; Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 12:09:26 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 21-08-05 (The Dodo Bird [4]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20050821121142.29aff852@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- August 21, 2005 (Rating 4) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; If anyone sees a dodo hidden in today's fractal, they are better ; than me at finding hidden images. I named today's fractal "The ; Dodo Bird" because I was in a frivolous mood. There is no dodo ; in the image. In fact, there has not been a live dodo on earth ; for over 300 years. The last dodo died long ago on Mauritius ; island in the Indian ocean, where these flightless pigeons once ; thrived. Dodos became extinct because they were too specialized ; to survive the environmental changes brought about when men ; arrived on the island with their domestic animals. ; ; But all is not lost. In place of dodos we now have fractals, ; which are in no danger of becoming extinct. A sample of a ; fractal appears as today's image, which was created by subtract- ; ing Z^(1.2) from Z^(-1.1) and adding (1/C). The parent consists ; of two small separated Mandeloids, with much filamentary debris ; scattered about. This debris is rich with hidden midgets, one ; of which appears at the center of today's image. ; ; I could rate the image no higher than a sorry 4. There have ; been too many similar images recently to rate it higher. The ; render time of 2-1/4 minutes is reasonable enough, but it still ; might be advantageous to download the already-rendered image ; from the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; Saturday started cloudy, but the sun appeared by midday, leading ; to a rather muggy but bearable afternoon with a high temperature ; of 88F 31C. The fractal cats made the most of things by spend- ; ing the afternoon well hidden in the holly patch. Only a little ; tuna was needed in the evening. This morning is starting sunny ; and a bit less muggy. It's too soon to predict the cats' day. ; My day will be good enough . . . once I get the grass trimmed, ; that is. The next FOTD will appear in 24 hours, with perhaps a ; bit of philosophy added. Until then, take care, and be yourself. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= The_Dodo_Bird { ; time=0:02:18.57--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=-0.29894636246327120/+0.351996100076137\ 30/310077.5/1/160/1.10693738966660682e-008 params=1/-1.1/-1/1.2/0/0 float=y maxiter=1500 inside=0 outside=tdis periodicity=10 colors=000aUP_NMXFIV8ET1BTaXQb_OcbMddKegK_dLTaLMYM\ GVM9SN2OM3TK5YI7bH8gFAlDCqBEwBJsAPn9Vj9_e8ea7kX6qS\ FmXOhbXcheZnnUtxPzvOwtNsqMooLkmKgjJcgPWdVOa`GZf8Zd\ FYaMYZTXW_XTfWQmWM_VIMXMM_QMaUMdZNgbNifNljNooOjoHd\ oAZo2Yi6XbAWWFVQJUJNTCSULZVVeWdlXnsYxz_svbmregnhaj\ kWfnQbqKZtEVhNVWWVKdV7mUGfYQZa_SeiKikPdnU_qZVtcQwi\ KniIdiFViCLi9g5HeBEcHB`N8ZT5W_2WX7VTCUQHTMMSIRRIRQ\ HROGQNFQLEPSJT_PYgVbo`gwflecgO`b5XX6_Z8ca9gdBjgCnj\ ErmGvpHqpJlpLgpMbpOYpQTpPRnOOkNLhMJeLGbKD_JAXOO`Tb\ dWbYZaQaaId`Ag_2bV4YQ6SL8NGAIBCC6EQTZcotlZsvHrt`Xq\ uAqt9rs7rsBrrGrrKrqPrqTrpYrpam4CTLO7b`OeYdhVvlRqgV\ laZgWbbQfYKkdWnkgqsstskotbjuUevL_sFSo8Jk1Aj5Ei9IhD\ MgHQfLUePYdTabXeZ`ZVeSRjLNoEIt6ItMItbIusHcuFLwKQqQ\ WkV`e`f_ekUkqOqwIqvJquLrsNmnNhiNcdNZ_NTUOTLVTBaS1i\ T3gV6dW9bYC__EY`HVbKTdNQkJQrFPzBO_`j94IC4JG5LK5NO6\ OS6QW7SRHTMRUGaVBkWfhXdaT } 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========================================= ; ;