; Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 18:05:22 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 18-12-10 (Great Ghost-Bud [6]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20101217180521.10bf2508@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- December 18, 2010 (Rating 6) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's quickie image shows one of the perturbed Mandelbrot ; things that I call a 'ghost bud', which explains the name "Great ; Ghost-Bud". A ghost bud is the left over remnant of the intact ; bud that appears at the same spot in the un-perturbed M-set. ; (To see the bud of today's image in its true form, simply change ; the parameters to 0,0.) ; ; The rating of a 6 is all I could give the image. I was doing ; similar perturbed scenes almost 20 years ago, and there is very ; little shock value left in such images. (If indeed, there ever ; was any.) ; ; The scene of the action lies on the southern shore line of the ; main bay of the Mandelbrot set, just west of the large period-3 ; bud. The location may be a bit confusing because the image has ; been calculated upside-down. (In my opinion, the proper posi- ; tion for a bud is on top of or to the left of its valley.) ; ; The initial value of Z has been set to 0.3096,1.6056, which ; perturbs the appearance of the M-set. In fact, it nearly wipes ; it out. (For some reason the type=mandel actually initializes Z ; to the square root of the entered value. This is inaccurate, ; but if it were changed, the type=mandel images made with earlier ; versions of the program would no longer work.) ; ; Another curiosity of the parameter file is that the reset is set ; to zero. Resetting this value to the usual 2004 makes a small ; but noticeable change in the spacing of the color bands. ; ; Despite the extreme maxiter of 250,000, the type=mandel formula ; is so efficient that the image calculates in 28 seconds. ; ; The image may also be seen in finished form at: ; ; ; ; All the past FOTD images may be viewed at: ; ; ; ; though the site is probably not up to date. ; ; Some sun, some clouds and a temperature around 30F -1C here at ; Fractal Central on Friday brought some improvement to the area. ; The fractal cats spent most of the day sleeping by the heat, but ; the fractal cat Nicholas, who is usually quite friendly with ; strangers, lost a few points when he swore at a customer who ; dropped by in the afternoon and got a bit too familiar with him. ; ; The next FOTD is due in 24 hours. For all I know it will ; actually be ready on time. Until then, take care, and beware of ; synchronicity. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Great_Ghost-Bud { ; time=0:00:28.16-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=0 type=mandel passes=1 center-mag=-0.2438\ 2329/-0.639263/476/1/-168.5/0 params=0.3096/1.6056 float=y maxiter=250000 bailout=100 logmap=yes colors=000BA0aoK`oK`oK_nK_nKZnKYnKYnKXmKXmKWmKVmKV\ mKUlLUlLTlLSlLSlLRkLRkLQkLPkLPjLOjLOjLNjLMjLMiMLiM\ LiMKiMJiMJhMIhMIhMHhMGhMGgMFgMFgMEgMEgMDfNDfNDeNDe\ NDdNDdNDcNDcNDbNDbNDaODaOD`OD`OD_OD_ODZODZOCYOCYOC\ XOCXPCWPCWPCVPCVPCUPCUPCTPCTPCSPCSQCRQCRQCQQCQQCQQ\ BPQBPQBOQBOQBNQBNRBMRBMRBLRBLRBKRBKRBJRBJRBIRBISBH\ SBHSAGSAGSAFSAFSAESAESADSADSACTACTABTABTAATAATA9TA\ 9TA8TA8TA8TC9UE9UF9UHAUIAUKAULAUNBUOBUQBUPCUPCUOCU\ OCUNDUQDUSDUVEUXEU_EUaEUdFUfFUiFUkFUkFUm2ck2cj2ch2\ cg2cf2cd2cc2cb2c`2c_2cZ2cX3cW4cV5cU5cT6cR7cQ8cQ8cQ\ 9cQAcPAcPBcOCcNDcMDcLEcJFcIFcHGcGHcFIcDIdCJeBKfAKg\ 9Li7Mk6Nm5No4Oq3Ps2Pu2Qw2Rx2Ry2Sz2Tz2Uz2Vz2Vz2Xz2X\ z2Yz2Zz2_z2`z2`z2az2cz2cz2dz2dz2fz2fz3gz4gz5gz6hz7\ hz8hz9hzAizBizCizDizEjzFjzGjzHjzIlzJnzKpzLrzMtzNvw\ OxzPyzQzzRzzSzzUzzWzzYzz_zzazzczzezzgzzizzkzznzzqz\ ztzzwzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint ;