; Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:24:41 -0500 ; ; To: fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; ; From: Jim Muth ; Reply-To: Fractint and General Fractals Discussion ; ; ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 13-01-09 (The Missing Stem [8]) ; ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20090112172634.2b97d89c@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- January 13, 2009 (Rating 8) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; This month is January, not July. To atone for the error I made ; yesterday, we have a fractal that can not only be considered ; different, but is also one of the smoothest colored of all time. ; Unfortunately, with a palette of only 256 colors and only half ; the colors actually appearing in the image, the bands are still ; visible, but they are subtle enough that they almost disappear. ; ; The image consists totally of 'inside' stuff made visible by the ; 'bof60' inside fill. Changing the 'bof60' to 'numb' or ; 'maxiter' results in a totally blank screen with only a few tiny ; left-over dots of 'outside' stuff. The other active inside ; fills also give interesting effects, and are worth a try. ; ; The name "The Missing Stem" refers to the figure at the center, ; which is a true Mandelbrot set with only its main stem missing. ; The rating of an 8 includes a reward of a full point for the ; hour of tweaking I did to get the colors as smooth as possible. ; ; The calculation time of 21 seconds is brief enough to cause no ; frustration. The finished image is posted on the FOTD web site ; to make it even simpler to see the image. The web site may be ; accessed at: ; ; ; ; Partly cloudy skies and a temperature of freezing made Monday ; about average here at Fractal Central. The fractal cats, who ; prefer things better than average, did not appreciate the ; periods when the sun was obscured. My day was slow enough to ; give me time for the extra coloring effort on the image. ; ; The next FOTD will appear in 24 hours, and this time I'll get ; the date right. Until then, take care, and be at one with ; whatever you decide to be at one with. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= The_Missing_Stem { ; time=0:00:20.58-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basic.frm formulaname=DivideBrot6 float=y center-mag=0/0/0.76 params=-204/208/0/1600 logmap=yes maxiter=1000 inside=bof60 passes=1 symmetry=xaxis periodicity=10 colors=000zzzvzutzqrzlpxinuhlrgjofhlefiddfcadcZbcW\ `cTZcQYcPXcNWcMVcLUcKTbJSaIS`HR`GR`FR`ERaDRbCRcBRc\ AQd7Qd6Pe5Pe4Oe3Of2Nf1Mf2Mf2Mf2Lf2Kg2Kh2Kh2Kh2Kh3K\ h4Kh5Kh6Kh7Kg8Kg9KgAKeBKeDKeFKeHKeIKeJKeKKdKKdKKdK\ KdKKdKKdKKcKKbKKaKK`KK_KKZKKYLKXLKWMJVNJUOITPISPIR\ PIQPIPQIORINRIMRILRHKRHJQGIPFHOEGNDFMCELBDUvvUwuVv\ tWutXttYstYrtZqtZpt_ot_nt`mtaltaktbjtbitchtcgtdftd\ etedtectfbtgatg`th_thZtiYtiXtjWtjVtkUtkTtlSqkSojSm\ iSkhRigRgfQeeQcdPacP_bPYaOW`OU_OSZOQYNOXNMWNKVMIUM\ GULETLCTKDSKESJERJFRIFQIGQHHPHHPGIPGIOFJOFKOFKOFLO\ FLOFMOFNjfNjfOjeOjdPjdQicQicRibRiaSiaTi`Ti_Ui_UhZV\ hZWhYWhXXhXXhWYhVZgVZgU_gU_gT`gSagSagRbgRbiQcjPckO\ clNdmMdnLdoKepJeqIerHesGftFfuEfvDgwCgxBgyBgxCfxCfx\ CewCewCdwDdvDcvDcvDbuDbuEauEauE`tE`tE_tF_sFZsFZsFY\ rFYrGXrGXqGWqGWqGVqHVpHUpHUpHToHToISoISnIRnIRnIQnI\ QmJSlKUkKWjLYiL_hMagMcfNe } 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