; Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2006 21:09:45 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 25-11-06 (High Stakes [6]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20061124211135.2b77593a@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- November 25, 2006 (Rating 6) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image came about when I mixed 11 parts of Z^1000 with 11 ; parts of Z^(0.3). The parent fractal that results is most un- ; promising -- little more than a nest of circles. But sometimes ; even the most unpromising parents produce outstanding offspring, ; and this is the case with today's parent fractal. ; ; Hidden in the parent, near the point where two circles are ; tangent, lies a tiny nest of interesting fractal semi-chaos. ; Today's scene is located in this nest. ; ; The image was calculated with the outside set to 'summ', one of ; the few times I have used this option. The other outside ; options produce images of varying quality. ; ; I named the image "High Stakes" because of the unusually large ; exponent of Z in the generating formula. The rating of a 6 ; seems appropriate for an image that is moderately interesting. ; ; The render time of under 25 seconds is true on my ancient P200 ; unit with a whopping 16meg of memory, a machine that does not ; seem to realize that its time of usefulness ended long ago. On ; a modern SOTA machine, one that does not panic when a DOS pro- ; gram is booted, the image will render in well under 10 seconds ; -- hardly a waste of time even for the lowest rated images. ; ; Those with a fireball-fast but panicky computer will need to ; visit the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; and view the image there. ; ; Friday was far more pleasant here at New Fractal Central, with ; crystal blue skies, warm late-autumn sunshine, and a temperature ; of 55F 13C. The fractal cats interrupted their play long enough ; to notice the fine weather, which is about as much concern as ; they ever show for the weather. They were far more concerned ; that their evening treats of tuna and cheese were served on time. ; ; My day was on the slow side, which was good, since I am still on ; the slow side myself. But being slow gives far more time for ; fractals and the philosophy they inspire. And speaking of phil- ; osophy, it's about time for another outburst. The outburst may ; not come in 24 hours, but the next FOTD fractal almost certainly ; will. Until then, take care, and wax philosophical, (whoever he ; might be). ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= High_Stakes { ; time=0:00:24.77--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=ident center-mag=-9.97734412280865400/-0.006232310185072\ 72/3.450052e+011/1/5/0 params=11/1000/11/0.3/0/0 float=y maxiter=255 inside=0 outside=summ logmap=yes periodicity=10 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=000KCBuSmkOcaKVSGMIkTJ_NJOIUajQTZMKOVmutSsg\ MdVHRNBQmuzkgR`S9WOASKBNGCzZroRZWFOIXjJ00JJO500NNb\ MKWLHQKEJAAAcNlEylGlcH`VIOMUX2OM8IupJebJRQ1fEARD0k\ mAUVSXHPRGNMFLHE5jl_9eqOieKZUGOMAiKBTRxsOgdLSRh`N_\ SJRKG1dV7VPDLJJFdLDWZngRVS4TUCKLkWZcRTXMOQHIhE`GRP\ IJJBtlEe`HRPrU`ql1e_5UO9Nr5Lc8KQB_tgUeXORNyMrkW6G3\ XH6QI9JnG5cE8TDBqrvecfUQSTrnVU5IWdJRYJMRJHK893EB8U\ qCAw2F_8WfPifb`WUSMLA4pD6fF8XHANHVzIQmILaJGPWJ261X\ A4SD7NGAI5Q7AL9FGB9GFCFEEEEHDDCDHGCFkqZL7dK9VJBMlM\ 7jSCYjiUa`QTTMKL2Ve7QYBLRFGKDlSF_NHOI06j58aA9UFBL1\ 0h63`A6TF9L`uKWiISZGNNEtEnoFvdEfUDStgA7`ABSBFKC6z0\ Bi5FT9RiOLO5KL7KI9JFBnWRcPMTIHGsRHdMIQHp9`dATUBLP0\ JN4HL8FLJUKGOJEIN1MBdKEVHHLFKrhJXTB77D99FAAHBCLlPK\ UJ9n2Da6GPA1PiAIT2SzBKaMbsKPYIYDN3cB50F97JZ1Mf1Pm1\ Qb5QT8RIBR8EIAS9CdIIUROJVffPRSZjPRTJG17jxTX_Lh5GW9\ E`0cW3XS6QN9Jrjg`TSMA6LB9 } 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========================================= ; ;