; Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 20:51:04 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 29-11-06 (Horn of Plenty [7]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20061128205256.22675b1e@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- November 29, 2006 (Rating 7) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; With its abundance of detail, today's fractal is in marked ; contrast to yesterday's image, which had a definite lack of ; intricate detail. In fact, today's image earned the name "Horn ; of Plenty", (otherwise known as a cornucopia). It also earned ; a rating of a 7, which is not bad as FOTD fractals go. ; ; The parent fractal came about when I mixed 3 parts of Z^(0.25) ; with 1 part of Z^(2.5). This parent appears as a harmless Man- ; delbrot set rotated about 45 degrees CCW, with extra filamentary ; detail scattered beyond the tip of the main stem. The scene of ; today's image is located in this extra detail. ; ; Since the extra detail is disconnected from the main M-set, the ; detail around the central midget in today's image is disconnec- ; ted also, though a bit of observation may be necessary to see ; that some of the elements in the image are floating. ; ; The unusually brilliant colors, which are largely responsible ; for the rating of a 7, are a total accident, brought about by a ; tap of the finger on the 'enter' key. Sometimes, when all else ; seems to fail, simply striking 'enter' will produce a pretty ; good random color palette. ; ; In my opinion, the render time of under 6 minutes is a satis- ; factory time to wait for such a gaudy fractal image. But others ; may not share my opinion. For convenience, the completed image ; has been posted in GIF format on the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; Quite a few of the older FOTD images are also available there. ; ; Tuesday was probably a pleasant day here at Fractal Central. I ; say probably because the morning was so foggy that the weather ; was invisible. In fact, one could barely see across the street. ; But when the fog lifted, the temperature reached 57F 14C and the ; fractal cats were mostly content. They did get into one brief ; squabble, but quickly forgot whatever misdeed had annoyed them. ; Nicholas purred like a tiger as he enjoyed his evening treat of ; cheddar cheese. Cassie finished her tuna in silence. ; ; My day was as pleasant as could be expected. The work is caught ; up and the FOTD fractal is an improvement over yesterday's. The ; next fractal will appear in 24 hours. If all goes well, it will ; be an improvement over today's image. If not, it will still be ; a good fractal. Until then, take a little care. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Horn_of_Plenty { ; time=0:05:41.96--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=ident passes=1 center-mag=-2.58410271998638300/-0.559802120100014\ 30/6.002519e+010/1/-110/0 params=3/0.25/1/2.5/0/0 float=y maxiter=650 inside=0 logmap=116 periodicity=10 colors=000NR0LQ01O0BK00F6400HRPWTDkW10cW0qN0zGD0cR\ 2JKXaadazo_5Ji6Dt88z92z069CReJTpVUzP_akmazz_c9E000\ 8chAtqEzyWXhzfo5Hk69v2UR0ZE0c50i06Zh8iq9vwCzz4Ga18\ c00dG_KUk5hy050o5P_4PZ2PX1PU99tD0zCZcJifRviZzmKNWa\ MPtJHH8MX08CThKXoUawCaTDzH56N50A5NP5KC5H0558400q00\ KAZa0Uv0PNXEif0i0HJaZ_qWrzT4fTaKo55t50zRcJTJ0hKJPC\ kk0vz0z6Pa9R_CRZETX6EN95AA00D008PMCP8EP0JR00Aa00a0\ 0a9EJD51DCUN0MZ0EAMdGJhMEmCZfKikTvqazv0_J0k10oRDG_\ M6ZX0W8a_AoXKPEaP05MU4JM4GE2D6MENf5Az00qzZ8UPA_CG8\ GU00XEGz50Dz08DMA18D002RP0UDGZMTh8ft0T9Pr0D0_z0Ki0\ Er0Az05z0cf0rkdEM0zro05o04m01aAWRZzUN0TM5PJPNHkKEz\ NH0D4020DE1DTDD0oA0z0GMKUJ50md0zhzz0DHoN9zGCMU08h0\ 0z6_0WP0aD8PMCP8EP0JP0MX5PHTk9Hz18ERhPUo_Xvk_zPddz\ wizMdzPizTZzWUzZPzaKziUzrMzzEzzfzzkzzrPzikzrzzz9zX\ zzTzzNzzJzzEzz0zzdzzhzzkzzozzhzzqzzZJzURzR_zM5zh5z\ q5zy5zz0zA0z0JzP_zCrz0zz0 } 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========================================= ; ;