; Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 11:59:46 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 30-04-05 (Electric Discharge [5]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20050430120057.29c78dee@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- April 30, 2005 (Rating 5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; With today's image we return to the Mystic2 formula, a formula I ; have not used in several years. When used in the normal manner, ; with the inside set to a flat color, this formula draws nothing ; but empty circles of radius 1. When an active inside fill is ; used however, such as the 'bof61' of today's image, this formula ; fills the empty circle with designs and patterns of the most ; unpredictable nature. The user-defined function included in the ; formula simply increases the unpredictability. ; ; I named today's image "Electric Discharge". The zig-zag white ; streaks, which resemble stylized lightning bolts, inspired the ; name. The rating of a 5 indicates that I consider the image to ; be an average one. The render time of just over one minute on ; my 10-year-old machine is fast enough for all but the most ; impatient. Those with one of the new-fangled Fractint- ; challenged computers may need to download the image from the ; FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; When I was a child, still in my wonder years, I wondered what ; electricity is. Now that I am a full-fledged grown-up, I see ; that no one knows exactly what it is. It's energy, sure enough, ; and energy is the ability to do useful work, but somehow this ; does not seem to answer the question of what it actually *is*. ; ; Clouds and a chilly temperature of 59F 15C kept the fractal cats ; within dashing distance of the porch all afternoon Friday. But ; nothing happened to make them dash. They ended the afternoon ; with their noses in their food dishes. Today is starting rainy, ; with showers expected for most of the day. The duo will not ; like this. For me, it's a moderate amount of work before I can ; get to the fractals. Tomorrow is a new day, a new month, and a ; new fractal. Until then, take care, and be sensible but don't ; be a slave to common sense. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Electric_Discharge { ; time=0:01:13.44--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=jim.frm formulaname=Mystic2 function=cos passes=1 center-mag=-0.00490732/-0.00490988/9.590991/1/17.5\ /-1.23373533611470521e-014 params=1.435/0.218/-1.8\ 82/-0.465/-1.663/1.558 float=y maxiter=95 inside=bof61 logmap=yes periodicity=10 colors=000UMLeHEXvFcfCjR9C4RN6MX8HgACaV7YU3YmzdXvj\ fvzzzoqnoVkh1aPPl5lvc`qhSasE9mKMmVwoOepIOl3In6Fo8C\ pA9uNvWNzcJgjFPmkio_XpOKUHf_FYeEPkDGPeNZSJhKDDN7Qn\ QVF6`E7fD7lC7lk3QhWcSJEkLS_GdOBdCUhCOkCInCCercicTm\ QIfPciLVlINoFFSVP`OJiIDhW8mM71IY7dWN5YV7Rb9KjBDjRv\ nJXqy7qh7qS7VaI`VFfPClI9wbYuWRtPKrIDvqltcZrQLIYYUQ\ PeJG8i8K`7VT7fK7ebukPWTeYaWPiMGOienC4QQncJTQCtXCgc\ CWjCJ4npZJueGdkEOMXlURaaMSiHH_VFdQDhLBmG9vqqtcarQM\ ej7kxnMmYUcRaVKiLDDEnODcYDTgCIQ5`zh3uS5enChdAkV9nL\ 8`qv44gI3nU6_e9LmAvnBioBXpCK2fXKWO`MFd10dvMkZEHjeR\ aX_TOhKFn0lo4Zp8LtFGsEDrDBqC9hKlkHZnELj5Pn9GDrh5NB\ gdvqj4qZ5qN6XOxgIYvgPtXJrMDA8GWAB5eUURIqDjqCXqCKTc\ J_XGeQDkJAyAhuBQiY2kS4mN5oH60peEeXRWOdMFr2tq5gq7Wq\ AJ9fYbFogE`lDMRzdYmWd`OkOFRcghXGkQDnJA98Iz0kKHc`EN\ asUgdMlQE2TGtC7rC7YSrgKVY_ngOTImi_HkeFYkDKl`gnSVpK\ JsVerOUqIIyGlYdWdVNkLFHSS } frm:Mystic2 {; Jim Muth a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), c=real(p2), d=imag(p2), k=real(p3), f=imag(p3), g=pixel, z=(pixel)^a+(b*(pixel))^c: z=(fn1(z)+(d*(g)))^k+(f*(cos(g))) g=sqr(g), LastSqr <= 100 } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ;