? ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= The_Hidden_Squid { ; time=0:12:20.72--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=multXYZWcompjb-min function=ident/flip passes=1 center-mag=0.332068/8.60423e-016/15.62891\ /1/90/3.88578058618804789e-016 params=90/90/1.5/0/\ 1.1/0/0/0/-0.7762321652/0 float=y maxiter=6000 inside=255 logmap=51 periodicity=10 colors=000fAaiAVlBPoCItA6rBArCBpEFpGGpHKoKLoLPoNQn\ PUnQVlSYlU_lVbjXdjZgj_iialicnjcridoidlgdigdffdbfd_\ ddWddVbdSbdPadLadI_dFZcB_b7`a6a_AbYDcWFdUIeSLfPNgL\ QiHSgGVfEYdC_bBbaAf_AiYAlWAoVArUAuSAyQAzPAzNAzLAzP\ CzQGzUKzWNz_QzbUzdXzgazjdzngzpkztnzuqzytzzxzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzztzzlzrdzjWzaPzUGzLAzD7zD6zD6zD4zD4zD2zD2z\ D1zD1xD0tD0qD0nD0kD0gD0dA0eD0eF4gI7gKDgNGiPKiSPiUS\ kWWkY_kablbglfjngonjrnlupozppzptzquzqyzqzzsyzsyzty\ ztyzvyzvyzxwzxwzxwzywzywzzwzzuzzuzzuzzuzzuzzuwzwtz\ wpzynzyjzygyzdyzaxzYxzVxzSvzPvzLtzItzFtzBsz7sz4qz1\ qz0qz0pz0pz0sz0pz0lz0kz0gz0ey0cw0at1Zp2Xo4Ul6SiAPg\ BNdDKaFH_GEWICULASNAPPALQAKSAGNA7QABUAFWAIYALaAPdA\ SfAViAYlAanAbpAftAiuAlyAozArzAuzAyzZxzcwzhwzmwzmwz\ mwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwymwymwymwymw\ ymwymwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzm\ wzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmw } frm:multXYZWcompjb-min {; draws 6 planes and rotations ;when fn1-2=i,f, then p1 0,0=M, 0,90=O, 90,0=E, 90,90=J ;when fn1-2=f,i, then p1 0,0=M, 0,90=R, 90,0=P, 90,90=J a=real(p1)*.01745329251994, b=imag(p1)*.01745329251994, z=sin(b)*fn1(real(pixel))+sin(a)*fn2(imag(pixel))+p4, c=cos(b)*real(pixel)+cos(a)*flip(imag(pixel))+p5, q=(p3-1): z=(-z)^(p2)*(c^(q))+c, |z| < 400 } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ;