; Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2010 22:34:02 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 07-06-10 (Midgets Without End [6]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20100606223519.2aa71832@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- June 07, 2010 (Rating 6) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image is a mess! It obviously shows a nest of mini- ; brots, but of what order is hard to say. My best guess is that ; the minibrots are of order 1.99, since this is the exponent of ; Z. When I look closer however, I see things that look more like ; order 2.5 minibrots, which makes no sense at all. ; ; I named the image "Midgets Without End" because the more I ; searched for minibrots in the image, the more I found. Most of ; the smaller ones are nothing at all like those in today's image, ; and appear to be distortions of the classic quadratic Mandelbrot ; set. ; ; The parent fractal is a shrunken thing, so shrunken in fact that ; it is almost out of sight at the default magnitude of 0.67. But ; an inzoom will reveal that this parent fractal is quite an inter- ; esting thing, caught on the verge of flipping left to right. ; Today's scene is located in a large mass of debris floating in ; the eastern part of the main bay. ; ; The most striking thing in the image may be the character of the ; scenery surrounding the nest of minibrots. The assorted blobs ; bring a hint of a third dimension to the image, while the colors ; give hints of things happening just beneath the surface, especi- ; ally near the nest of minibrots. ; ; The rating of a 6 is a comedown from recent images. The calcu- ; lation time of a fireball 31 seconds will take most of the sting ; from the disappointment however. ; ; As always, the finished image is available on the FOTD web site ; at: ; ; ; ; Muggy conditions in the morning, with lots of clouds and a few ; showers, gave way to crystal blue skies, puffy white clouds and ; brilliant sunshine in the afternoon here at Fractal Central on ; Sunday. The temperature reached a high of 86F 30C early in the ; afternoon, then dropped to 70F 21C by sunset. A warning of tor- ; nadoes on the morning news report proved to be a false alarm when ; nothing more than a mild rain squall arrived. ; ; The fractal cats had a relaxing day, but the relaxation ended in ; the evening when a stray tomcat leaped onto the outside window ; sill and started a shouting match with Nicholas, who fought back ; from inside with vicious growls, hisses, and a thrashing tail ; that stirred up more wind than the threatened tornadoes. Cassie ; gave moral support from her resting place on the foot stool, and ; rewarded Nicholas with an ear washing when he eventually chased ; the other cat away. ; ; My day was average, though I think FL is still bothered that I ; am not more of an environmentalist. The next FOTD will be ; posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and do what you ; think is right. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= MidgetsWithoutEnd { ; time=0:00:31.66-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=FinDivBrot-2 function=recip float=y center-mag=+0.0042215/-0.00042237/4504 params=1.99\ /-0.95/1000/0 maxiter=2000 inside=0 logmap=9 colors=000qdUnbRk`OhZMeXKbVI_THXRHVPITMJQLLOLMQLKR\ LIUMGWOE_QCbSAeT8hU6kU4nU2oU5qU8rUBrUEsUHtUKuUNuUQ\ qUSmAUiBWeBYcC_cDacEccEecFgcGicHkcHmcTfcc`lnVxyPvx\ OuwNswNrvMpuLouLpsKqqJrpJsnItlItkHuiGvgGwfFxdFybEy\ aEpiZohZnhZnhZmhZmhZlgZkgZkgZjgZjgZedW`aUXZScWQcUc\ cRccOccLccJcfDuhGqiJnjMkkPhmRenUboXZp_WraTsdQtgPuj\ UvlZogchchacmVcrOcvHczBczCczCczCczCczCczCczDczDczD\ czDczDczDcz5uz7sz8qz9ozAmzCkzDizEgzFezGdzHezHfzHgz\ HhzHizHjzHkzHlzImzInzIozIpzIqzIrzIszItzGqzFnzEmzDm\ zBmzAmz9mz8mz7mz5mz4mz3mz2mz1mz9mzHmzPhzWqzVrzVrzV\ rzVrzVrzVrzVrzVszVszVszVszVszVszVszSqzQozOmzMmzKmz\ ImzFmzDmzBzz9zz7zz5zz3zzHzzVzzhzzvzlwzkwzjwziwzhwz\ gwzgwzfwzewzdwzcwzcwzbwzawz`wz_wzzkzz`zzbzzczzezzf\ zzhzzizzjzzlzzmzzozzpzzqzzkzzfzz`zzWzzQzzLzzGzzIzz\ KzzMzzOzzQzzRzz3zz4zz8zzBzzEzzHzzKzzNzzRzzUzzXzz_z\ zbzzezzczzazz`zzZzzXzzYzz } 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 ;