; Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 12:05:25 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 12-10-05 (Purple at Midnight [5]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20051012120643.38c7bd48@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- October 12, 2005 (Rating 5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's resurrected formula is named MytestAH. It is a very ; simple formula which combines positive and negative exponents of ; the same absolute value before adding C. Z is initialized at 1 ; because this is the critical point of functions of this type. ; ; The formula draws some very twisted Mandeloids, especially when ; complex or imaginary exponents are used. I think I used this ; formula to create interesting midgets before I developed the ; MandelbrotMix4 formula. ; ; In today's image the exponent has been set to 1.0001, a value ; which is surprisingly close to unity, yet still creates a ; fractal. I have not checked to see how much closer to unity the ; exponent value could be set before the fractal nature vanishes. ; ; I named today's image "Purple at Midnight". The name is based ; entirely on the deep purple color palette. And yes, a simple ; "Purple Midnight" would have been a more poetic name, but I ; wanted to be different. Actually, even the midnight effect is ; questionable, and could be missed entirely when viewed on overly ; bright monitors. ; ; The rating of a 5 seems about right for the image. The same ; effect is easily achievable with the M-Mix4 formula, and I have ; already posted several FOTD images that looked much the same as ; today's. ; ; Though today's formula does little that is really new, the old ; formula I have chosen for tomorrow's FOTD is one of the most ; surprising of all time. Be sure not to miss it. ; ; Today's image is quite a bit on the slow side, rendering as it ; does in 1 hour and 14 minutes. But relief is always nearby on ; the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; where the finished image has been or soon will be posted, ready ; for viewing. ; ; Heavy clouds, wet ground, occasional showers and a temperature ; of 63F 17C kept the fractal cats confined to the house all day ; Tuesday here at Fractal Central. But due to their excessive ; sleepiness, their complaints were at a minimum. Today is start- ; ing cloudy again. The ground is still very wet, so I doubt that ; things will be any better. ; ; I plan on a relaxing day. Unfortunately, my plans do not always ; work out. One thing near certain however is the appearance of ; the next FOTD in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and know that ; we have our being in a great fractal. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Purple_at_Midnight { ; time=1:14:09.12--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=jim.frm formulaname=MytestAH passes=1 center-mag=-0.10008703297023210/+0.095850930075443\ 39/1.950575e+008/1/175/-2.10031613975814047e-008 params=1.0001/0 float=y maxiter=150000 bailout=9 inside=0 outside=atan periodicity=10 colors=000agU`iV_kWZmWYoXXqYWsYVuZUw_Uy_Vx`Ww`WwaX\ vaXubYubYtbZtcZsc_rd_rd`qe`qeapebofbofcngcngdmhdlh\ elhekifkifjjgijgikhhkhhkgglgglggmggmgfmffnffnffnff\ ofeofeoeepeepeepedqedqddrddrdcrdcsdcsdcscctcbtcbtc\ bucbucbua`s`_rZZqYXpXWoVVnUUmTSlRRjQQiPOhNNgMMfKLe\ JJdIIcGHaFF`EE_CDZBCYAAX89W78V67U8AWADXCGYEJZGM`IP\ aKSbMVcOYdQ_fSbgUehWhiYkj_nlaqmctnewogypcwk_vfWuaT\ sYPrTLqOIoKEnFAmA7l68k79k89j9AjABjBBiCCiDDiEDhFEhF\ FhGFgHGgIHgJHfKIfLJfMJeNKeNLeOLdPMdQNdRNcSOcTPcUPb\ VQbVRbWRaXSaYTaZT`_U``V`aV_bW_cX_cXZdYZeZZfZYg_Yh`\ Yi`XjaXkbXkbWlcWmdWndVoeVpfVqfUrgUsgUshVrhVrhWqhWq\ hWqhXphXphYohYoiYoiZniZniZni_mi_mi`li`li`liakjakjb\ jjbjjbjjcijcijcijdhjdhjegkegkegkffkffkgekgekgekhdk\ hdkhdhfbfdadb`b`_`ZZZXYWWXUUWSSVQQUOOTMMSKKRHJQFHP\ DFOBDN9BM79L58K8AMABODDPFERIGSKHUMIWPKXRLZUN_WOaYP\ c`RdbSfeUggVi`L_cPcfSfiWj } frm:MytestAH {; Jim Muth z=1, c=pixel: z=z^p1+z^(-p1)+c, |z|<=100 } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ;