; Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2008 11:52:33 -0500 ; ; To: fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; ; From: Jim Muth ; Reply-To: Fractint and General Fractals Discussion ; ; ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 14-12-08 (Superspiral [No Rating]) ; ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20081214115400.2a5f7edc@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- December 14, 2005 (No Rating) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Sorry for the lateness fractal folks, but with all the shopping ; and graphics work, Saturday was just a bit too busy to produce ; an acceptable FOTD by the usual post time. ; ; For some reason, spirals are quite popular among those who ; aspire to turn fractals into fine art. Since I would like ; nothing better than being a world renowned and fabulously ; wealthy 'fractal artist', I decided to post a spiral that I ; found in a couple minutes late Saturday evening. ; ; The parent fractal pictures a Mandelbrot set well along the way ; to becoming something else. I'm not sure what 'something else' ; is, but the result resembles a swiss cheese filled with bits ; and pieces of stuff with Mandelbrot buds. Today's scene is ; located in some of this cheesy stuff in the northwest part of ; the parent. ; ; I named the image "Superspiral" perhaps a bit too enthusiastic- ; ally. Considering the way the spiral rotates when the colors ; are cycled, I could just as easily have named it something like ; 'Pinwheel". I could not take the image seriously enough to give ; it a rating however. ; ; Adding to the difficulties is the fact that the calculation time ; of over 11 minutes is simply too slow for a commonplace fractal ; spiral. But this little difficulty may be overcome by viewing ; the finished image on the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; where it is or soon will be posted for instant viewing pleasure. ; ; Partly cloudy skies and a temperature of 32F 0C were just enough ; to keep the fractal cats happy here at Fractal Central on ; Saturday. The 1cm of snow that fell overnight Friday did not ; worry the feline duo. ; ; My day was busy with work and shopping. Tomorrow should be less ; busy. The next FOTD is due in 24 hours. Wait for it with bated ; but not abated breath. Until then, take much care, and I have ; nothing against fine art, but I think fractals should be consid- ; ered wonders of nature rather than products of human artistic ; aspiration. ; ; I'll show the world a great piece of 'fractal fine-art' the day ; after someone shows me a great 'paint by numbers' fine-art oil ; painting. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Superspiral { ; time=0:11:33.98-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basic.frm formulaname=DivideBrot6 passes=1 center-mag=-6.789971557495536/+1.764777547153925/\ 3474.939 params=0/4/0.09/60 float=y maxiter=15000 inside=0 outside=summ periodicity=10 colors=000QI8QG8QE8QF8RG8RD8RB8R98Q66R78S79S7AT7BU\ 8CU8DV8EV8FW8GX9HX9JY9KY9LZ9M_AN_AO`AP`AQaARbBSbBT\ cBVcBWdCXeCYeCZfC_fC`gDahDbhDciDdiDfjEgkEhkEilEjlE\ kmFlnFmnFnoFopAqoDpoFpoHpoJpoLpoNpoPpoRpoUpoWpoYpo\ _pnapncpnepngpnjpnlpnnpnppnrpntpnvppxqoxpnwpmwplvp\ kupjtpisphrphqpgppfppeopdnpcmpblpakp`jp`ip_hpZgpYf\ pXfpWepVdpUcpUbpTapS`pR_pQZpPYpOXpNXpMWpMVpLUpKTpJ\ SpIRpHQpGPpFOpDMuENsEOqFOpFPnFQlGQkGRiGSgHSfHTdHTb\ IUaIV_IVYJWXJXVJXTKYSKYQKZOL_NL_LL`JMaIMaGMbENbDNc\ BNd9Od8Oe6Of4Pf3Pg1Pg0Re6TcCVaIX_NZYT`WZbUdcTiaUj`\ Uj_VkZVkYWkXWlWWlVXlUXmSYmRYmQYnPZnOZnN_oM_oL`oK`p\ J`pHapGaqFbqEbqDbrCcrBcrAds9ds7cu8dt8dt8ds9es9er9e\ r9fqAfqAfpAgpBgoBgoBhnBhnChmCimCilCilDjkDjkDjjEkjE\ kiEkiElhFlhFlgFmgGmfGmfGneGneHndHodHocEsgFqeGpdHoc\ HmbIlaJk_JiZKhYLgXRj8Rk8Rk8Rl8Rl8Rm8Rr9Ro8Rm8Rk8Rh\ 8Rc8RZ8RU8RS8RQ8RO8RM8RK8 } frm:DivideBrot6 { ; Jim Muth z=(0,0), c=pixel, a=real(p1), b=imag(p1)-2, d=real(p2)+0.00000000000000000001, f=imag(p2)+16: z=z^(a)/(z^(-b)+d)+c |z| < f } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint