; Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2005 11:43:25 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 09-08-05 (Strawberry Shortcake [7]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20050809114535.2dcf2a90@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- August 09, 2005 (Rating 7) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image is part of the fractal that results when 11 parts ; of Z^(-11) are combined with (1/Z), and (1/C) is added. The ; parent fractal consists of a large shapeless central ocean ; surrounded by spreading filaments. An uncountable infinity of ; midgets lies on these filaments. (Or is it a countable infi- ; nity? Not all infinities are the same. Given an eternity of ; time, some infinities could be counted; other infinities could ; not be counted even with an infinity of eternities in which to ; do the counting.) Regardless of the transfinite number of the ; midgets in today's parent fractal, today's scene lies in the ; East Valley area of the largest midget. ; ; The image has been rendered with the outside set to 'tdis', ; which colors the pixels according to how far they travel before ; escaping. Something about the coloring puts me in the mood for ; a huge slice of strawberry shortcake, which is why I named the ; image "Strawberry Shortcake". The rating of a 7 is the best of ; the past several days, and is actually surprising, considering ; how little spare time I had available to find today's fractal ; and color it. ; ; An above-average image that renders in 6-1/2 minutes is a joy to ; behold. Since this accurately describes today's image, today's ; image must be a joy to behold. Of course, the rendering task ; may be bypassed entirely by going to the popular FOTD web site ; at: ; ; ; ; and downloading the already-rendered image from there. ; ; Rain was forecast for Monday and rain arrived. Over 3 inches ; (8cm) fell, keeping the fractal cats confined indoors for the ; entire day, dashing in and out of hiding whenever they heard ; thunder. Needless to say, they were quite grouchy and needed ; generous tuna to make them bearable. (We also had a local ; transit bus caught in a flash flood, with 18 people needing ; rescue by boat. They were grouchy also.) Today is starting ; cloudy with more heavy rain threatening. I doubt that the day ; will be much if any better. ; ; For me, the work continues to pile up. It looks like that FOTD ; hiatus is not far off. Hopefully, it will not start tomorrow, ; when the next FOTD is due. Until that next FOTD appears, take ; care, and make the most of the least. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= StrawberyShortcake { ; time=0:06:30.79--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+0.81289336477290300/+1.018180081142495\ 00/2.056195e+010/1/105/-3.04511425892467491e-005 params=1/-1/11/-11/0/0 float=y maxiter=1500 inside=0 outside=tdis periodicity=10 colors=000aSE`SEZSEYSEWSFVSFTSFSSFXPLaMQfJVYQQPWMG\ bH7hDM`F`TGnLHqTLt`PvgSgjOUlLGnI2pF8gDE_BKRAQJ8WB7\ cg0Zf8UfGQfOLfWGfcCfkTRiiChfGjcKkaOlZSmXWnU_oSbpLV\ kENfDIdDEbD9aD5_D1ZL3VT5R`7Oh9KoAHhSRah`VyiRqjNjkJ\ bkGWlCPm8Hm4An13nLDmdMmwVmsUloTkkSjhRidQh`PgXOfUOf\ nHufIp_IkSJfLJaEJXKQUQXSVcQ`jOepMXcQPSUHGYNK`SNbYR\ ebUgWRkQPnJMrDKu7IxAMtCQpEUlGYhIadKe`MhXRi_Wja_jcY\ ciXXoWQtWYoWdjWkeQh`KeWEbR8_M3YHDVIMSIVQIdNJmKJvIJ\ uLItNItPHsRHrTHrVGqXGqZGiaMadSVgXNibGlg8om1qr4mp6i\ o8emAalDYkFUiHQhJNgMVjPbmRipMmoIqnEumAylFncJdWNVOS\ KGWA8_00YC5WOAU_FSjKM_THQ`BFh65pE8aMANTC9bqwTmqJik\ 9ee0a_2``4_`6Z`8Z`AYaCXaEWaGWaMQVRKOWEH`8Ae24e1Ae1\ Fe1Ke1Pe1UY4NQ6GI89AA2I97Q9BY8Ge8Km7Pt7TuEXvL_wSbx\ ZetUdpQdlLdiHceCca8cZ4cbAfeFhhLkkQmoVpr`rueuxjwplq\ imkanfVo`OqVGrQ9sK2tF5rP7qY9pgBopJjgQe_X`SdWJkRBrN\ 3qQ7qTApVEpYHp`KobOgRDcRD } 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========================================= ; ;