; Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2007 19:14:58 -0500 ; ; To: fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; cc: philofractal@lists.fractalus.com ; ; From: Jim Muth ; Reply-To: Fractint and General Fractals Discussion ; ; ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 06-12-07 (Murmuring Ghosts [7.5]) ; ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20071205191649.2b9feb1a@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- December 06, 2007 (Rating 7.5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's scene in the parent of the month is titled "Murmuring ; Ghosts". The image actually does have a hauntingly supernatural ; feeling about it. And yes, I have heard that ghosts do not ; exist, at least they are not supposed to. They are mere wish- ; fulfillment delusions -- kind of an evolved biological defense ; mechanism against the thought of inescapable final oblivion. ; ; But do the ghosts know that they do not exist except in the ; minds of wishful believers? I doubt it. The shimmering spirit ; things are everywhere, and as today's image shows, they have ; even invaded the world of fractals. In fact, in my lifetime I ; have encountered several things that, if they were not ghosts, ; certainly gave good imitations of one. ; ; I put enough work into coloring the image to add the extra half ; point to the rating of a 7. We'll forget that I discarded the ; color palettes that I put all the work into, and used one that ; came about at the tap of the 'enter' key. ; ; With a calculation time of 50 seconds, today's parameter file ; could hardly be faster. But the fastest way to see the image, ; as always, is to give Paul a chance to render it and post it to ; the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; where it may be enjoyed at leisure. ; ; Light and occasionally moderate snow fell all day Wednesday here ; at Fractal Central. By the time it ended at nightfall, about 2 ; inches or 5cm of fluff had piled up on the sidewalk. A broom ; and a bit of salt took quick care of the stuff. The fractal ; cats watched the flakes drift down with puzzlement. ; ; My work day was on the slow side. Had it not been for the snow ; removal, the day might have bordered on boredom. The next FOTD ; will be posted in 24 hours, maybe a bit later if I can't connect ; to Mindspring. Until next time, take care, and never trust a ; spirit that doesn't murmur. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Murmuring_Ghosts { ; time=0:00:50.43-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=recip center-mag=-2.800551481860207/+0.8244168043957928/\ 1.420862e+007/1/102.5/-2.41406359750839794e-006 params=-2.475/-1.05/-0.275/-5.5/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=1250 inside=0 logmap=118 periodicity=10 colors=00065K64I53G52E51C50A63D65G68I6AL6DO6FQ6HT6\ KW6MY6P`6Rc6Ue6Wh6YjBYeFY`KYWOYRSYMXYH`YCdY8f_Dg`H\ haLjbPkdUleYnfaogephimgkjflgemednbco_bpXaqV`rS_sPZ\ tMYuKXvHWwEVxBUy9Uz8Rx8Pv7Nu7Ls6Jr6Hp6En5Cm5Ak48j4\ 6h44g56f57f58e5Ae6Bd6Cd6Dd6Fc6Gc7Hb7Jb7Ka7La7Ma6TU\ 6_M5fE5l77m98nAAnCBoDDoFEpGGpIHqJIqKJjQJcVJY`KReKK\ kKEpIGmHHjGJgFKeDMbCN_BOXAQV8RS7TP6UM5VK6VF7VB`blZ\ akYajX`iW`hV_hU_gSZfRZeQYePYdOXcNXbMXbOW`PVZQVXSUV\ TUTUTRWTPXSOYSM_RK`RIaQGcQEdPCePBZXLScVMjcFqm9xvCo\ wEfwHYwJPwLHwKIuKJtKKsKLrJMqJNpJOnJPmIQlIRkISjITiH\ RjHPkHNkGLlGJlGHmFFmFDnFBnE9oE7oE5pD3pD1qD0qG1nJ1k\ L1hO2eR2bT2_W3XZ3U`3Rc4Of4Lh4Ik5Fn5Cp59n7Em9IlBNkC\ RjEWZFtYIuXMuXPuWTuVXvV_vUcvTfvTjwSmwRqwRtwUnwXiw_\ cwbZwRduGjsUOvg1xa9jXGYSNKNU7LRBKPFJMJIKNHIRGFVFDZ\ EAbD8fC6jD9hEBfFDdGFbGI`HKZIMXJOVKQTKTRLVPMXNNZLN`\ KOaJOaJPaIPaIQaI79R68P67N } 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