; Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:16:54 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 23-01-12 (Badge of Merit [7.5]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20120123161823.2ad7171c@earthlink.net> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- January 23, 2012 (Rating 7.5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's level 7-1/2 image is another venture into a corrupted ; oversized Mandelbrot set. With the imag(p1) parameter being ; negative, this M-set is rotated 180 degrees, with its normally ; westward-pointing spike pointing eastward. The change to a ; quartic Mandeloid is just beginning to appear as an irregularity ; in the M-set's minor buds and traces of outside stuff scattered ; about the inside of its main bay and buds. Today's image lies ; in a speck of outside stuff that has just condensed inside the ; main bay of the parent M-set. ; ; The large quartic Minibrot in the image stands out like a gold ; medal of honor against a celestial blue background, but I doubt ; that a fractal can have something as subjective as honor, so I ; named the image "Badge of Merit", which is a smaller award, but ; something that may honestly be applied to a fractal. ; ; The recent string of images with a rating of 7-1/2 continues ; unbroken. But as I said recently, such a rating is not to be ; sneezed at. If today's image did not resemble recent images so ; closely, the rating might have been higher. ; ; The calculation time of 25 seconds is one of the briefest on ; record, and will bring impatience to no one. ; ; Even this brief time may be saved however by surfing over to the ; official FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; where the finished image is posted in its full glory for all the ; world to see. ; ; The image is even more glorious when viewed in high definition. ; The high-definition version is posted at: ; ; ; ; The incomprehensible glory of the entire catalog of FOTD images ; is available on the original FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; Heavy clouds, occasional icy rain and a temperature of 36F +2C ; made the day a dreary one here at Fractal Central, which is far ; more dedicated to fractals in the FOTD discussions than in real ; life. The fractal cats, who are as real as cats can be, had a ; cattish day of getting into real trouble. Cassie, who has a way ; of making herself invisible, was missing most of the afternoon, ; while Nicholas spent his day watching the world go by. The two ; humans made it through another day uneventfully. ; ; The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take ; care, and answer the big questions of life before tackling ; trivial distractions such as the much ballyhooed but so-far ; futile search for a theory of everything (except the conscious ; minds of those who are doing the searching). ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jimmuth@earthlink.net ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Badge_of_Merit { ; time=0:00:25.00 SF5 at 2000MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MultiExp function=recip center-mag=+24.65263034713407/+0.00121896946679421\ /8554277/1/32/0 params=4/-14 float=y maxiter=1500 inside=0 logmap=45 periodicity=6 colors=00000900A00B00C00D00E00G00J00M00P00S00V00Y0\ 0b00f00j00n02r04v07z0Az07z04v02r00m00h00c00Z00U00P\ 00K00H01D12A03704427839C4BF5DJ6FM7HQ8JU9LXAN`BPcCR\ gDTjCWfCZcBa`BdYBgVAjSAmPApM9sJ9vG9xDBuGDsIFqKGoNI\ mPKkRMhUNfWPdYRb`T`bUZdWWgYUi_Sk`QnbOpdMreKtfHpfEl\ fBhf8df6`g_ZfX_eV_nXnnYnm_mm`mmbmlcmlemlfmlgmkilkj\ lklljmojorjpvjqzlkzmfzoazpWrrRmsMmtHmrGkqGjoGhnGgl\ FekFdiFbhFafE`eEZcEYbEW`DV_DTYDSXDRWESVETmETmFUmFV\ mFVmGWmGXmGXmHYmHZmHZmJYmKXmLWmMWmNVmOUKQUJRTJSSIT\ RIURHVQHXPHYPGZOG_NF`MFaMFcLEdKEeKDfJDgIChHCjHCkGB\ lFBmFAnEAoDApDBnEClFCkGDiGEgHEfIFdJGzJGzKHzLHzMIzM\ JzNJzOKzPLzPLzQMzRMzSNzSOzTOzUPzVmzVmzWmzXmzXmzVmz\ UmzSmzRzzQzzOzzNzzMzzKzzJzzHzzG5lF3oD1rCzuBmsCmrDm\ tEmuFmvGmwHmxImyJmzKmzLmzMmzNmzOmzPmzQmzSmzVmzXmz_\ mzamzcmzfmzhmzkmzmmzpmzrmztjzojzjjzfjzajzYjzTjzOjz\ KjzFjzBjz6jz2VzCOzJMzILzH } frm:MultiExp { ; Jim Muth z=(0,0), c=pixel, a=-(real(p1)-2), b=imag(p1)+0.00000000000000000001: z=z*z*fn1(z^(a)+b)+c |z| < 100000000 } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint ;