; Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:26:21 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 12-12-09 (The Unexpected [Rating ?]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20091211222628.2a0f6360@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- December 12, 2009 (Rating ?) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image lies just beyond the large minibrot on the ; infinitely-divided main stem of its parent fractal, which ; closely resembles a Mandelbrot set, but is actually a mixture of ; Z^(2) and Z^(2.05). ; ; I named the image "The Unexpected". Unexpected things often ; turn up in fractals, but I doubt that I have ever seen an image ; with as much varied and seemingly unconnected stuff lying around. ; ; A minibrot does lie at the center of the image, but ; unfortunately it is well beyond resolution. ; ; I was totally puzzled as to how to rate the image. I finally ; let it go with a rating of a question mark, which means the ; viewer's guess is as good as mine. ; ; With so much variety in the image, I found it near impossible to ; color satisfactorily. Feel free to tweak the colors. A better ; palette might exist, though I lacked the time to find one. ; ; The calculation time of under three minutes will give the eager ; fractalist just enough time to prepare himself for the image. A ; bit of preparation is also recommended for those who choose to ; avoid calculation by viewing the finished image on the FOTD web ; site at: ; ; ; ; I think FL is finally coming around. We were watching the news ; at lunch on Friday, when a report about climate change came on. ; After hearing of the dissenting opinions about global warming, ; she asked if I thought we actually have the power to change the ; earth's climate. Not wanting to get into a debate with so much ; graphics work yet to be finished, I answered 'probably not'. ; But the comment got my philo-political juices flowing, so expect ; a bit of political musing in the not-too-distant future. ; ; Partly cloudy skies, biting winds and a temperature of 25F -4C ; made Friday a day to forget here at Fractal Central. The ; fractal cats forgot the weather before the day even began, and ; spent most of their time seeking the warmest spot around. ; ; My day was rather busy. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 ; hours. It is due to be posted then, but whether it appears on ; time is up to fate. Until the next time, take care, and let me ; know when the greenies start discussing the real environmental ; threat -- the earth's over-population. When they demonstrate ; that they know what the greatest threat to man's survival is, ; then I'll start taking them more seriously. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= The_Unexpected { ; time=0:02:55.19-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=AllNewDivideBrot function=recip float=y center-mag=-1.818818157659613/+0.00112446375588527\ /2.128045e+012/1/75/0 params=2.05/200 passes=1 maxiter=1500 inside=0 logmap=245 periodicity=6 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=000X7PY5TZAV_EW`IXaMZbQ_cV`dZaebcffdgjegnfd\ jbaf__bXXZTUVQSRNPNKMJGKFDHBAF77K8MP9`TAnRBlQBkOBi\ NBhMCfKCeJCcICbGC`FD_EDYCDXBDVADU9HV8LV8OV7SV6WW6Z\ W5bW5eW8`YAW_CSaENcHJeJEgLAiN5kP1lR2lT3lU4lW4lY5lZ\ 6l`6lb7lc8le9lg9lhAljBlkBllDkmFknHkoJkpLkpMjqOjrQj\ sSjtUjtViuXivZiw`ixbixciwh_wmRwrHwv8sqBolDkhGgcIc_\ L_VNWQQSMSOHVKDXG8_C4aLGXURSbbNkmIsxEovGktIgrJcqL_\ oNWmOSkQPjRK_UGQXCGZEFXFFWHFUIFTKFRLEQNEOOENQELREK\ TDIUDHWDFXDEYDDdRL_UMWXMSZNNaNJcOFfOAhP6kP2mP3aR4R\ S5GT65UPNTgdTeeVcfWbfX`gY_gZYh`WiaVibTjcSjdWibZh`a\ g_dfYgeWjdVmcTpcSoaUn_WnZXmXZlV`lUahXdeZgb`j_bmXdp\ UfsW`nYViZPd`J_bDVc7QbDSbIUbNWbSXbXZba`bfbbkcZXSVI\ GS35R78QBBPFEPJHUNKZRNcVQhZTmbWrfYweZweZwg_ri`mkaz\ mbcrbzvczzdUzeVzfWzfzzgYzhZzi_zzkzzjzzhzzgzzzzzdzz\ bzzazzzzzazzazzazzbzzbzzbzzbzkczkczkczkczldzldzldz\ mdzmezmezmeznfznfznfzofzo } frm:AllNewDivideBrot { ; Jim Muth z=(0,0), c=pixel, a=-(real(p1)-2), b=imag(p1)+0.00000000000000000001: z=b*(z^2*fn1(z^(a)+b))+c |z| < 1000000 } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint