; Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 10:18:12 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 01-04-04 (Historical Midget [7]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20040401102121.32679cf2@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- April 01, 2004 (Rating 7) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Yesterday's image reminds me of an extinct prehistoric creature ; crawling on the floor of some ancient sea. On the surface, the ; image shows no signs that it might hold minibrots, but in the ; world of fractals, things often are not as they first appear. ; ; Look closely at the northeast extremity of yesterday's image, ; and two tiny tails will be found that appear different from the ; rest of the figure. Such 'different' areas are places where the ; more interesting and unusual midgets are most likely to be found. ; ; When one of the 'tails' is enlarged to fill the screen, places ; with two-way symmetry that lie in it become visible. Two-way ; symmetry often means that a midget is lurking invisibly at the ; center of symmetry. Today's scene lies in one of the tiny tails ; of yesterday's image. ; ; The overall character of the feature that appeared in yester- ; day's image is quite well reflected in the pattern surrounding ; the midget at the center of today's image. The eight straight ; bars immediately surrounding the midget are filled with far more ; detail than is visible in today's view. They are well worth a ; closer look, if over two hours is not too long a time to wait ; for that closer image to finish. ; ; I named today's image "Historical Midget" because it is located ; in a larger image named "Pre-Historical". I rated the image at ; a 7. The frustratingly slow render time holds the overall value ; to a similar 7. ; ; This slow render time may be avoided however by downloading the ; completed GIF image from Paul's FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; I sent the image to Paul separately, so it should be posted as ; soon as this letter appears on the site. ; ; Heavy clouds, cool temperatures and light rain kept the dynamic ; duo indoors most all day Wednesday. They checked the outdoors ; once during the afternoon, but the rain wet their whiskers and ; the temperature of 48F 9C chilled their ears, and they were back ; inside in less than 5 minutes. A treat of tuna was definitely ; needed to restore their spirits. Today is starting with heavier ; rain; I assume the duo will have another frustrating day. ; ; For me it's work then play. Until tomorrow's FOTD, take care, ; and once you catch that runaway fractal, what will you do with ; it? ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ Historical_Midget { ; time=1:37:32.90--SF5 on a P200 reset=2003 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=-5.05379463172109000/-0.034860595256326\ 77/1.699752e+010/1/30/0.000271903463149959779 params=1.03/1.6/0.0001/100/0.1/0 float=y maxiter=12000 inside=0 logmap=2026 periodicity=10 colors=000IILJKNKMPLOQMQVNS_OUdPWiQYnR_sS`wTaxUbyV\ czWdzXezSfzNgzIhzEjzGgzIewJbrL_mNWkOTiQRgSNeTJcVGa\ XD_YAYXBWWCUVDSVDQUEOTFMSGKSGIUFGWEEXGC_IAaKAcMBdO\ DfQEhSGkUIoWJrYLu_NxaOzcQzeRzdQzcQxbPu_PrWOpUOmVNk\ ZNjcMigMhkLhoLflJdiIbgH`dFZaEX_DVXBTUASS9M_6Gf3Am0\ Ck3Ei5Fg8HeAIcDKaFL_INYKOWNQUPRSSTQUUOXWMZXK`YJbZJ\ dZJe_Jg`Ih`IjaIkaImbHncHpcHqdHsdHtbLu`OuZRvXVvWYvU\ `wSdwQgxPjxNnxLqyJtyIwy6ivA`cDSLFUMHWMJYNLZNM`NObO\ QcOSeOUgPViPXjPZlQ`nQaoQcjNefKgbIiZFkVDmRAoN7qJ5sF\ 2tB0uHBvMLvRWwWew`oXQnURkSRiPSgNSdKSbIT`FTYDUWAUU8\ UR5VP3VN1VL6YOA_RFaTJcWNfYSh`Wjb_lednhhqjlsmquozzz\ zzzoswenzdkvchrbfobckaah`Zd_W`_UYZRUYPRXMNXJJWHGVE\ CVC9TGBRKCQODOSENWFL_GJcIIgJGkKmoLmsMmwNmuLmtKmsJm\ uImwHmxGfz_MzKNzKOzKPzKNzMLzPJzRIzTGzVEzXCz_Aza8zc\ 6ze5zgAzhFzhJzhOziTziXziazjfzjjzjizghzegzcfzaezZdz\ XczVczTbzQazO`zM_zKZzHYzF } frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; 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, 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================================== ;