; Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 00:07:21 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 20-05-11 (Celestial Banquet [9.5]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20110520000721.151fc1f0@pop.earthlink.net> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- May 20, 2011 (Rating 9.5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image is not new. It is an updated version of a FOTD ; that I first posted over 10 years ago. For the image's second ; appearance, I did a slight outzoom and slightly intensified the ; colors. The result rates a 9.5, (at least IMO), with the extra ; half point honoring the coloring effort. ; ; The parent fractal is more a scattering of bits and pieces than ; a single large bay surrounded by interesting details. But there ; is one prominent element, and today's image lies in a valley of ; a bud in this large element. ; ; The name "Celestial Banquet" was inspired by the heavenly effect ; of the turquoise surroundings, where the angels are almost ; visible dancing on the gossamer clouds. I guess the saints are ; watching from the sidelines. The spiky arms shooting off in all ; directions give just enough impression of gateways to infinity ; to complete the transcendental experience. ; ; Actually, such a heaven, at least IMO, would be more of a hell ; than a reward. What could be worse than being stuck in a boring ; church service that would never end, lacking even the ability to ; escape into sleep. ; ; I have heard it said that when Casanova, having lived a life of ; sin, finally arrived at the golden gates, he was met by Saint ; Peter, who took no time in consigning him to the other place. ; Hearing the expected bad news, Casanova turned and saw before ; him two doors, one leading to a very solemn church service where ; the saved souls were forever praising God, singing unending ; hymns and listening to unending sermons; the other leading to a ; place of unending fun feast and sinful frolic, where the con- ; demned souls were wallowing in their own debauchery, eating and ; frolicking without the need to ever take a rest break. "It's ; not as bad as I feared," Casanova said as he turned toward the ; door leading to the place of debauchery. But before he could ; reach the door, Saint Peter called out and warned him that he ; had made a mistake and was going toward the wrong door. ; ; The 3-1/2 minute wait while the image cooks may be avoided by ; visiting the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; and viewing the image, already calculated, there. ; ; The high-definition version is posted at: ; ; ; ; The classic FOTD web site may be accessed at: ; ; ; ; Heavy clouds and occasional rain prevailed here at Fractal ; Central on Thursday, with occasional rumbles of thunder thrown ; in for good measure. The temperature of 63F 17C kept thoughts ; of imminent summer far away. The fractal cats seemed not to ; notice the outdoor conditions. They were more concerned with ; being properly fed. ; ; The humans had an average day with the usual frustrations. The ; next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, ; and why look to the sky for the light when the light may lie at ; your feet? ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jimmuth@earthlink.net ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Celestial_Banquet { ; time=0:03:31.68-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.par formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+0.1110932127946931/+0.0666019942450076\ /2.9199e+012/1/-52.5/0 params=1.1/-5/-1.1/1/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=3000 bailout=25 inside=0 logmap=405 periodicity=10 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=0009biAbhCckDdiEdlGfjHfjJhkKhkLilNjlOjmPjmR\ knSknTkoVloWlpYmpZmq_mqanrbnrdnrensfnshotiotjotkpt\ kptkptlptlptmptmptmptnqtnqtortortpstqstrttstttutuu\ tvvtwwtxxtyzzzzzzzzzzzzztzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzznlrgiq`\ epUbnNZmGVl7Rl8RlARkBRkDRjERjFSiHSiIShKShLSgNSgOSg\ PSfRSfSSeUSeVTdWTdYTcZTc`TbaTbbTbdUceTafTahTaiT`jT\ `hUZgWWeXUcYRa_P``MZaKYcHWdFUemTfURg8cu2Qh6SXAUKEa\ 5F_7GY9IXBJWEKVGLUINTKORMPQOQPRSNTTMVULXVKZXK`YJcZ\ Ie_HhaGjbFmdFoeErhDtmCwrByvAyzAyz6mV2cE4MG5NH6OI7P\ J9RLASMBTNCUODVPEWQFXRGYSI_UJ`VKaWLbXMcYOe_Pf`QgaR\ hbSicWncUkcSgcPddN`dLYdIUdGRdEOdCLmAHz8EzDDzHDYMCV\ QBRVBNZAKcAGm9Dz1AzmAzHA`PAYXAVdAWn0WmAXlKXkUYkcXj\ bWjaWi`Vi_Vi_UhZTiYTiXSiWRhVRhVQhUQgTPfSOeRNcQNbPM\ aOLbNLbNKaMJaLJaKIaJIbJHcKHdMGfNIhPLjQOlSRnTUoUXpW\ _qXbrZes_htakubnvdqwetxfwyhzzizzkzzlzzmzznzzczzUzz\ KzzHzzJzzKzzLzzMzzNzzOzzY } 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 ;