; Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 18:17:51 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 21-06-12 (Total failure [4]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20120621182040.382ff7be@earthlink.net> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- June 21, 2012 (Rating 4) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Maybe I'm losing my ability to find fractals. Either that or I ; am becoming a lot more critical in my older years (which are ; piling up far too fast). There was no FOTD for June 20 because ; I could not find one that satisfied me. Today's image doesn't ; really satisfy me either, but to avoid skipping two days in a ; row, I gave the colors a minor tweaking and let it go. ; ; As the one-googol value of imag(p3) shows, the image is an ; evaporated one. The parent fractal came about when, on a whim, ; I combined 2.2 negative parts of Z^(-5.5) with 5.5 negative ; parts of Z^(-2.2) and added (1/C) on each iteration. This ; parent vaguely resembles a Mandelbrot set with its main spike ; facing northeast. Today's image is located at the northern edge ; of the obviously critical area in the northeastern part of the ; parent. ; ; I intentionally gave the image a rating of a lowly 4. Its flaws ; are too numerous to mention. But it still might be worth the ; 3-3/4 minutes required to calculate it, if only to illustrate ; one of the thousands of fractals I find which usually never make ; the grade. ; ; The name "Total Failure" is blunt, but accurately states my ; opinion of the image. ; ; Those who wish to spend 3-3/4 minutes for little reward can run ; the included parameter file and be patient. I recommend ; checking the web sites however. ; ; The moderate-resolution finished image is online at: ; ; ; ; A semi-glorious high-definition rendering is at: ; ; ; ; The FOTD back images are at: ; ; ; ; Most are a notable improvement over today's. ; ; Today brought the second consecutive day of blazing sun and heat ; that reached 95F 35C to Fractal Central, causing the fractal ; cats to stretch out to record lengths and the humans to do a ; record amount of nothing. In the evening a few showers appeared ; on the horizon, but remained far away. The next FOTD will be ; posted whenever I find one good enough. Until then, take care, ; and why do colonies of ants always come up on the sidewalk ; rather than in the grass? My guess is that they do appear in ; the grass, but we don't notice them when they're in the grass. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jimmuth@earthlink.net ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Total_Failure { ; time=0:03:45.00 SF5 at 2000MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=recip center-mag=+0.4027689074369498/+1.233832091437321/\ 4.760246e+010/1/17.5/0 params=-2.2/-5.5/-5.5/-2.2/\ 0/1e+100/0/0 float=y maxiter=1000 inside=bof61 colors=000Hc_Gc_Fc`EcaEbaDbbCbcBbcBadAae9ae8af8af9\ `dA_cBZbBYaCY_DXZDWYEVXFUWFUUGTTHSSHRRIQQJQOJPNKOM\ LNLLNKTPE`R9gS3oU0vV0sX0qY0oZ0m`0ka2ib3gd5ee7cf8ah\ A_iCYjDVlFTmHRnIPpKNqMLrNJtPHuRFvSDxUByW9zXAyWAxWA\ wWBvWBuWBtWBsVCrVCqVCpVCoVDnVDmUDlUDkUEjUEiUEhUEgT\ FfTFeTFdTFcTGbTGaSG`SG_SHZSHYSHXSHXSJYQKYPLYNMYMNY\ KOZJPZHQZGRZFSZDTZCU_AV_9W_7X_6Y_5Z_3_`2``0a`0b`0c\ `0d`0f_2h_9iZFkZMmYTnYZgSX`NWUHVNCUG6T91SB3TD4TF6U\ H7UJ9ULAVNCVODWQEWSGWUHXWJXYKY_MYaNYbOZdQZfR_hT_jU\ _lW`nX`oY`iRScLJYFAS91N30P20R20S20U20W20X20Z20`20a\ 20c20e20f20h20j20k20m20n20k20h20f20c20`20Z00X00W00\ V00T00S00R00Q00O0070870800800800800000800000800000\ 8008708708708708706704701700700C20F40H63L88MADNAIO\ BNPBSQBXSBaTBfUCjVCnWCnYCnZDn_Dn`DnXDnUDnQEnMEnIEn\ JEnKEnLGnLInLKnQMnVOn`QneSnjUOjWNjYNk_MkaLkbLkdKkf\ JlhJljIllHlnHlpGmrFmtFRjP } 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 ;