; Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 21:34:57 -0400 ; ; To: fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; cc: philofractal@lists.fractalus.com ; ; From: Jim Muth ; Reply-To: Fractint and General Fractals Discussion ; ; ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 23-10-07 (The Wheel of Eternity [6.5]) ; ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20071022213607.2b375f36@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- October 23, 2007 (Rating 6.5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image is named "The Wheel of Eternity". I was in a kind ; of mystical mood when I searched for a name, and this is what I ; came up with. And why not get mystical with fractals? After ; all, almost anything seems to be considered true by someone some- ; where in today's world, where those who have actually experi- ; enced the preternatural know that it does exist, and skeptics, ; who are solidly grounded in physical reality, know that it does ; not. Since I have yet to decide whether fractals are real, un- ; real, or somewhere in between, I have no comment at this time ; on the preternatural. (I might have a comment in the not-too- ; distant future however.) ; ; One thing in-between is today's image. Though it is worth ; about a 6, I actually rated it at a 6.5. The extra half-point ; is to reward myself for the minimum of extra effort I put into ; the coloring. ; ; I am sometimes asked why I post so many images of Minibrots. ; The answer is that this is the infinitesimal part of the ; infinite world of fractals that I have chosen to concentrate ; on, and learn as much as possible about. When working with ; fractals, one can know either a little about a lot or a lot ; about a little. I have made the latter choice. ; ; The parent fractal was created when I subtracted Z^(1.1) from 10 ; parts of Z^(-1.1) and then added C, while increasing the escape ; radius to 625. This parent fractal lies totally off the default ; screen, making a couple outzooms necessary before it comes into ; view. It consists of a distorted Mandeloid, shaped somewhat ; like a dumbbell, with a period-2 bud larger than its main bay, ; and a smaller, half-obscured Mandeloid some distance southwest. ; Today's scene is located in what appears to be a kind of East ; Valley of this smaller Mandeloid. ; ; With its calculation time of 1-1/4 minutes, today's image is ; blessedly fast. But the minor chore of setting up and running ; the included parameter file is still there. This minor task may ; be avoided however by going to the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; and viewing the completed image there. ; ; With partly cloudy skies and a temperature of 73F 23C, Monday ; was rather pleasant here at Fractal Central. The fractal cats ; must have agreed, for they spent a good part of the day sleeping. ; ; My day was average busy. If all goes well, tomorrow will be a ; repeat. The next FOTD will appear in 24 hours. Until then, ; take care, and beware. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= TheWheelOfEternity { ; time=0:01:16.85-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=ident passes=1 center-mag=-6.964125413119925/+5.786985493853145/\ 2.118189e+009/1/-103/0.0131289825157970344 params=-1/1.1/10/-1.1/0/525/0/0 float=y maxiter=1600 inside=0 logmap=112 periodicity=10 colors=000KISNLWRO_VSbZVfaYjeamidqlgtmhuniuoivpjvq\ kwrkwrnxspxtsyuryvwzwxzzzzjkzYgzLczN_zPXmRUdTRYVOH\ WL8cH4jD1pOGvYVzgzzdiu`fzYcuVXvSUsPRpLPoIMmFJkCGj9\ Di6Aj38g6Bd9EaBHZEKVHNSJQOMTKPWGRZCUa8Xd5ZgNdTciEz\ n0zo3zp5zq7zq9zrBzsDqtGqtIquKpvMpwOpwQkrPfnObjOYfN\ UbMPZMLVLGRKCNKASH8XE7aB5f83k52p26n4Am5Ek6Ij7Lh8Pg\ ATeBXdC`bDcaEfYFiVFlSFoOGrLGuIGxFGvKFtPEsUDqZCocCn\ hBlmAjr9iv9RrV8op8opzzzUIQdHaR76nHmmLklPjkThkXgkQd\ kKakEZk8XeJT`TPVcLQmIJiYDemCZfCS_CLTBEMB7FB18C4IC6\ RD8_DBhEDqEFzPPw_Zuimujhskdqk`olWmmSkqJnmOjiSfeWba\ `ZYdVOoGUhSS`oZacwXXdaTMfP4jL9dNEcOJePOgQTiRYkSbmT\ goU_pRTqOLrLEsI3tF7uGBvHFwHJxINyJRzJVzKVzQYzK_zKaz\ PczUezZkzcpzhuzmzzrezvLzzqzz1zz4zz6zz8zzBzzDzzFzz9\ zz4zz8zzBzzFzzIzzNzzSzzXzzazzpzzezz2zz4zz5zz7zz6zz\ 8zz9zzAzzBzzCzzEzzFzzGzzIzzJzzKzzPzzTzzYzzazzezz_z\ zUzzPzzJzzEzzJzzNzzCzzGzz } frm:MandAutoCritInZ {; 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)+(p4)), 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========================================= ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint