; Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 22:19:34 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 22-04-11 (Composition-101 [No Rating]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20110421221936.153fe4ac@pop.earthlink.net> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- April 22, 2011 (No Rating) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image is strange indeed. It holds no fine detail, ; consisting totally of a smooth blending of colors, as smooth, ; that is, as can be achieved with the 256 colors of the GIF ; format. And unlike recent images, today's appears much the same ; at all resolutions including the lowly 640x480. ; ; I named the image "Composition-101". Composition is one of the ; basic things that makes a picture a work of art, and one of the ; first things taught in art courses is that the 1/3-1/3 points of ; a frame are powerful places to place the center of interest of a ; picture. I have placed the obvious center of interest of ; today's image 1/3 of the distance down from the top and 1/3 of ; the way across from the left -- just where the art instructor ; would approve. ; ; With next to no detail to latch onto, I could not give a rating ; to today's image, which creates more of an intuitive feeling ; than a visual impression. ; ; The color palette was largely borrowed from one of Albrecht's ; images, with only a slight tweaking of a few registers to add as ; much smoothness as possible. I suspect that the variation ; between color monitors will probably undo much of the tweaking ; however. ; ; The calculation time of under 3-1/2 minutes is borderline slow. ; This slight inconvenience may be avoided by viewing the already- ; calculated image at a resolution of 640x480 on the official but ; unfinished FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; The image may be seen in high definition on Hal's web site at> ; ; ; ; But with today's image, little improvement will be noticeable. ; ; Paul's web site is still up at: ; ; ; ; though it is about 5 months behind. ; ; I read recently on the list that the four greatest achievements ; of man are: the invention of Calculus, the theory of relativity, ; the theory of quantum mechanics, and the discovery of fractals. ; Each of these things has vastly changed the way we look at the ; reality of the world we live in, and in some cases has ; questioned the actual truth of the concept of reality itself. ; In upcoming FOTD's I will discuss some of my ideas about these ; topics. But don't expect my (crackpot?) ideas to agree with the ; conventional rational scientific doctrine. ; ; Lots of sun, a brisk wind and a chilly temperature of 59F 15C ; made Thursday an acceptable day here at Fractal Central. The ; fractal cats spent the day watching for the aggressive tomcat ; that sprayed their front door on Wednesday. Luckily for the ; aggressive cat, he never showed up. ; ; The day of the humans was busy but reasonably under control. ; The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take ; care, and be at peace with things as they are. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Composition-101 { ; time=0:03:24.21-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=mandnewt.frm formulaname=MandNewt06a passes=1 center-mag=-1132.\ 856309823943/-5.111210744837869/28562/1/-92.5/0 params=1/2/3/3/2/1/2e-029/0 float=y maxiter=500 inside=atan periodicity=0 colors=000432653874A85CA6EC7GE8IF9KHAMJBOLCQMDSOEU\ QFWSGYTH_VIaXJcZKe_LgaMicNkeOmfPohQqjRslSunTwpVxqW\ zrXxqWvpVtnUrlTpjSniRlgQjePhcOfbNd`MbZLaYK_WJYUIWS\ HURGSPFQNEOLDMKCKIBIGAGE9ED8CB7A968756544432210004\ 00600800A00C00E00G00I00K00M00O00Q00S00U00W00Y00_00\ a00c00e00g00i00k00m00o00q00s00u00w00x00y50x00v00t0\ 0r00p00n00l00j00h00f00d00b00a00_00Y00W00U00S00Q00O\ 00M00K00I00G00E00C00A00800600400211322334454666878\ 999BBBDEDFGFHIHJKJLLLMNMOOOQQPRRRTTSVVVXXWZYZ___aa\ accceeegfghhhiiijjjlllnnnpppqqqqrqqqqpppnnnllljjji\ iigggfeecdcbbb```Z_ZYYYWWVTUTSSSRQRPPPNNNLMLKKKIJI\ GIGFGEDEDBCB9A978755544422200001203404606807A09C0A\ E0CG0DI0FK0GM0IO0JQ0LS0MU0OW0PY0R_0Sa0Uc0Ve0Xg0Yi0\ _k0`m0bo0cq0es0gu0hw0jx0kz0jx0hv0gt0er0dp0bn0al0_j\ 0Zh0Xf0Wd0Ub0Ta0R_0QY0OW0NU0LS0KQ0IO0HM0FK0EI0CG0B\ E09C08A068056034022000000 } frm:MandNewt06a {; Jim Muth z=c=(pixel*p1): a=z^3+(c-p2)*z-c b=p3*z^2+c-1 z=z-1*a/b p4 < |a| } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint ;