; Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 22:56:37 -0400 ; ; To: fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; cc: philofractal@lists.fractalus.com ; ; From: Jim Muth ; Reply-To: Fractint and General Fractals Discussion ; ; ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 28-04-07 (Bolt From the Blue [7]) ; ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20070427230041.2abf2d48@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- April 28, 2007 (Rating 7) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; In today's fractal we travel to a world that until now I have ; virtually ignored -- the world of fractals created with complex ; exponents of Z. We need only the manzpower formula of Fractint ; to do this. To begin exploration we check the fractal created ; by the formula Z^(2+0.1i)+C. ; ; This addition of a small imaginary value to the formula of the ; classic Mandelbrot set makes a world of difference in the ; appearance of the parent fractal. Instead of the pure M-set, we ; see a distorted version of it, with Seahorse Valley split into ; two separate parts. Today's image is located along the flat ; edge of what appears to be the remains of the north branch of ; the valley. ; ; I named the image "Bolt From the Blue" because of the stylized ; lightning bolts zig-zagging through the scene. I rated it at a ; 7 because I kind of enjoy it. At the center there is a small ; Mandelbrot midget, which has not yet suffered much distortion, ; though if the imaginary part of the exponent were to be ; increased much beyond the value in today's formula, the midgets ; of the parent fractal would soon become unrecognizable. ; ; Most of the effect in today's image was achieved by calculating ; it with the inside set to 'summ' and the bailout radius set to ; 16. Surprisingly, changing the bailout makes a big difference ; in the final result. ; ; The calculation time of 18 minutes is slower than ideal, but the ; calculation may be dispensed with by going directly to the FOTD ; web site at: ; ; ; ; and viewing the image there. ; ; Heavy clouds, occasional light rain, and a temperature of 57F ; 14C kept a damper on things here at Fractal Central on Friday. ; The fractal cats must have suddenly become interested in the ; weather, for they spent a good part of the day staring out the ; window at nothing which I could see except rain. My day was ; busier than average, but still under control. The next FOTD ; will appear in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and is reality ; really real? If it is not real, how can we tell the difference? ; And if there is a difference, what does it mean? ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Bolt_from_the_Blue { ; time=0:18:02.75--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=manzpower passes=1 center-mag=-1.25261975090424200/+0.046477193834191\ 60/3.024927e+007/1/162.5/-4.37373777914876194e-005 params=0/0/2/0.1 float=y maxiter=3400 bailout=16 inside=255 outside=summ periodicity=10 colors=000EPkDdoBttTmVje5cZEXRNQJWJBdC3mFCkJLiNUfO\ RbQNZSJVUFRWBNYLI_WDae8dp3gi7kaBoUFsMJwENrLUlS`f_h\ ilhlyhbuYTqNJmC9h1Gf1Od1Wb1c`1kZ1sX0ncAhjKbqVZmUUi\ TQeSL`RGXQCTP7PO2KMTddtywOy6PnGQbRSR`TFkV3vuYqkSh`\ M_RGRGAHELNCWUCVVBTXBRZAP`AOb9Md9Kf8Ih9KbAMXBPRHRS\ NUUUXV__XebYle_rh`ykbXOm40xA2xG4xM7xS9xZCxWCoSDfYF\ ZcHQiJHOV1THRZ3pcNahfMmz6mvGmqQml`mgjnbunZpnVjmRem\ N_mJVlFPZ`IKvBKsGKpLY6AY6AX6AX6AW6BW6BW6BV6BV6BU7C\ U7CT7CT7CS7CS7DR7DR7DR7DQ7DQ7EZ7EV7EO7EO7Ec8FN8F08\ FM8FM8FL8GL8GK8GK8GJ8GJ8HI8HI8HH8HH8HG9I`69_79Z89Z\ 9AY9AXAAWBBWCBVDBUDCTECTFCSGDRHDQHD`79QIEPJEOKEOLF\ NLFMMFLNGLOGKPGJPHIQHIRHHSIGTIFTIFUJEVJDWJDXKHVKMT\ LRRMWPN`NNeLOjJPoHQmMPkROiWNgaLefKckJapI_vGavFcuEe\ uDgtCitBksAnr9moBklDiiFheIfbKd_MbWPjQfsKymg5gf8`dB\ VbFO`IHZMPUSXPYdKclFit9ptDjtIdtNZtSTtXMiUPZQTONXDJ\ `gIIlGbqExdLsRTmE`h0hbszz } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint