; Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 11:42:34 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 31-05-05 (Many Layers [8]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20050531114408.29cfd9d4@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- May 31, 2005 (Rating 8) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; To produce today's fractal, the last of the month of May, I took ; some Z^3 and subtracted 0.2 parts of Z^5 from it (more or less), ; then added plain C to produce a parent fractal filled with bits ; and pieces of baby Mandeloids of many different orders. ; Forgetting the odd orders, I focused on a quadratic midget. ; ; The parameters of today's image are quite critical. Even a ; small change of any parameter changes the image to a totally ; blank screen. The overall appearance is that of a midget in an ; East Valley, but I have never seen an East Valley midget quite ; like today's, with its totally disconnected bug-eyes. ; ; I spent nearly an hour on the coloring, which is an unusually ; long time and resulted in an unusually smooth GIF image for one ; consisting of flat bands. The colors raise the rating from a 7 ; to an 8. The name "Many Layers" was originally intended for ; another image in the same parent fractal, an image that was ; discarded when I found today's. ; ; The render time of just over 2 minutes is quite reasonable for a ; fractal of above average quality. The image download from: ; ; ; ; is also available. ; ; The sun shone until 3pm on Monday, and the temperature rose to ; 79F 26C. But then the sun was obscured by a shower cloud. The ; rain was light, but it spoiled the cats' day in the yard, making ; an extra tuna treat necessary in the evening to restore their ; good spirits. Tuna almost always works. The cats can tell it's ; coming by the sound of the can being opened, and as soon as they ; hear it, they start purring and rubbing against everything in ; sight. Today is starting great. No more tuna will be needed. ; ; For me it's back to work. The holiday, for what it was worth, ; is over. The next in the endless series of intriguing but other- ; wise useless fractals will appear right here in 24 hours. Until ; then, take care, and if science says it's so, it must be so. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Many_Layers { ; time=0:02:19.45--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=ident passes=1 center-mag=-0.35456557346155930/0/2.315815e+009/1/\ 180 params=1/3/-0.2/5/0.255/0 float=y maxiter=2500 inside=0 logmap=59 symmetry=xaxis periodicity=10 colors=000WRpXSoYUk_Vj`XiaYhc_gd`efbdicckebmgapi`r\ k_tmZsnasoduogwojwpmxqpysswtvwuxwquwnrwjowglwdiw`f\ wYcTV`URYWOVXLT_PQbTNdWKg_HibElfBoj8qm5tq2vt0qo3lj\ 5gf7ba9YYBTTEOPGJKIEGK9BM57OEEWMLcURjaYricyjbyjbyj\ byjbyjayjaykaykayk`yk`yk`yk`yibpgcgfdZ_`aUXdOTgIQj\ CMm6Ip0Fr1Gp1Ho1Hm1Il2Jk2Ji2Kh2Lg2Le3Md3Nc3Na3O`30\ 0A0AK0KP0QV0Ua5Xg2Xa5UX8SRBPMDNTKTZQYdWckchqjnwnsx\ rqxopxmnxjmxgkxcjy`hyZgyXeyVdyTbyRayQ`wS_uU_tW_rY_\ q_ZoaZncZleZjgYiiYgkYfmYdoXcqXasX`tX_k`ZccYVfXNiQY\ bKhXEsRGrQIrPJrOLrNNrMOrLQrKSqKTqJVqIXqHYqG_qFaqEb\ qE_nGXlHUjIRhJOeLLcMIaNF_OCXQ9VR6TS3RT0PU3QS6QR9QP\ CROFRMIRLLSJOSIRSGUTFXTDZTCaREcPGeOHgQJiSKkUMmWNoY\ Pq_QsaSubThc`XdhLepQfoUgoZhnbingjmkkmjlkimjhnhgogf\ peeqddrbcsabt`auZ`vY_wWaxVcyTezSgzRizZkzfmzmoznqzo\ szpuzqwzqxzrzzszztzztzzrzzqzzozznzzmzzkzzjzzizzgzz\ fzzezz8zzDzzIzzNzzSzzlzzo } frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; Jim Muth a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(-a*b*g*h)^j, k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ;