; Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2010 22:26:43 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 05-06-10 (Pleasant Patterns [8]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20100604222800.383f1728@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- June 05, 2010 (Rating 8) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image is little more than a pleasing pattern. It has no ; minibrot at the center, though smaller quintic minibrots are ; scattered all through it. The name "Pleasant Patterns" refers ; to the general area of the parent fractal. ; ; On the surface, this parent fractal appears to be a Mandelbrot ; set, but the deeper one goes into it, the more it takes on ; quintic characteristics. The location of today's scene is in a ; small filament extending from the northeast shore line of the ; main bay of the large minibrot on the main spike of the parent. ; ; The image consists of a combination of hills and valleys. The ; most prominent hill lies in the center and is colored bluish- ; red, while the deepest valley surrounds the quintic minibrot in ; the upper left part of the frame. ; ; The rating of an 8 might be a bit liberal for an image with no ; well-defined quadratic minibrot at the center, but the combina- ; tion of hills and valleys adds just enough interest to justify ; the rating. ; ; The calculation time of a very brief 34 seconds means that very ; little time will have been wasted if the image fails to please. ; Viewing the finished image on the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; makes the viewing process even more efficient. ; ; At lunch on Friday, as images of dead oil-covered birds flashed ; on the TV screen, FL scolded me for showing too little concern ; about the environmental damage being done in the Gulf as a ; result of the continuing oil leak. She said I should be very ; angry at the responsible oil company. To avoid a luncheon ; squabble, I voiced no opinion, but such naive, feel-good short- ; sightedness kind of annoys me. ; ; Of course I'm concerned, but let's face it. *WE* are the real ; problem. We are the ones addicted to petroleum. We heat our ; homes with oil; we buy almost everything in plastic bottles; we ; absolutely need our cars if we want to do anything but sit in ; our front yards. Until we end our addiction, I suggest we fill ; our tanks in silence and stop pretending to care about the ; environment. ; ; I'll now have nothing more to say on this admittedly political ; topic. Fractals and weather are far more fun and sometimes far ; less frustrating. ; ; Midsummer conditions prevailed again on Friday here at Fractal ; Central, with oppressive humidity, hazy partly cloudy skies, ; thunder-storms on the horizon, and a temperature of 90F 32C. ; The fractal cats spent most of the day on the cool floor in the ; kitchen, hoping for an unexpected spill of cream, which never ; happened. My day was fair enough, and if everything goes well, ; tomorrow will be a repeat. ; ; The next FOTD fractal will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, ; take care, and continue the endless search for the perfect ; fractal. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Pleasant_Patterns { ; time=0:00:34.16-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=FinDivbrot-2 function=recip float=y center-mag=-1.748847663485/+0.000310333759/1e+008/\ 1/180 params=5/-100000000/0/0 maxiter=1500 inside=0 colors=000q_Xm_Wh_Vd_U``TW`SS`RN`QJaPFaOAaN6aM2aL5\ cO8dRBfUEgWHiZKjaMkcPmfSniVplYqn`sqctteuvctubst`rs\ _qrYpqXopVnoUmnSlmRklPjkOijMhiLghJfgIefHdeKegNgiQh\ kTimWkpZlrantdovgpxhluiirjepkbmlZkmWhnTfoPcpM`qIZr\ FWsBUt8Rt5Pr7Rp9SoBTmDUlFVjHWhJYgLZeN_dP`bRaaTbzmc\ zhcyccxZcwVcvQctMcrJcpIbpBcp2cqAcsHetPfrXftcgukhws\ ixxiwufvpcum`tiYseVrbSqZPqVMpSJoOGnKDmHAlD7k94k62h\ 54e56b58_59Y5BV5DS5EP5GN5IK5JH5LE5NC5OBANAEMAIL9MK\ 9QJ8UI8YH7aG7eF6iE6mEPhzRfxTdwVbvX`uZZt`XsbVrcTqeR\ ogPniNmkLlmJkoHjqFirDhiLcaSZU_ULfPDnK5uF9qHCmIGiKJ\ eLNaMQYOUUPXQQ`MScITgEUjAWn6Xq2Yn4`k5ci6ff7hd8ka9n\ _ApU9cO8SJ7GLBNNFTPJZRNeTRkUUqRRkPPfNN`LLWea`yrdzp\ bzn`zl_zjYzhWzfVzdTzbSz`QzZOzXNzVLzTKxVLvWMuYNsZNq\ `OpaPnbQldQkeRigSghTfiTheXib`j_ckWglTjmQnnMqoJupGx\ kIufJrbLpYMmTOjPPhKReFSbBU`6VY2WW5XV7YU9ZUBZTD_SF`\ SHaRJaRK_ULZXs_YtZYuZZvZZ } frm:FinDivBrot-2 { ; Jim Muth z=(0,0), c=pixel, a=-(real(p1)-2), esc=(real(p2)+16), b=imag(p1): 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 ;