; Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2006 23:23:17 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 04-09-06 (Seahorse Landscape [8]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20060903232411.38df89f0@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- September 04, 2006 (Rating 8) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image is a scene in Seahorse Valley. It has been in no ; way altered by stretching or skewing; the color bands were crea- ; ted with the traditional 'outside=iter' method. ; ; Yes, I realize that the scene has no resemblance to the Seahorse ; Valley we know so well, or to its Julia sets, but we must not ; forget that the valley is a four-dimensional thing with aspects ; that the limited human mind will never conceive. But could a ; mind greater than human conceive the fourth dimension? Perhaps. ; ; I named the picture "Seahorse Landscape". With a little stretch ; of the imagination it does somewhat resemble one of those fantas- ; tic landscapes created by surrealist artists and then filled ; with their dream objects. I gave myself a pat on the back when ; I rated the image at an 8. And why not? I spent nearly an hour ; smoothing and fine-tuning the colors. ; ; The render time of 9.5 minutes is good on my ancient U.S.Logic ; P200 computer, which has long since passed the expected time of ; its assignment to the trash heap. But as long as it keeps run- ; ning Fractint, it will be my fractal machine. ; ; Some over-educated S.O.T.A. machines may panic when they see a ; DOS program like Fractint. Those with such skittish units will ; do better to visit the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; and download the GIF image file of today's scene from there. ; ; The weather here at New Fractal Central on Sunday was marginal ; as we dried out from the 4 inches (10CM) of rain that fell on ; Saturday, when over-hyped Ernesto blew through. The cloudy ; skies and temperature of 64F 18C were disappointing for those ; hoping for a last fling of outdoor summer recreation. The ; fractal cats were not bothered however. They spent the day ; alternating between sleeping and chasing each other up and down ; the long hallway. An evening treat of tuna for Cassie and sharp ; cheddar cheese for Nico kept them happy. And BTW, I have a good ; picture of the two new fractal cats. I'll send it to be posted ; on the FOTD web site in a day or so. ; ; My day was just busy enough to prevent boredom. In the after- ; noon I got word that another big job might be on the way for ; later this week. If it is as large as boasted, it might cause ; me to miss a few FOTD's, but right now that is pure speculation. ; The next fractal trip to Seahorse Valley will appear in 24 ; hours. Until then, take care, and how many seahorses could fit ; into Seahorse Valley? ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Seahorse_Landscape { ; time=0:09:38.09--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=multirot-XZ-YW-new passes=1 center-mag=-0.515363/0.00758601/19.26413 params=90/18/2/0/0/0/-0.75/0 float=y maxiter=50000 inside=255 logmap=22 periodicity=10 colors=000AAEEEEJEGOFITGKYGLbFNgFPlFRpBGpFSpIbpLmo\ MlnNlnNlmOkmOklPkeMqdLqcKrbIsaHt`Gu_FuZEvYDwXCxX8z\ WBxWDvWGuWIsWKqWNpVPnVSmVUkVWiVZhV`fVbeZcdaccddbgd\ alfZjd`hcafabe`ccZdaYf`WgZVhXTiWSjUQkSPmQNnPMoNKpL\ JqKHrIGtGEuFDvDBwBAxA9y98z87z76z65z63y64w65u66s66q\ 67o68m69k69i6Ag6Ae6Ac6Aa6A_6AY6AW6AU6AU6AU6AP6AQ6A\ R6AS6AT6AU6AV6AW6AX6AY6AZ6A_6A`6Ba6Cb6Dc6Ed6Ge7Ie8\ Ke8Md9NdAOdAPdBQdCReCSgDTiEUkEVmFWoGXqGYsHZuI_wK`x\ IayHbyGcyFdyEeyDfxCgxBhw9iw8jv7kv6lu5mu4ot3qt1qw2q\ t3pr4op5mn6ll7ji8ig8ge9ecAdaBb_CaXD_VEZTFXRFVPGUNH\ SKIRIJPGKOELMCLLANMBOMBQMCRMCTMDUMDWNEXNEZNF_NFaNG\ bNGdNGeOHgOHhOIjOIkOJmOJnPKpPKqPLsPLtPMvPMwPMuRNsS\ OrUOpVPoWQmYQlZRj`ShaSgbTedUdeUbgVahV_iWZkXXlXVnYU\ oZSpZRr_Ps`Ou`MvaKxcLwaMw`Nw_NwZOwYPwXPwWQwVRvURvT\ SvSTvRTvPUvOVvNVvMWuLXuKXuJYuIZuHZuG_uF`uE`uD_tC_s\ CZrBZqBYpAcmAhmAzzzzzzzzz } frm:multirot-XZ-YW-new {; Jim Muth ; 0,0=para, 90,0=obl, 0,90=elip, 90,90=rect e=exp(flip(real(p1*.01745329251994))), f=exp(flip(imag(p1*.01745329251994))), z=f*real(pixel)+p3, c=e*imag(pixel)+p4: z=z^(p2)+c, |z| <= 36 } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ;