; Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 22:13:40 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 15-01-11 (Yugen of a Fractal [7]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20110114221336.10d71312@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- January 15, 2011 (Rating 7) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image takes almost two hours to finish, even when ; calculated with the fastest option, the passes=b. The reason, ; of course, is that the image lies at a depth where arbitrary ; precision math is required. ; ; The scene lies in the valley of the large bud on the northeast ; shore-line of the main bay of the large minibrot on the stem of ; the Mandelbrot set. No trickery was used in the image, which ; was rendered with the usual equal-iteration band method. ; ; The name "Yugen of a Fractal" came to me while I was contempla- ; ting the image and all the smaller minibrots deeper within it, ; which will never be seen. (Yugen is a Japanese word, almost ; impossible to translate, but roughly describing the feeling of ; adventurous longing one experiences when gazing at something ; mysterious and unattainable, yet strangely beautiful, barely ; visible in the distance.) ; ; The image rates a 7, which is not too bad, considering that it ; is just another scene not all that deep in the Mandelbrot set. ; ; The burdensome calculation time of over 1-3/4 hours may be ; bypassed by surfing over to the current FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; where the finished image is or soon will be posted. ; ; The original FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; is still up and running, at least when I last checked. ; ; A typical midwinter day came and went without a notable event ; here at Fractal Central on Friday. The sky was partly cloudy ; with a temperature around 28F -2C. The fractal cats were their ; typical midwinter selves, spending most of the day on the warm ; shelf, and taking a break only to chase a string and eat their ; food. My day was fairly normal, as most days are. The next ; FOTD will be posted in 24 hours, which is absolutely normal. ; Until then, take care, and one person's deep meaning is another ; person's nonsense. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Yugen_of_a_Fractal { ; time=1:48:54.11-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=mandel passes=b center-mag=-1.750568515302929251321618/0.009853308\ 3431521213283303/1.545503e+020/1/35/0 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=52000 bailout=9 inside=120 periodicity=6 mathtolerance=0.05/0 colors=0009LKAOLBSNDYOEbQFeUGiZIlcJphKsmPvrUsvZpzc\ nzmkvsirwfmwdhwacw_ZwXUwVPvSKrQFmNEhLDeKCbKC_KBYKB\ VKASHAQF9NA9K88I88F87F87KA6PC6UF5ZJ5cN7hR9mVBrZDvb\ FzfHthNpjImcDjY9kcMkiZzuhknkYgmK`p4Ut6Vr7Wq8Xp9XoA\ YmBZlCZkD_jF`hG`gHafIbeJbcKcbLdaIe_Md`Pd`SdaVdaYdb\ `dbcdb__aXW`US`RN_OJZLFZJKYIOYGSXFWZD_cCdhAhm9lr7q\ v6tz5xzEzzKzzPzzUzzUzzZzzczzhzzmzzrzzvzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzM_NLXRKUUIRXHP`zz0FJgEGjDEmCKfBQ_AWU9aN8gH7mA7r4\ 9p7AoAmnDmmGmlJmkMmjPmiSmhVmgYmdSmebmfdmfemgfmghzh\ izhjzfgzeezdczc`zaZz`Xi_ViZShYQhWOhVLgUJgTHgSFjWHl\ ZJnbKpeMriOtlPofOjaNeWN`RMWLLRGLMAKH5JC0JB1MA1PA1R\ 92U82W82Z73`73c63f54h54k44m35p35r25u25w78rBBmGEiKH\ dgdzedzcdzadz_dzXdzVdzTdzRdzPdzNdXPbYQaZS`ZT__UZ`W\ Y`XXaZWb_Vb`UcbTdcSdeRefQfgPfiOgjNhlMhmLinKid92cD5\ bG8aJB`ME_QHZTKZWNYZQXbTWeWVhZUkaUndQi`0880990AA0B\ B1CC2DD3EE4FF5GG6HH7II8JJ } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint ;