; Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 19:14:19 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 26-10-08 (A Non-Existent Bud [8]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20081025191502.2b7f5a20@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- October 26, 2008 (Rating 8) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Pay careful attention to today's image. Even though you might ; think you see it on the screen, nothing actually exists. The ; whole thing exists only in the mind of the individual fractal ; viewer. Those who still believe today's image is real should ; change the inside from 'bof60' to 'numb'. ; ; And equally surprising is the fact that there is no parent ; fractal either, only another blank screen that consists totally ; of inside stuff. ; ; But there the image is on the screen, evasive, ephemeral, like a ; ghost in a ghost show. Actually, I have no idea what it is that ; I have captured in today's FOTD. It makes no sense at all. The ; main feature is a Mandelbrot bud with a main-spike appearance. ; But the expected large minibrot is little more than a vaporous ; mass of fractal ectoplasm, caught in the act of evaporating back ; to its natural state, whatever that may be. ; ; Yet the equally ephemeral features along the bottom of the image ; actually resemble distorted and shadowy East Valley elephants. ; And there are more buds scattered through the debris choking the ; lower side edges of the scene. ; ; I did a tiny bit of stretching in the horizontal direction to ; change the large bud from an oval to a more-natural circle. ; Except for the bit of tweaking I did on the colors, the rest of ; the image is untouched. ; ; I rated the image at an 8, which includes 1/2 point for my ; coloring effort. Then I named the image "A Non-Existent Bud", ; since that's exactly what it's a picture of. ; ; The calculation time of 2-1/3 minutes is reasonable, as is the ; minute or so required to go to the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; and view the finished image there. ; ; Rain fell in heavy squalls most all day Saturday here at Fractal ; Central in central Pennsylvania, but the temperature remained a ; relatively mild 61F 16C. The fractal cats didn't mind the rain, ; but they were were disappointed with the lack of sun. ; ; Due to the rain, I escaped an antiquing trip, which left me with ; an average day. The next FOTD will be posted in about 24 hours. ; Until then, take care, and be at large in the world of fractals. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= A_Non-Existent_Bud { ; time=0:02:23.57-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=DivideBrot5 passes=1 center-mag=-2.05685/0/9.739925/1.0323/-90/0 params=-1/10 float=y maxiter=1500 inside=bof60 logmap=yes periodicity=10 colors=000zqUwoVtlWqiXnfZmd_la`k_bkZcjXdjVfiTgiShh\ QjhOkgNlgLnfJohJofIpeIpdIpcIpbIpaIp`Ip_IpZIpYIpXIq\ WIqVIqUIqTIqSIqRIqQIqPIqOIqMIrLIrKIrJIrIIrHIrGIrFI\ rEIrDIrCIsBIsAIs9Is8Is7Is6Is5Ir4Ir4Jq3Iq3Iq3Hq3Hp3\ Ho3Gn3Gm3Fl3Fk3Fj3Ei3Eh3Eg3Df3De2Cd2Cc2Cb2Ba2B`2B_\ 2AZ2AY29X29W29V28U28T28S27R17Q16P16O16N15M15L15K14\ J14I13H13G13F12E12D12C24E36G38H4AJ4CK5EM6GO6IP7KR7\ LS8NU8PV9RXATZAV_BXaBYbCZdB_fC_eD_dD_cE_bEZbFZaFY`\ GY_GXZHWZHWYIVXJVWJUWKUVKTULTTLSSMSSMRRNRQNQPOQPPP\ OPPNQOMSOLTNLTNKVMJVMIUMHXKLXKKYJLYIMYHMYGMYFMYEBY\ FAYGAZH9ZI8_J7`K5_L7ZM9ZNAYOCYOEXPFXQHWRIWSKVSMVTN\ UUPUVQTVSTWUSXVSYXRZYRZ_Q_aQ`bPadPaeO`fO_fN_fNZfMZ\ fMYfLXfLXfKWfKWgJVgJVgIUgITgHTgHSgGSgGRgFRgFQhEPhE\ PhDOhDOhCNhCMhBMhBLhALiAKi9Ki9Ji8Ii8Ii7Hi7Hi6Gi6Gi\ 5Gl4Hp3Hs2Hv4Ju5Lu7Nu8Pu9RuBTuCVuDXuFZuG`uHbtJdtKf\ tLhtNjtOltPntRptqpPpoRpmS } frm:DivideBrot5 { ; Jim Muth z=0, c=pixel, a=real(p1)-2, b=imag(p1)+0.00000000000000000001: z=sqr(z)/(z^(-a)+b)+c |z| < 1000000 } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint