; Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 21:27:26 -0400 ; ; To: fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; cc: philofractal@lists.fractalus.com ; ; From: Jim Muth ; Reply-To: Fractint and General Fractals Discussion ; ; ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 26-10-07 (The Vanishing Point [6]) ; ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20071025212839.2b875ff4@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- October 26, 2007 (Rating 6) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; With the number of video cameras, cell phone cameras, etc. now ; in circulation, why has no one yet produced a clear photograph ; of an alien space craft? I want to believe, but I have nothing ; to believe in, other than fractals, that is. And I'm not even ; sure I believe fractals are real. ; ; For today's fractal adventure I mixed Z^(0.996) with Z^(-0.996), ; added straight C and cut the escape radius to 90. To me, the ; resulting parent fractal resembles an alien flying saucer lying ; on its side. Some might see Bozo the Clown or maybe Popeye the ; sailor, but whatever one sees, the whole fractal is on the verge ; of evaporating, which is the reason for the name "The Vanishing ; Point". In fact, I had to reduce the bailout to 90 to keep the ; part of the parent where today's image is located from slipping ; into the imaginary fractal world. ; ; My efforts were rewarded with an FOTD that rates a 6. It could ; have been better, but it also could have been worse, so I can't ; complain. ; ; Today's image is located on the north shore of the parent ; fractal, at the point where the bud-filled chaotic shore ends ; and the smooth shoreline begins. I added extra interest by ; rendering the scene with the inside set to 'fmod' and the ; outside set to 'summ'. ; ; The calculation time of 8 minutes is slightly slow, but still ; well within reason for an image that has never before been seen ; and never again will be seen. And an even faster way to see the ; image is to go to the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; and view the image in finished form there. ; ; The Thursday weather proved un-notable here at Fractal Central ; of central Pennsylvania. The high temperature of 61F 16C was ; fair enough, the partly cloudy skies were fair enough, and the ; mild wind from the east was fair enough. The fractal cats ; agreed as they kept a sharp eye on the pigeons roosting under ; the eaves of the house next door. ; ; I had a rather busy day working on a menu for a local restaurant. ; But the work went smoothly and the task was completed with ample ; time remaining for the day's fractal. The next fractal will be ; posted in 24 hours, more or less. Until then, take care, and it ; would be great if aliens from other worlds actually were flying ; around the earth in their alien space craft. Maybe they could ; teach us a thing or two about fractals. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= The_VanishingPoint { ; time=0:07:59.95-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=ident passes=1 center-mag=-0.7429016609182963/+0.5321247063450321\ /6.34773e+008/1/42.5/-6.18e-005 params=1/0.966/1/\ -0.966/0/-10/0/0 float=y maxiter=12000 inside=fmod proximity=0.1 outside=summ periodicity=10 colors=0008V_8V_8UZ8UZ8TZ8TY8SY8SY8RX8RX8QX9QW9PW9\ PW9OV9OV9NV9NU9MU9MU9LT9LT9KT9JS9JS9IS9IR9HR9HR9GQ\ 9GQ9FQAFPAEPAEPADOADOACOACNABNABNAAMAAMA9MA9LA8LA8\ LA7KA7KA6KA6JA5J72E93HA5JC7LD9NFBPGERIGTJIVLKXMMZO\ O`PRcRTeSVgUXiVZkXamYco_eq`gsbiuelxckzbkzajz_jzZjz\ YizWizVizUhzShzRhzQgzPgzNfzMfzLfzJezIezHezFdzEdzDd\ zBczAcz9bz8bz6bz5az4az2ay1`x0`w0`v0_u0_t0as0_r0Zq0\ Yp0Wo0Vm0Uk0Si0Rg0QetXYtcWthUtuTtuStuStmSteSt_SpTS\ gVSYWSOXSHZSJ_SM`SObSQcSTdSVfSXgSZhSajSckSelSjsThp\ SgmSekSdhSbfSacS`aSZZSYXSWUSVSSUPSSNSRKSPISOFSNDSO\ DRPDRPDROEQOFQNFPNGPMGOMHOMHNLINLIMKJMKJMJKLJKLJLK\ ILKIMJHMJHNIGNIGOHGOHFPHFPGEQGEQFDRFDREDSECSDCUDBV\ CBXCBYCC_DD`DEaEFcEGdFHdFIdGJbGKaHL`HM_INYIOXJPXJQ\ WKRVKSTKTTLUTLVSMWTMXTNYTNYTOZTO_TP`TP`TQaTQbTRdUR\ eVRfWSgXSiYTjZTk_Um_Un_Vo_Vq`Wr`Wt`Xu`Xw`Yx`Yy_Zx`\ Yw`YwaYvaYuaYubY8X`8W`8W_ } 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