; Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2007 18:38:30 -0400 ; ; To: fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; cc: philofractal@lists.fractalus.com ; ; From: Jim Muth ; Reply-To: Fractint and General Fractals Discussion ; ; ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 04-09-07 (Scepter Rattling [7]) ; ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20070903183502.0d9fe82c@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- September 04, 2007 (Rating 7) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's fractal image is a stellar scene on the eastern side of ; the northern branch of Scepter Valley of the Mandelbrot set. I ; named it "Scepter Rattling" in memory of the old cold-war days, ; and rated it at a 7 to reward myself for the extra time I spent ; working on the moody but lively blue coloring. Almost the ; entire effect of the image is due to the color palette. Trying ; a new palette will quickly demonstrate this. ; ; I would have liked to give the image a higher rating, but it is ; hard to find a reason to give such a scene in the overworked ; Mandelbrot set a rating higher than a 7. ; ; The calculation time of the included parameter file is a zippy ; 33 seconds, which will keep the time and effort to a minimum. ; Running a parameter file and watching the image appear almost by ; magic is fun, though not the most convenient way to see the ; image. The most convenient way is to visit the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; and view the finished image there. ; ; I put the mathtolerance=0.05/1 entry into the parameter file as ; a safety precaution. Without this entry the program could flip ; over into arbitrary precision math, especially at the higher ; resolutions, which would increase the calculation time by a ; factor of over 420, to well over 3-1/2 hours, with no noticeable ; increase in quality. ; ; Absolutely perfect weather again prevailed here at Fractal ; Central on Monday, which, as the first Monday of September, is ; Labor Day in the USA. Perfect weather is defined as a deep blue ; cloudless sky, high temperature of 85, gentle wind, and low ; humidity. Perfection in fractals is more difficult to define, ; and for fractal cats, it is nearly impossible. ; ; My day was not quite perfect, but it was good enough. The next ; FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and ; keep the fractal faith. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Scepter_Rattling { ; time=0:00:33.72-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=mandel passes=1 inside=0 float=y center-mag=-1.24827499159888600/+0.031915703805430\ 75/8.306274e+011/1/44/0 params=0/0 maxiter=60000 logmap=-8575 periodicity=10 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=00000T00T00T00T00T00T00T00T00T00T00T00T40T8\ 0TC0TG0TE0VC0XA0ZA0`A0bA0dA0eA0gA0iA0oE0vH0zL0zP0z\ T0zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzuzzqzzmzzgzzdvz`qzXoxTm\ zPgzLdzH`zCXz8Rz4Nz0Jz0Gz0Gz0Gz0Gz0Eu0Eo0Cg0Cb48V8\ 6PzzzzzvzzsLzqzzmzzkzzg0zezzVzuJzu80z0zz0zz0zz0Hz8\ zzPezPzuNdmLziJCLH00000000000400A00G20J40P80VA0ZE0\ dG0iJ0mL0sN0vG0mAHe2dX0xP6vPEvPLvPTvP`vPz0doAsePzu\ Amz0Vz0Rz0Nz0Jz0Gz0Cz08z04z02z00z00u00k00g00e00d00\ `00X00V00R00P04L0AJ0GG0LE0PX0`m0kz0vx0zs0zo8ziGzdN\ z`XzVdzRkzTmzTmzTmzVmzVozVozVozXozXozXqzZszZuzZvzZ\ xzbzzdzxgzkizXmzJoz4qz0gz0Zz8RzGHzNAzX0zd0zk0zs0zz\ 0zz0zz0zz0zz2zz6zzCzzHzzLzzRzzXzz`zzbzzbzzbzzbzzdz\ zdzzdzzdzzZzzVzzRzzLzzHzzEzz8zz4zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0\ zz0zz0zz2zz6zz8zzCzzGzzHzzLzzNzzRzzTzzXzzZzzdzzizz\ ozzuzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzuzzozzizzdzzXzzRzzLz\ zGzzAzz2zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint