; Date: Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:55:12 -0400 ; ; To: fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; ; From: Jim Muth ; Reply-To: Fractint and General Fractals Discussion ; ; ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 04-04-09 (Sideways in Time [5.5]) ; ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20090403165536.2b7fe04e@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- April 04, 2009 (Rating 5.5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; There's nothing quite like a scene in a perturbed Mandelbrot set ; when rendered with Fractint's little-used 'ranges' and 'stripes' ; features in effect. Today's super-quick image located on the ; north shore of East Valley is a typical example of a perturbed ; Mandelbrot forest. ; ; The effect of seeing a brilliant distant scene through a deep ; dark fractal forest in the foreground is typical of perturbed ; M-sets, and can be quite striking. This effect was one of the ; first I found when I began exploring fractals. ; ; Unfortunately, by now this effect is quite old to me. It dates ; from about 1989, so I could rate the image no higher than a 5.5. ; One-half point of this rating is a reward for my coloring. I ; had forgotten how the 'ranges' and 'stripes' features work, and ; it took a bit of research to track it down. ; ; The name "Sideways in Time" refers to the fact that to find ; today's scene we needed to go sideways in the Julibrot in the ; fourth dimension, and time can be considered a fourth dimension. ; ; Calculating in only 5 seconds, today's image is so fast it is ; almost instantaneous. Those with Fractint-challenged machines ; that panic at the sight of a DOS program will find the finished ; image on the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; Friday began with heavy rain showers here at Fractal Central. ; The sun made a brief appearance just after noon, but within an ; hour the clouds re-built and the showers returned, spoiling the ; fractal cats' afternoon in the sun. The duo didn't even notice ; the pleasant temperature of 64F 18C. My day was about average. ; ; The next FOTD is due in 24 hours, but with another of FL's week- ; end antiquing trips looming on Saturday, it might not appear ; until 36 hours have passed. Until whenever, take care, and like ; today's image, virtual particles may also move sideways in time. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Sideways_in_Time { ; time=0:00:05.59-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=mandel center-mag=+0.339238739/\ +0.050991211/4387.093/1/-42.5/0 params=0/1 float=y maxiter=32767 bailout=25 inside=253 periodicity=10 ranges=0/-1/300/315/340/400/500/700/999/\ 1400/2000/3000/32767 colors=000YQMK00JPiOUpSWyUauUevUizamzipzluzzzz000<\ 233>000<4>0000FS000000 } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint