; Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2008 09:45:38 -0500 ; ; To: fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; ; From: Jim Muth ; Reply-To: Fractint and General Fractals Discussion ; ; ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 07-12-08 (Skeletal Remains [7.5]) ; ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20081207094658.2befe5fa@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- December 07, 2008 (Rating 7.5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's FOTD fractal image is late because I somehow let myself ; get dragged into a shopping trip on Saturday. IMO, wandering ; aimlessly through one store after another is one of the most ; boring activities ever devised by the mind of man. Luckily, I ; managed to find an electronics store and a book store in which ; to pass the time, while FL spent several hours browsing through ; totally useless places such as clothing outlets and trendy gift ; stores -- (the kind with scented candles and teddy bears). If ; the snow had not started, we might still be there. ; ; By the time the snow set in, I had wasted so much time that ; there was little time available for fractals. But I still found ; one that rates good enough to be honored as FOTD for December 7. ; ; The parent fractal combines various negative portions of ; Z^(-1.44) and Z^(-7.75). This parent consists of the usual ; string of circular bays with a prominent 'fan' extending east ; from the origin. (There is also a very large disconnected ; 'circle' some distance to the northeast, but this circle does ; not figure in the main part of the parent fractal.) ; ; Today's scene is located in a tiny disconnected dot of activity ; near the edge of the 'fan'. I named the image "Skeletal ; Remains" because when I finished the coloring, little of the ; original scene was left but its skeletal outline. ; ; The basic fractal itself rates about a 6. The rating of 7-1/2 ; includes a 1-1/2 point reward for the coloring, which is what ; makes the entire image. Without the skeletal effect, the image ; would be just another throw-away. ; ; The calculation time of 49 seconds is lightning fast, as fast as ; a trip to the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; to view the finished image there. ; ; The morning sun disappeared by midday here at Fractal Central on ; Saturday. The cloudy afternoon that followed turned into light ; snow by 4pm, much to the annoyance of the fractal cats, who were ; left alone all afternoon. And the temperature of 16F -9C didn't ; help at all. My day was, well, how good can a day of boredom ; be? The next hopefully glorious FOTD will be posted in about 24 ; hours. Until then, take care, and be patient. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Skeletal_Remains { ; time=0:00:48.90-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basic.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+2.1548914235/+0.3044777136/83465.38/1/\ 35/0 params=-5/-1.44/-0.8/-7.75/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=1500 inside=0 logmap=68 periodicity=10 colors=000000tlMznKcZItVGUQEPMhzzAzD8A9zP_zPtfkaR`\ TLQLGFDAeDijCwaCg_BdYB`WBXUAUTARR9OP9NN9LL8JJ8IH7G\ G7E00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\ 0B00A00900800700Q_bV`bZ`bcabhbbmbbrcbvcbtc`scZrcXq\ cWpcUocSncQmcPlcNkcLjcJicIhcGgcEfcDedHeeLefPegTehX\ ei`ejcekgelkemoenseowepzfesfWmfMgfCacE`aG`ZI`XK`VM\ `SO_QQ_OR_LT_JV_GXZEZZC`Z9bZ7dZ5eZUZVqSSnUVlVYiW`g\ XcdYfb_i_`lYaoVbrTcuY_saWreSqjOonKnrGmwCkz8jz5iz7f\ z8cx9`uBZsCWqDTnFRlGOjHLhIJiLNjORkQUlTYzVazYdz_hzb\ kzdozgszivzlzznzzSvz5ozEszMwzUzzfczsImuUmwemyqmxpm\ xomxnmwnmwmmwlmvlmvkmvjmvjmpemkameYm`UmWQmQLm77mLH\ mFDmA9mcEm`DmYCmVBmSBmPAmM9mJ8mG8mD7mA6m75mvMmzJmz\ GmzDmzAmz7mzpmzlmzimzfmzcmz`mzXmzUmzRmzOmzLmzHmzEm\ zBmz8mz8mz7mz7mz7mz7mz7mz7mz6Cz6Cz6Bz6Az6Az69z68z5\ 8z57z56z56z55z5IzY6z75z65z65z65z65z65z65z65z65z65z\ 65z55z55z55z55z55z55z55z5 } 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