; Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2011 16:02:43 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 03-07-11 (Bubbles on the Rocks [?]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20110703160243.11f741ee@pop.earthlink.net> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- July 03, 2011 (Rating ?) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image rates a question mark because I'm not even sure ; that it's a true fractal. It looks more like a 'painting' by ; one of those 'modern' artists who have more showmanship than ; skill and make up for their lack of ability by manipulating the ; gullible public into paying good money to see their awkward ; efforts. But then again, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, ; so who can say for sure that something like today's FOTD image, ; with its awkward colors and shapes, is not real art. Certainly ; not myself! ; ; I named the image "Bubbles on the Rocks" for some reason that I ; have long since forgotten. It came into being when I started ; fumbling with the Mystic2 formula, which draws nothing but empty ; circles unless the inside is set to an active fill, such as the ; 'bof60' fill that creates the action in today's image. ; ; The bottom edge of the image is 'outside' stuff. The crazy ; detail that fills most of the frame is actually 'inside' stuff ; made manifest by the 'bof60' fill. This is chaos carried to the ; extreme, with no signs of a unifying theme either in the shape ; or coloring. ; ; The image calculates in only 55 seconds, so why not go ahead and ; calculate it despite my less-than-favorable comments? After ; all, one person's junk is another person's treasure. ; ; For the convenience of those who do not calculate parameter ; files, the image is posted, already calculated, at: ; ; ; ; The hi-def version is available at: ; ; ; ; And don't forget the venerable FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; A typical summer day passed uneventfully here at Fractal Central ; on Saturday, with sunny but rather hazy skies and a temperature ; of 88F 31C. The fractal cats also lived the day uneventfully, ; not realizing the exciting life they might have had if we had ; decided to let them be indoor-outdoor cats. ; ; The day of the humans was routine, as life tends to become in ; its third stage. The present plans are to post the next FOTD in ; 12 hours, but even the best laid plans sometimes go awry, so ; check to see what happens. The next image is already safely on ; disk and ready to fly. Until whenever, take care, and life ; comes in three stages -- early, middle and late. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jimmuth@earthlink.net ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= BubblesOnTheRocks { ; time=0:00:55.42-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=1950 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=Mystic2 function=cos passes=1 center-mag=+0.71234614/-0.70069042/830/1/-45.5/0 params=1/1/1/1/1/1 float=y maxiter=90 bailout=100 inside=bof60 logmap=yes periodicity=0 colors=000muzktzirzgpzenzclybjwahu`fs_dqZboY`mXZkW\ XiUUgTSeSQcRO`PMYNKVLISKGPJEMICJGAGE8DC6AB08E16G26\ I36K46M57N67O77Q87S98TA8UB8VC8WD9XE9YF9_G9`G9aHAbI\ AcIAdJAeJBfJBhJBiKBjLCkMDlNEmOEnOGoNHoNJoMLoMNoMQo\ LVpLVpLVpKVpKVpJVpJQqJLqIGqIBqIBqHBqHBrHBrGBrGBrFB\ rFBrFBsEBsEBsEBsDBsDBsDBrECqEDqFDpFEoFEoGFnGGmGGmH\ HlHHlIIkIJjIJjJKiJKhJLhKMgKMfKNfLNeLOeMPdMPcMQcNQb\ NRaNSaOS`OT`OT_PUZPUZPVYQVXQVXQWWQWWRXVRXURXUSYTSY\ SSYSSZRTZRT_QT_PU_PU`OU`OU`fGiy0sx2rx4rw6rw8qvAqvC\ quEpuGpuIptKptMosOosQorSnrUnqWnqYmq_mpampcmoelogln\ ilnkkmmkmokprnmpkkniimfgkdejach_agX_eVYdSWbQUaNS_L\ QZJU`HYbGacFbdEbdEbdDbdDbdCbeCbeBbeBceAceAcf9cf9cf\ 8cf8cf7cg7dg6dg6dg5dg5dh4dh4dh3dh3bl1cj2dh3eg4fe5g\ c6hb7i`8jZ9kYAlWBmUCnTDoREpPFqOGrMHsKItJJuHKvFLwEM\ xCNyBNtDPoFRjHSeJUaLVXNXSPYNR_JT`IU_HVZGWYGXXFYXEZ\ WE_VD`UCaTCaTBbSfsvguwhwx } frm:Mystic2 {; Jim Muth a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), c=real(p2), d=imag(p2), k=real(p3), f=imag(p3), g=pixel, z=(pixel)^a+(b*(pixel))^c: z=(fn1(z)+(d*(g)))^k+(f*(cos(g))) g=sqr(g), LastSqr <= 100 } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint ;