; Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 09:57:15 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 19-03-05 (Golden Arches [7]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20050319095758.2a9fedf6@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- March 19, 2005 (Rating 7) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; When I first saw today's moody atmospheric scene, which lies in ; the Rectangular orientation of the Julibrot, I considered giving ; it a poetic name such as "Blue Bayou" or "Transfigured Night", ; or even something bombastic such as "Ripples of Heavenly Peace". ; But then I turned, glanced out the side window, and saw in the ; distance the familiar golden arches that mark the location of ; the local fast-food emporium. When I turned again to the screen ; I saw the arches there also. I immediately got hungry, named ; the image "Golden Arches", and hurried out to pick up a couple ; cheeseburgers and a bag of fries. (Unfortunately for the store, ; I did not buy a soda, which is where they earn most of their ; profit.) ; ; Actually, the image reminds me of the 'lake' transformation, ; that makes fractals look as though they were half submerged in a ; lake and being reflected off the rippling surface. What we are ; seeing however is a true part of the Z^2+C Julibrot. The only ; special effect is that the scene has been stretched in the ; vertical direction. ; ; The horizontal stripes are the ever-smaller buds lining the ; valley leading to the larger period-6 bud on the northeast ; shoreline of the main bay of the Mandelbrot set. The golden ; arch is a different view of the debris that obscures the tiny ; buds as the imaginary part of initial Z of the Mandelbrot view ; of the area is changed from zero. ; ; Today's image is an improvement over yesterday's effort, but its ; rating of a 7 leaves room for more improvement. Two Rectangular ; images remain to be posted. That gives me two chances to do ; better. As in real life, success is never guaranteed, but it ; will be interesting to see how close I come. ; ; Today's image is a rather slow one that takes almost 15 minutes ; to render on my machine. But relief may be found on the FOTD ; web site at: ; ; ; ; from where the image may quickly be downloaded. ; ; The temperature reached a high of 59F 15C here at Fractal ; Central on Friday. The wind was light, the sun was bright, and ; the fractal cats were happy. They wasted over three hours ; lurking in the thicket, watching for something that never came. ; Only a small treat of tuna was needed to end their day happily. ; Today is starting with some sun, and it is mild again, but rain ; is due to arrive later this afternoon, hopefully after the duo ; have finished their outing. ; ; For me it looks like an average day. The work is light, so I'll ; probably spend some time watching the games on TV before ; entering Fractal Land. The next FOTD will appear in 24 hours. ; Until then, take care, and there's a long time to come before ; entropy wins. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Golden_Arches { ; time=0:14:16.18--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=multirot-XY-ZW-new function=flip/ident passes=1 center-mag=0/-0.00537482249257776/131.833\ 9/0.01495 params=0/90/2/0/0/0/0.3750255321/0.21770\ 67886 float=y maxiter=6450 inside=0 logmap=70 symmetry=yaxis periodicity=10 colors=000nggnfgnfgnfgnegnegndgndgochochochobhobho\ ahoaho`ho`hmXho`hpchqghrjhsnhtqhuuhxziwyhvxhvxhuwh\ twgtvgsugsugrtgqtfqsfpsfprfoqfnqenpempeloelodkndkm\ djmdildilchkchkcgjcficfibehbehbdgbcfbcfaceaceacdac\ d`cc`cc`cc`cc`cc_cc_cc_cc_cc_ccZcbZcbZcaZcaYc`Yc_Y\ c_YcZYcZXcZXcZXcZXcZXcZWcZWcZWcZWcZWcZVcZVcZVcZVcZ\ UcZUcZUcZUcZUcZTcZTcZTcZTcZTcZScZScZScZScZRcZScZSc\ ZScZScZScZScZScZScZScZScZScZScZScZScZScZScZRcZScZS\ cZTcZTcZUcZUcZUcZVcZVcZWcZWcZWcZXcZXcZYc_Yc_ZcZZbZ\ ZaZ_`Y__Y`ZY`YY`XXaWXaVXbUWbTWcSWcRVcQVdPVdOVeNVeM\ VeLVdKVcJVcIVbHVbGVaFVaEV`DU`CT_BS_ARcAQcBPcCOcCNc\ DMcDLcEKcFJcFIcGHcGGcHFcIEcIDcJCcJBZKAZL9ZL8ZM7ZN6\ ZM7ZM7ZM7ZM7ZM7ZM7ZM7ZM7ZM7ZM7ZM6ZM6ZM6ZL7ZL7ZL7ZL\ 7ZL7ZL7ZL7ZL7ZL7ZL7ZL7ZL7ZL7ZK8ZK8ZK8ZK8ZK8ZK8ZK8_\ K8_K8`K8`K8aK8aK8bJ9bJ9cJ9dJ9eJ9fJ9gJ9hJ9iJ9jJ9kJ9\ lJ9mJ9mIAmIAmIAmIAmIAmIAm } frm:multirot-XY-ZW-new {; 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))+p3, c=cos(b)*real(pixel)+cos(a)*flip(imag(pixel))+p4: z=z^(p2)+c, |z| <= 36 } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ;