; Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2010 22:07:06 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 09-10-10 (Ghost in the Shell [7]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20101008220647.166f985c@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- October 09, 2010 (Rating 7) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Sometimes I feel that I give too little attention to the ; formulas hard-coded into the Fractint program. Today's image ; is an attempt to correct this oversight. ; ; To find today's image, I brought up the 'barnsleym1' formula. ; Nothing of much interest happened until I tried the active ; inside fills on the nearly circular fractal. When I tried the ; 'zmag' fill, I noticed a curious object on the Y-axis near the ; top of the parent fractal. Then, when I started adjusting the ; colors, I spotted a ghostly shadow figure in the center of this ; object, almost like one of those vague shadows the ghost hunters ; on TV pick up with their fancy cameras and then claim they have ; photographed the ghost of a dead person. ; ; The image consists totally of 'inside' stuff, though it does not ; fall into the category of 'evaporated' images. And for an added ; bit of fractal excitement, check the apparently totally-random ; stuff at the lower edge of the chaotic area. It gets less ; random and more interesting the deeper one goes. ; ; When FL saw the image, she suggested I name it 'Pilot Light', ; but being of a philosophical nature, I named the image "Ghost in ; the Shell", referring to the hypothetical non-material spiritual ; entity that religion tells us we have within our physical bodies. ; ; The rating of a 7 indicates that I consider the image a little ; above average. ; ; The calculation time of 30 seconds will pass faster than a ; wraith in the night. Those who would rather not be confronted ; by a wraith may view the finished on the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; Perfect weather prevailed here at Fractal Central on Friday. ; In this case, perfection is defined as cloudless skies and a ; temperature of 75F 24C. The fractal cats had their thrill when ; a stray cat, (of which there are many in the area), wandered ; onto the porch and left a reminder that he had been there. ; ; My day was slightly busy. FL kept busy planting bulbs for next ; spring. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, ; take care, and I'm skeptical of things I cannot see with my own ; eyes. That's why I don't believe in unseen things like ghosts ; and atoms, which are widely accepted by the gullible. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Ghost_in_the_Shell { ; time=0:00:30.08-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=1730 type=barnsleym1 center-mag=0/1.0724/\ 7.226736/0.5936 params=0/0 float=y passes=1 maxiter=500 inside=zmag logmap=yes colors=000GezGdzFczFbzEazE`zD_zCYzCWzBUzBSzAQzAOz9\ Mz9Kw8Iu8Gs7Er7Cs6Bt69u57v56v47u48t48t49s4Ar4Ar3Bq\ 3Cp3Cp3Do3Dn2Ij1Ji1Jh1Kh1Kg1Lf1Mf0Me0Nd0Od0Oc0Pb0P\ b7Q`EQ_LRZSRYUVVWUSXUQZUN_UKaUIbUFdUCeUAdUBcUCcUDb\ UEaUFaUG`UH`UI_UJZUKZULYUMXUNXUOWUPWUQXUTYUWZUYZ_`\ __b``e`agabjbblbcocdqdetdevbduact`ctZbsYbrXarV`0U`\ 0T_0R_0QZ0PY0NY0MX0LX0JW0IV0HV08A0AA0CA0EA0GA0IA0K\ A0MA0OA0QA0SA0UA0WA0YA0_A0aA0cA0K0HK0EK0CK0GK0FK0F\ K0EK0EK0EK0DK0DK0CK0CK0BK0BK0AK0AK0AK09K09K08K08K0\ 7K07K07K08K09K0AK0AK0BK0CK0DK0DK0EK0FK0GK0GK0HK0IK\ 0JK0JK0KK0LK0MK0MK0NK0OK0PK0PK0QK0RK0QK0PK0OK0NK0M\ K0LK0KK0KK0KK0KK0KK0KK0KK0KK0KK0KKSbKScKScKRdKRe0K\ z1Ky2Ky2Ky3Kx3Kx4Kx5Kx5Kw6Kw6KwCKwDKvDKvEKvEKuFKuF\ KuGKuHKtHKtIKtIKtJKsKKsKKsLKrLKrMKrMKrPKqOKqOKqPKq\ PKpQKpRKpRKoSKoSKoTKoTKnUKnVKnVKnWKmWKmXKmYKlYKlZK\ lZKl_Kk_Kk`KkaKkaKjhKjhKj } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint ;