; Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 10:14:20 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 23-03-05 (Elliptical Thing [2]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20050323101505.0d3ff3e2@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- March 23, 2005 (Rating 2) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Did you ever have one of those days when nothing goes right? ; Well I had one of those days in Fractal Land on Tuesday. ; ; There I was, in the Elliptic forest, with great fractals all ; around me. I heard the muffled growls, I heard the brush ; rustle. A twig snapped! I took off in pursuit! ; ; The chase was desperately exciting. I was hot on the spoor of ; the beast. I saw the monster in the distance, I zoomed in, I ; bagged my prey. But then I looked closer at what I had caught ; -- today's pathetic Elliptic set, an image that could have been ; found with much less effort with the every-day Julia formula. ; ; Actually, the thing on the screen is neither a set nor a midget. ; It could perhaps be called a basin, or more likely, anything one ; wishes to call it. About halfway through the coloring I lost ; enthusiasm and gave up, leaving the interior of the figure a ; mish-mash of muddy and conflicting colors. ; ; The location of the scene is in the vicinity of a midget near ; the tip of the negative stem of the Mandelbrot set. Quite a bit ; of stretching and skewing was needed to bring the image to near ; proper proportions. ; ; When I gave up on the image, I named it "Elliptical Thing" ; without thinking. I rated the image at a sorry 2, and even that ; might be a bit generous. Luckily for all, the image renders in ; a very fast 1-1/2 minutes, so little time will be spent on a ; fractal that has so little to offer. ; ; Perhaps the easiest way to see the image is to download it from ; the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; where it waits for all the world to ridicule. ; ; The sunny afternoon and temperature of 55F 13C here at Fractal ; Central on Tuesday were fully appreciated by the cats, who spent ; several hours keeping the yard clear of other cats. Their day ; ended with the usual tuna, and they enjoyed a peaceful evening. ; But this morning is bringing heavy rain, which is due to con- ; tinue most of the day. What will the duo make of this. ; ; For me it's a little work and a search for a better fractal. If ; I find one, it will appear tomorrow. If I fail to find one, a ; worse fractal will appear. Until then, take care, and I'm not ; as discouraged as it might appear. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Elliptical_Thing { ; time=0:01:30.52--SF6 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=multirot-XZ-YW-new passes=1 center-mag=-0.00490057832247906/-1.985489038292866\ 00/6.113231e+010/0.004506/-178.57302509791967/89.5\ 0573364904918 params=0/90/2/0/1.3e-005/0/0/1.3e-005 float=y maxiter=10000 inside=255 logmap=56 symmetry=none periodicity=10 colors=000qefqffndckb`h`Ye_VbYT_WQYVNVTKSRHPPFMOCJ\ M9GK6EJ4FMBGPHHSOHTUJVVKWWLWXNXYOXZPX_RY`SYaTYbVZb\ WZcXZdZ_e__f`_gb`hc`id`jiboe`jaZeYX`UVWQTRMRMIPHEN\ CAM7CN8DN9ENAFOBHOBIOCJPDKPEMPENQFOQGPQHQRISRITRJU\ SKVSLXSLYTMZTN_TO`TOcUReVTgWVjXXlXZnY`qZbs_dv`eu_f\ uZgtZhtYitYjsXksXksWlrWmrVnqVoqUpqUppTqpTrpSsoStoR\ uoRumQtlPtkPtjOsiNshNsgMrfMreLrdKqcKqaJq`Jq_IpZHpY\ HpXGoWGoVFoUEnTEnSDnUEmRDnPDoNDoKDpICqGCqDCrBCs9Cs\ BErDFqFHqHIpIJoKLoMMnOOmPPmRQlTSkVTkWUjYWi_XiaZhb_\ gd`gfbfhceef_idemcjpbotatw`ytXrrTloPfmM`jIVhEPiALf\ BJdCIbDG`DFZEDXFCUGBSG9QH8OI6MJ5MH0KJ4JL7HNBGPEERH\ DTLBVOAXS8ZV7`Y5ba4dd3egV2yX4xY6wZ7v`9uaBtbCscEreG\ qfHpgJohKnjMmkOllPknRjoTipUhqWgsYftZeu`dw_gvadubbu\ c_tdYteWsgTrhRriOqjMsjLqkKplJolInmHmnGlnFjoEipDhpC\ gqBfrAer9cs8bt7at6`u5_v4Ww1Zv3av5dv6fu8iu9luBnuCmq\ FlmHkiJjeLp_fq`fqbfqcfqdf } frm:multirot-XZ-YW-new {; Jim Muth ; 0,0=para, 90,0=obl, 0,90=elip, 90,90=rect e=exp(flip(real(p1*.01745329251994))), f=exp(flip(imag(p1*.01745329251994))), z=f*real(pixel)+p3, c=e*imag(pixel)+p4: z=z^(p2)+c, |z| <= 36 } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ;