; Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2006 23:35:39 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 04-10-06 (Dark Shadows [Not Rated]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20061003233655.0d3f472c@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- October 04, 2006 (Not Rated) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image is named "Dark Shadows". This is no tribute to ; the old TV series that ended over 30 years ago. It describes my ; dark mood. When bad things happen to good people, it gets me ; mad. I start wondering why. Like most people, I do not like ; meaninglessness. And like quite a few others, I am becoming ; ever more disappointed with a material-based science that is ; helpless in the face of the big questions of life. At the same ; time, I am not so naive as to wonder why a God who is all-good ; etc. permits the bad things to happen. But I do wonder how it ; was possible for the human mind to evolve such an instinctive ; need for meaning if behind all the physical glitter there is ; nothing but a meaningless random accident. ; ; In recognition of my dark mood I have created a fractal that is ; almost entirely darkness. It resembles little more than a dew- ; sprinkled spider web glistening in the pre-dawn gloom, illumined ; by the rays of a distant street light. ; ; The image was created by combining Z^(-1.5) with Z^(-4.5) and ; adding (1/C). The somber color palette is an intentional ; creation. Since I intentionally made the image so gloomy, I ; gave it no rating. ; ; One bit of good news is that the render time of 1-1/2 minutes ; will try the patience of no one. And the task of rendering may ; be avoided entirely by viewing the finished image on the FOTD ; web site at: ; ; ; ; A temperature of 79F 26C and partly cloudy skies went unappreci- ; ated by the fractal cats, who, because the mouse failed to ; reappear, joined me in sulking. The evening treat of cheese and ; tuna only partly eased their disappointment. ; ; Except for the bad news on the TV, my day was fairly routine. ; If all goes well and tomorrow is a repeat, the next FOTD will ; appear in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and don't be a ; gloomster. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Dark_Shadows { ; time=0:01:36.12--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip center-mag=+3.494730910064264/+1.143243928066017/\ 7.666195e+011/1/120/0 params=1/-1.5/0.333/-4.5/0/0 float=y maxiter=1000 inside=0 logmap=79 periodicity=10 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=0000A00B20B40C70C93DB7DDAEFDFHHHJKJLNLNRNPU\ PRXRT`TVcVYfX_iZaj`ckcelegmhiojkpmmroprrsttvuuzwuz\ xuzzuzzuzzuzxqzvnwukrshmrehrccqaZp_UpYQoWNnUKnSImQ\ FlOClMAhLDdKGaJJYJMUIPRHSNGVKGXdUfygpp0mgQo_oqVnpR\ moNlnJkmFjlIdnLZpOTqRNsUItceIZYJVQJQJJMBJI4JJ8IJBI\ KFIKIIKLILPHLSHLVHMZHMaHNeGNhGNkGOoGOrGOuGRtKUsNWr\ QZrT`qWcpZfoahoeknhmmkplnslquktxjwzjzvfuscqp`mmYij\ VegRadOYaLUZIQWFMTCIYqmTcaPRQKEE1kE9O8d0xlK8cF6WA5\ O53pRecISS9FnW0_cBQK6grAgrxIQ1HJ2HD2G72tD`_7JxZb1I\ k6CWB6HGUDGMAGF7G84gRZYIOP9DQFzNBjL8WI4H4f_EYyFPjF\ HWG9H_GXVCPQ8HL49n0xtldfXSTHFk9cW5L5uR9bIDKAA4mf0P\ _0JT0DM07wVhlNYaGNR8C5cz9ReDEMCib21h71UC1Gg9KBjV7o\ V3sVOSdh0nf5fdAZcFRZGTUHUPHWKIXFJZAJ_5Ka1KbUVNvd8m\ WDeNIYENQ5SI0XU0Ve2Tg3_i3ek4km4qo4wxTrP0`K1JkaUcSN\ WJGOA9PoEMZAJI65OOBCD80mB0YE0IjQIVDA_nZQQI9GQCBIE6\ AB_VDOLFCBM0TK0MR6OO7L000 } 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========================================= ; ;