; Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 22:28:53 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 30-12-06 (Somber Salutations [7]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20061229223108.2a97560e@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- December 30, 2006 (Rating 7) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Deep in the dark and gloom of the land of fractals I found the ; fractal image for today. It certainly is one of the most somber ; FOTD's of all time. No wonder it earned the dreary name "Somber ; Salutations". The gloomy atmosphere is created by a preponder- ; ance of dark blues and purples, accented by drab olive green ; foreground features that are not much cheerier. To emphasize ; the somber effect, the brightness of the monitor may be turned ; down. ; ; The one spot of glory is at the center of the image around the ; compulsory midget at the center, where the colors brighten drama- ; tically. But this small area of cheer merely sets off the gloom- ; iness of the rest of the image. ; ; The parent fractal was created by subtracting Z^(1.1) from ; Z^(-5.5) and adding C. This parent is a huge, sprawling, ; distorted Mandeloid thing extending far beyond the opening ; screen. The Mandeloid is far out of proportion, with the ; period-2 bud larger than the main bay. It is also surrounded ; by scattered blobs, much like we see in today's image. Today's ; scene is located in some debris near a blob well beyond East ; Valley. ; ; As a rule, I am not a gloomy person, or at least I try not to ; be, but I rather enjoy today's dreary image, which I consider ; good enough to rate a 7. The passes=b option works surprisingly ; well with the image, and it is also the fastest, finishing in ; under 3 minutes. If 3 minutes is not fast enough, the image may ; be viewed by visiting the FOTD web site, where it is posted. ; ; The web site may be accessed at: ; ; ; ; The mild, snowless winter continues here at Fractal central. A ; mix of sun and clouds, with a temperature of 48F 9C, made things ; almost spring-like on Friday. The fractal cats passed the day ; finishing off the last of the gift wrappings. My day was on the ; slow side, which left a bit of extra time for the fractal. The ; next FOTD will appear in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and ; what have fractals wrought? ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Somber_Salutations { ; time=0:02:56.59--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=ident passes=b center-mag=-0.05670595060175521/-0.340265933261999\ 20/3.215888e+007/1/155/-1.14528559425411403e-005 params=1/-5.5/-1/1.1/0/0 float=y maxiter=700 inside=255 logmap=68 periodicity=10 colors=000OMJPNGQOERPBSQ9TR7US8VT9EDAGEBIFBKGEMHGO\ IIQJLRKNSLPUMSVNUWOXXP_YQbZRe_Sh`TkaUmbVmcWmaXm_Ym\ YZmZ_ma`mcamabm_cmYdmWemUfmSgmQhnOipNjrPktQlvRmwSn\ xTtyUvzVvzWwzXvzYtzZsz_rzWqzTnxPkvMhsQfpTemWdj_cgb\ ecegZhiUlkPomKrlFskAtj7ui5vh2wg0wf3w_3w_3wY3uX5sX7\ qW8oWAnWBlVDjVEhVGfUIeUJcULaTM_TOZTPE_`GYbIXcJVdLU\ eNTfORgQQhSPjTNkVMlXLmYJn_Io`HpdHngHlkHknHiqHhoIem\ IclIajI_hIYgIWeIUdISbJP`JN_JLYJJWJHVJFTJDSJBVKHXKM\ ZKRaKXcKaeKfhIejGelFenDepCerAdt8dv7dx5dz4dy8eyBfxF\ gxIhxMiwPjwTkvWlv_mvbnufouipulpnnihpbbrWWsPQuIKwBE\ x5Gv9HtDIrHJpK8w04w03w73wE2wK2wR1wX1mc0mi0mp0mv8mr\ FmoNmkUmh`mehmaolZvoWug_u_btSetLhr_hqchpchochkcfhc\ edddaecYfbVg`Rh_OiZKiYHjXEjWCkXBkYAlZ8m_7n`Ao`FpbK\ qcPrdUseZtfcughvhmwirxjyykzzlzzmzznzzozzpzzlzzizzf\ zzczz`zzYzzUzzRzzOzzLzzIzzFzzCzzFzzHzzIzzJzzKzzLzz\ MzzNzzOzzPzzOzzSzzQzzN000 } 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========================================= ; ;