; Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 22:52:31 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 18-08-10 (Zexpe Thing [7?]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20100817225235.11374844@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- August 18, 2010 (Rating 7?) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image is a scene in the 'Zexpe' fractal, the Mandeloid ; created by the formula Z^(epsilon)+C. I think the fractal was ; given its name by Lee Skinner, who did quite a lot of work with ; this fractal a number of years ago. ; ; The Zexpe fractal rather resembles the cubic Mandelbrot set, ; though the two main buds are shifted well around toward the ; negative X-axis. The most interesting part of the Zexpe fractal ; however lies at the western edge of the main bay, near the ; X-axis, where all kinds of chaotic things happen. ; ; Today's image lies in a phantom valley in a larger minibrot in ; this chaotic area of the parent Zexpe fractal. It is is a good ; example of some of the strangeness found there. ; ; I named the image "Zexpe Thing", which is what it is. I rated ; it at a 7?, which is what I think it's worth. The question mark ; implies that the image might not be entirely of my own creation. ; ; The calculation time of 5 minutes is a small price to pay for an ; enjoyable image. And those pressed for time may always view the ; finished image on the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; Today's image may owe more to Lee than meets the eye. The image ; is a zoom into an old image, which I found on a floppy disk that ; had been stored away for over 10 years. I might have taken that ; old image from the CD of fractals that came with the second ; edition of "Fractal Creations". I long ago misplaced that disk. ; ; Lee produced many Zexpe images for that CD, and the old image ; that I found on the floppy disk was created by a formula named ; 'Zexpe', which I do not have in my files. (I had to make a para- ; meter file of the original image and edit it so that it would ; work with the manzpower formula.) The colors are of my own ; invention however. ; ; Now on to what you have all been waiting for -- the weather! ; ; Actually, some very pleasant weather prevailed here at Fractal ; Central on Tuesday, with an azure blue sky decorated with angel- ; hair cirrus and cottonpuff cumulus clouds, lower humidity, and a ; temperature of 84F 29C. ; ; Nicholas, the oversized all-black gentleman fractal cat, enjoyed ; the conditions from the top of the secretary, while Cassie, the ; petite gray lady fractal cat, chose the top of the side-by-side, ; next to Nicholas. I found my enjoyment in the workroom, where ; the day's work went unexpectedly smoothly. ; ; If all continues going well, the next FOTD will be posted in 24 ; hours. If not, then look for it anyway. Until then, take care, ; and when the world ends, will fractals still exist? ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Zexpe_Thing { ; time=0:05:03.10-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=manzpower passes=1 center-mag=-0.7104986483027282/+0.077324933946310\ 76/2.344236e+007/1/-97.5/0 params=0/0/2.7182818284\ 5905/0 logmap=381 float=y maxiter=4200 inside=0 colors=000mavnbvnbvobvpcvpcvqcvqdvrdwsdwsewtewuewu\ fwvfwvfwtetsdrrdopcmocknbhnafmacm`am`_m_XkZVjZSiYQ\ hYOlVNoTMrRLrPKrNJrLIrJIrKHrLGrLFrMFqMEnNDlNCiOCgO\ BdPAbP9_Q9YQ8UR7RR6NS6KS5GT4ET4GS8ISBKSEMRHORLQROS\ RRUQUWQXYQ`_PcaPfcPiePmgOpiOskOvmOyXLkHJYMTXRaXWkW\ `tWbnTdhRfbOhXMjRKlLHnFFp9Dn9Gl9Jj9Mh9Pf9Sd9Vb9Y`9\ `Z9cX9fV9iT9lS9n`EhhJcqOYySTxR`wRhtSfrSepScnSblSaj\ S_hSZfSYcTWaTV_TTYTSWTRUTPSTOQTNRRQRQSSPUSOWSNZTM`\ TLbTKdUIgUHiVGkVFmVEpWDrWCtWBvXFpYJkYNfZRaZVX_YR_a\ M`eH`iCam7ap2VtROxoPtnQpmRlmRhlSdkT`kUXjkPUgXpUHdX\ HgXDgWFfKHfUIfTKfSMfRNfQPfPReOSeNUeMWeLXeKZeJ`eIaz\ HczGezFfzEhzDjzDkzCezB_zAVzAPz9Jz8Ez78z73E84F85G96\ H97IA8JA9KB9LBAMCBNCCODDPDEQEEREFSFGTFHUGIVGJWGJXH\ LWLNVPOUUQVZSZcTchVhmXmrYrvXvzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz9zz9zzAzzBzzDzzDzzFzz\ Izzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint ;