; Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 23:13:11 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 31-12-06 (Last but not Least [7]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20061230231528.2b47ceb0@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- December 31, 2006 (Rating 7) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's fractal image was created by an innocent formula that ; subtracts 1.5 parts of Z^(-1.5) from 1.5 parts of Z^(1.5) then ; adds C to create a parent fractal that lies beyond the southern ; edge of the opening screen. This parent fractal appears as a ; small but fairly typical Mandelbrot set, with a rudimentary ; M-set still farther south. Countless smaller bits of fractal ; bric-a-brac lie scattered around the scene. Today's image is ; located in the vague East Valley of the rudimentary M-set. ; ; I named the picture "Last but not Least". After all, today's ; FOTD is the last one to appear in the year of 2006, and there ; certainly have been lesser images during the past year. ; ; After a moment or two of careful consideration, I rated the ; image at a 7. The 'tdis' inside outside option adds enough ; oomph to the image to raise it to the 'above-average' category. ; Actually, I was considering a rating of an 8, but could not ; quite justify it. ; ; The render time is a very speedy 2-1/4 minutes, which will save ; precious computer time. Even more precious time may be saved by ; going to the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; and viewing the finished product there. ; ; The day started cloudy, drizzly and chilly here at New Fractal ; Central on Saturday, but by afternoon the clouds were swept away ; by a southerly breeze, the sun appeared, and the temperature ; shot up to 50F 10C. Had the fractal cats been outside, they ; would have enjoyed it, but someone found a left-over decorative ; bow, and Nico spent the afternoon batting it around the living ; room and chewing at it, while Cassie watched with curiosity. ; ; My day was peaceful enough. Now if only every day could be as ; peaceful. I am still somewhat slowed down by the ankle I sev- ; erely sprained over two months ago when I jumped from a chair ; without looking and landed on a cat toy, but the worst of it is ; over and I can now walk without aid, at least on a flat level ; surface, though not yet at full speed. Luckily, a full-speed ; walk is not necessary to explore the virtual land of fractals, ; which can be explored with a very minimum of physical effort. ; The next in the long series of FOTD images and discussions will ; appear in 24 hours. BTW, the year 2007 will mark the tenth year ; of the FOTD, which first appeared in April of 1997. Until next ; time, take care of yourself and be as happy as possible all year ; long. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Last_but_not_Least { ; time=0:02:17.97--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=ident passes=1 center-mag=-0.98410062597809290/-3.080214191660223\ 00/144497.4/1/-142.5/2.09827939745554914e-010 params=1.5/1.5/-1.5/-1.5/0/0 float=y maxiter=1500 inside=255 outside=tdis periodicity=10 colors=000cFmZDgTBaO9XI6RD4L72F000kCc_9W000D3Hzyxq\ nogdgXVZNKRCAIxzonpiegcWXYPPSHGM98G7qE6iD5aC4UC4NB\ 3FB27A5Cc4AZ48U36P34K22FS_zOUrKPjGKcDFW9AP55H`BzW9\ uR7mM6eH4YC3Q71ITJzPGvMEoIBhF9aC7V84O52HI2zC1j70SW\ FFRCEMADH7CC5B72AcxTGDiB8Y64MqOgdIZSCRF6IlNebIZUDT\ K9MB4GrGfjDabBXW9SO6OH4J92EI6kA3TqSdiO_bKWVGROCNG8\ I94EWzDHVBMJ_JGWGDSDAOA8L75H42D`sVP`ODIH4Mz3Jv3Go3\ Dh3Ba28V25O22HgDcaBZW9VQ7RK5ME3I81EH0zGDzB8m64Up`z\ iWucRnXNgRI`LDUE9N84GnZUYNNpUzjRtdNlYKeSGYMDRVL_bT\ hk`pshyzpzvizrczmXyiRwdKu`ErW7pS1nO8iKEeGLaCRY9XUD\ SWHNXLJYPE_T9`W5a`PVegOinXltemshnrkpqnqpqroteZvTJw\ H3xNUoTtfNnjHhnCbrGdtJfuMhwPjxSkyPczNWzLOzJHzPMsVR\ d_VRWPeTJtQEzUamYxTyYTToQOfNKYKFQIBHF68COHcD8PmWDa\ OCQGBE8Ac0usfChYBYPBNHAC8ARHpIBaA5OWG`SEXOCUKAQH8N\ D6K94G52Dd_NSOIFCEBBzJeiDSY7EMXnzTguPanLVgHP`DJU9C\ N56GcMI47R35N34K22G21Dzzz } 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========================================= ; ;