; Date: Sun, 06 May 2007 23:53:49 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 07-05-07 (Iteration Quest [7]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20070506235806.2aef7650@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- May 07, 2007 (Rating 7) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's bright, lacy image lies in the parent fractal that ; appears when the formula Z^sqrt(2)+C is iterated 52 levels up ; the topless and bottomless complex logarithmic ladder. This ; parent reminds me of a distorted Mandelbrot set with its west ; side facing southeast. ; ; Despite its odd shape, the open area at the center is a true ; midget, though there is certainly very little of a quadratic ; nature about it. ; ; Today's image is located in the northeast branch of what might ; be called Seahorse Valley, since it cuts off a very prominent ; period-2 bud. When I saw the image I rated at a 7 almost ; immediately. I have no logical explanation to offer for the ; name I gave the image -- "Iteration Quest". It sounds kind of ; interesting though, and might attract a few viewers. ; ; And speaking of attracting viewers, when I checked the FOTD web ; site today, I couldn't help but notice all the nameless images I ; have been posting for the past several months. Without names, ; these images are not going to attract many viewers. So from now ; on, regardless of how much or how little effort I put into the ; FOTD fractals, I will give every one both a name and a rating. ; ; Today's image takes over 41 minutes to calculate on my P200 ; machine. (There is no more P133 machine; it gave up the ; iteration last Thursday.) The 41-minute wait may be avoided by ; visiting the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; and viewing the completed image there. ; ; Lots of sun and an only slightly cooler temperature of 66F 19C ; made Sunday a day to remember here at Fractal Central. The ; fractal cats may not remember the weather, but they will ; remember the dove that landed right outside their window. ; ; My day was unusually pleasant. Too bad every day can't be the ; same. The next FOTD will appear in 24 hours. Until then, take ; care, and don't dare turn a Klein bottle inside-out. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Iteration_Quest { ; time=0:41:26.86--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotBC2 passes=1 float=y center-mag=+0.64378755423122760/-0.059667482551642\ 40/8813122 params=1.4142/0/52/0 maxiter=16000 inside=0 logmap=879 periodicity=10 colors=000jzzizzhzzgzzfzzeyzdyzcxzaxzZwzWwzTvzQvzN\ uzKtzIszGrzErzCrz9rz8rz6rz4rz2rz0rz0rz000000000000\ 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\ 00000000000040020000000000000000000000000000000000\ 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\ 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000040090\ 0G00K00R00W00b00j00o00w00z00z02m08Y0EK0K80R00Y00d0\ 0j02o04m04m04m06m06m06m08m08m08m09m09m09m0Cm0Cm0Cm\ 0Em0Em0Em0Ej0Cg09U00G00400G0EU0Gg0Ij4Nm4Nm6Nm6Pm8P\ m9Pj9RjCRjCRj8Uj0Uj0Uj00E00000E0Yj8YjUYjr_jz_jz_jz\ bjzbjzbjzdjzdjzdjzgjzgjzgjzjjzjjzjjzmjzmjzmjrmjgmj\ gomgoodrrdruduwbuzbwzbwzbzz_zz_zz_zzYzzYzzYzzWzzWz\ zWzzYzzWzzWzzWzzWzzWzzWzzUzzUzzUzzUzzUzzUzzRzzRzzR\ zzRzzRzzRzzPzzPzzPzzPzzPzzRzzPzzPzzPzzPzzPzzNzzNzz\ NzzNzzNzzNzzKzzKzzKzzKzzKzzKzzIzzKzzNzzPzzRzzUzzWz\ zYzz_zz_zz_zzbzzbzzdzzdzz } frm:MandelbrotBC2 { ; by several Fractint users e=p1, a=imag(p2)+100, p=real(p2)+PI q=2*PI*floor(p/(2*PI)), r=real(p2)-q Z=C=Pixel: Z=log(Z) IF(imag(Z)>r) Z=Z+flip(2*PI) ENDIF Z=exp(e*(Z+flip(q)))+C |Z|