; Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:13:57 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 28-04-10 (Cubic Anticipation [6]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20100427221602.2b9fd31a@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- April 28, 2010 (Rating 6) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image, which shows a cubic minibrot, is interesting, ; which means I see nothing unusually good in it, yet I want to ; say something. I could rate it no higher than a 6 because all ; day Tuesday I had a case of 'fractalist's block'. This strange ; ailment is much the same as writer's block, where no matter how ; hard the writer tries, the inspired words simply will not come. ; With a fractal artist, the inspired images will not come. ; ; I worked on the coloring for a full 20 minutes, which is a long ; time by FOTD standards, and ended up with a color palette no ; better than the one I started with. In the end, I returned to ; the original colors and did a bit of tweaking. ; ; The parent fractal is a standard Mandelbrot set caught in the ; act of morphing into a cubic Mandeloid, and doing it without the ; discontinuities that usually plague the fractals with in-between ; exponents. Today's image is located on the negative X-axis deep ; in a valley that splits the cubic bud at that location into two ; halves ; ; The name "Cubic Anticipation" implies great things to come. Un- ; fortunately, the result falls short of the anticipation. The ; calculation time of 3-1/4 minutes is a little more than the ; image is worth, but the result, if not awe-inspiring, will at ; least be 'interesting'. ; ; The interesting image may be found in finished form on the FOTD ; web site at: ; ; ; ; The sky was partly cloudy here at Fractal Central on Tuesday, ; but the brisk north wind and temperature of 50F 10C made it feel ; like anything but the end of April. The fractal cats must have ; agreed. They spent a good part of the day climbing all over the ; book shelves in the hallway. Nicholas was a little too athletic ; when he squeezed behind a row of books and knocked them onto the ; floor, sending me running to see what had happened. ; ; For FL and me the day was averagely normal. The next FOTD, ; maybe average, maybe not, will be posted in 24 hours. Until ; then, take care, and I have no qualms about admitting when the ; Fractal of the Day falls short, as it does today. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Cubic_Anticipation { ; time=0:03:13.73-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=FinalDivideBrot function=recip passes=1 center-mag=-1.7542946013084/+0.0002529651317445\ /6.3388e+009/1/20/0 params=3/1/0/0 float=y inside=0 maxiter=2400 logmap=338 symmetry=none periodicity=6 colors=000ME1LF2LF3KF4KF5JF6JG7IG8IG9HGAHGBGHCGHDG\ HEFHFFHHEIJEILDINDIPCIRCJTBJVBJXAJZAJZAJZBLZCMZDNZ\ STIRQGQNDOKBNH8zeczdczbczacz_czZczXczWczUczTczRczQ\ czOUzNUzMUzPUzRUzUUzWUzYUz`UubUseUpdWpaYp__pYapWcq\ ocqobroaro`so_soZtoYtoXtrWuuVuwUvzTwzSxzRyzQzzPzzQ\ zzRzzSzzTzzUzzVzzWvzXrv_mrbhmehhhickj_nkWqlStmQwjO\ shMoeKkcNgaQcZT_XWWVZSSaOQdKOgGMdHKaIIZIGWJESJCOKB\ KJ9GJ7CD58830210000040670EA4KE3NH3QK2TO2WR1ZU1aT7e\ SDkRIpTKvVLzXMzZOw`PwbQxdRxfTxhUyjVykWyLmvQkwUjwYi\ wagwefwjexncxrbxvaxz`xuZvqYumWtiVreUqaSpYRoUQmQOlM\ NkIMjPJgVGdaDagAZn7Wt4Tz1Qw8NuELsKJqQHoWFmbCkhAin8\ gt6zzmcv8zsCapG`mKZiNYfRXcVW`ZVYaXZZYZW_ZUzzzbZPcZ\ MeZJfZHhZziZzdUz`PzXzzTWzQZzTXzWVzZTzaRzdPzgNziLzj\ OzjRzjz8jzAjzBjzCjzDjzFjzGjzHjzzjzzjzzjzzhzzfzzdzz\ PzzRzzSzzUzzVzzUzzUzzUzzTzzTzzTzzTzzWzzYzz`zzbzzez\ zgzzjzzlzzlzzlzzlzzlzzlzz } frm:FinalDivideBrot { ; Jim Muth z=(0,0), c=pixel, a=-(real(p1)-2), esc=(real(p2)+16), b=imag(p1)+0.00000000000000000001: z=(-b)*(z*z*fn1(z^(a)+b))-c |z| < esc } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint ;