; Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:47:19 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 30-10-09 (The Second Time Around [No Rating]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20091029135032.2b2759e2@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- October 30, 2009 (No Rating) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Now and then I sneak in a blast from the past, in which I do a ; slight reworking of an earlier FOTD image -- today's image is a ; reworking of an early image indeed. The first version appeared ; over 12 years ago in April of 1997 -- the first month of the ; FOTD, at a time when I was interested in what I call 'ghost ; buds', vague ghostly high-iteration things that often appear in ; the background of the perturbed Mandelbrot sets. (These ghost ; buds appear because regardless of where the points start, if ; they do not escape first, they eventually settle into the same ; orbits as the points that start at 0,0.) ; ; The effect of the monstrous banded elements in the foreground ; was created by the 'ranges' feature of Fractint, a little used ; feature that, as far as I know, can be accessed only through the ; command line. ; ; The scene lies in the perturbed M-set with a starting point of ; the square root of 0.777,-0.555. (For some reason, the ; type=mandel fractals are calculated with a starting point equal ; to the square root of the entered complex number.) The scene is ; located on the north shore of the main bay, just west of the ; large period-3 bud. ; ; The large ghost bud in the background has a periodicity of 14. ; The smaller buds have a much higher periodicity. ; ; The maxiter of 32767 is actually too low to fully resolve the ; image, but the 'ranges' option does not work with a maxiter ; higher than this. ; ; The name "The Second Time Around" admits that today's image is a ; near-repeat of one that appeared over 12 years ago. I could ; hardly give a rating to a repeat, so I let the image go unrated. ; The calculation time of a fireball 19 seconds will bring no ; hardships. ; ; And as always, the finished image is available on the FOTD web ; site at: ; ; ; ; Heavy clouds that hung on all day made Thursday unpleasant here ; at Fractal Central. The temperature of 57F 14C did nothing to ; improve things. The fractal cats found comfortable spots and ; slept through most of the day. ; ; For me, the day was about average, even though the fractal was ; not quite up to FOTD standards. The next Fractal of the Day ; will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and wait for ; what you wish for. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= The_2nd_TimeAround { ; time=0:00:19.19-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=mandel passes=1 center-mag=-0.2620\ 037/+0.6428974/76.368/1/-13.5/0 params=0.777/-0.555 float=y maxiter=32767 bailout=100 inside=0 periodicity=25 ranges=0/-1/300/600/1000/1600/2400/\ 3600/5000/10000/32767 colors=000K9DjOOYIrKSzKcpKhwKmzKrzmwzzzzzzzSPRPSVM\ WYr0s`IiSzNRvPPrROnTNjVLfXKbZyx2nqBckKTdT9IdBLcCNc\ EQbFSaHVaIX`oUHkVKgVMcWPZXRVXURYWNZZHRHITMIVRJXWyi\ QrgSkeUccWXaYQ__vzdlscblbTeaUeZSc_Qb_gbYdYXaSXZNW`\ NRbMNdMIfLEhL9dgS2Z7GO5TC3f11bBAYKKUUTPbaXMNSRSNVX\ GhXHdZIa_IbRIbSIaUJaVJ`WJ`YJ_ZJZ_LKLLMNKOPKQRKSTKU\ VJWXJYZjUhcVfXXdQYba6JZAMWEOUJRRNUORWLVZdDwaGtZJpW\ NmSQjPTfMWcEFDHPPGebHdbHcaIbaIaaJ``J_`ScGRbJQbLPaO\ N`RM_UL_WKZZbReZTdVVcRWbNYaYKpWMnUOlSQjQShOUfMWdKY\ b1`D7_LDZTjYNdYQ_ZTUZWOZZV3TT7USBVQFWPJXNNYMRZKV_M\ T9U`iyR_jU`XX`eQXbRYZTYWUZTV_PX_MY`vuCprGjnJekN_hR\ UdUOaYrVsmWqiWndXl`XiWYgSYdNZba69SLN4Lf9QdEVbC2XE9\ YFGZHM_IT`cYDLV1LW6KWBKXHKYMJYRJZWYumWrkUojSlhQifO\ fdMccK`a1I_4L_7O_AR`DU`GX`pCW_OZZVDXWHUWKSXOQYRNYV\ LZYBT8DVFFWNHYUez1UlJT57S9BQDFPHJOKMNOQLSUKWYhrBWh\ OgOkdPjaRhZSgVUeSVdPXbMYa } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint