; Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2010 22:52:03 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 07-04-10 (Separated Selves [6]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20100406225349.38f711ec@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- April 07, 2010 (Rating 6) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; I named today's image "Separated Selves' because it appears to ; have somehow come apart. At the center of the scene, well ; beyond resolution, lies a minibrot. The pattern around it is of ; the typical East Valley variety, but in this image the parts are ; disconnected, with new radiant centers appearing from nowhere ; within the main pattern. ; ; The generating expression subtracts 2Z from Z^3 and adds ; straight C to produce a Mandelbrot set with an extraordinary ; main stem. Instead of having a large minibrot on its negative ; spike, this parent has an open object shaped like an upright ; numeral 8 centered on the X-axis. Today's scene is located in ; the east branch of the valley separating the top and bottom ; halves of the figure 8. ; ; The rating of a 6 is all I could give the image. Maybe if I had ; put more effort into it, I might have raised it to a 7, but with ; a serious attack of spring fever that lasted all day, more ; effort was the last thing on my mind. ; ; To see the image, run the included parameter file and relax for ; just under 4 minutes, or forget the parameter file and hop over ; to the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; where the image is posted in finished form, ready to bring ; indescribable happiness to all who venture there. ; ; I avoided another philosophical debate at lunch on Tuesday. FL ; and I were watching the TV news when an overhyped report about ; the current church scandal came on. FL turned to me and said ; she wondered what the big guy up in heaven must be thinking as ; he sees what has become of his church. I remained quiet, remem- ; bering that, according to church doctrine, there is no salva- ; tion outside the church. Well, it now looks like there is no ; salvation inside the church either. I guess the devil has just ; about won the contest for souls! ; ; Tuesday began with a shower and one grumble of thunder here at ; Fractal Central, but the rain ended by 8am and by 10am the sky ; cleared. The rest of the day was a beauty, with sunny skies, ; balmy southwest winds and a temperature of 86F 30C. When the ; fractal cats felt the heat, they went into their stretched-out ; postures for the first time this year. ; ; The rest of the action on Tuesday was average, with nothing to ; make the day different from thousands of similar days. The next ; FOTD fractal image, guaranteed to be at least different and ; possibly better than today's, will be posted in 24 hours. Until ; then, take care, and perhaps everyone's truth is the true truth. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Separated_Selves { ; time=0:03:53.08-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=ident passes=1 center-mag=+0.5990981963240228/+0.000001370401281/\ 8.077627e+011/1/-23.5/0 params=1/3/-2/1/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=1400 inside=0 logmap=290 periodicity=6 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=000KYuKYtKYsKYrKYqKYpKYoLYnMYmNXlOVkPTjQRiR\ PhSNeTLbUJ_UHXUKVUP9UUEZZJccGhhEmmBrr9vvAzzALzzMzz\ MzzNzzNzzOzzPzzPzz6za76_85Y94X93VA2UB1SB1RD4QE7QFA\ QzDQIGQJJQzmQLPQKROzcMIUKIVIzmGGYEF_CzcALZEQYHzmK`\ WzeVQjUTojznUYmV_lWzkXcjYeimzi_ih`kgazfboecqddzceu\ RQ9pTHmXFj`DhcBeg9bk7HfMOiGVlBwokqn`knRenGttSqsPor\ MlqJjqHnAznz3oAzpz1pAznC1mEzlz1kH1jIziz1gM2aP2`P2_\ Q2ZS2YT2XV2_m3ZY3Y_3Xm3Wb3Vc3Tm4Sg4Rh4Qm4Pz4Om4Nz4\ Om6Oz7Om8Pz9PmBPzCQlDQzEQlFQzHRkIRzJRkKSkMSkNSjOSj\ PTjQTjSTjTUiUUiVUiXViYViZVh_Vh`WhbWhcWhdXgeXggXghX\ giYgjYfkYfmZfnZfoZfpYgrZfqZep_do_cn`bn`ama`la_kb_j\ bZjcYicXhdWgdVfeUfeTefSdfScgRbgQbhPahO`iN_iMZjLZjK\ YkKXkJWlIVlHVmGUmFTnESnDRnDRkBXiAaf9fd8k`6sb7pc8md\ 9jfAhgBehCbjD_kEYlFVnGSoHPpINrJKsKHtLEvMCwN9xO6yO4\ xQ5wR5vS5vT5uU6tV6sW6sX6rY7qZ7p_7p`7oa7nc8nd8me8lf\ 8kg9kh9ji9ij9hkAhlAgmAfnA } frm:MandAutoCritInZ {; Jim Muth a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(((-a*b*g*h)^j)+(p4)), k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint ;