; Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 05:56:26 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 10-11-11 (A Ghostly Spiral [8]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20111111055737.3847c5ac@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- November 10, 2011 (Rating 8) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; In today's FOTD we return to the MandNewt06a formula, which ; draws scenes that are a mixture of Mandelbrot and Newton ; elements. (So far however, I have failed to find any pure ; Mandelbrot or Newton stuff in the images it draws. By this time ; it would truly be a surprise if I found an intact minibrot or ; a few features converging on a root.) ; ; The grainy stuff throughout the scene is typical of images made ; with this formula when the cut-off condition is set to a value ; around 10^(-30). The two curved wedge-shaped black open areas ; in the background are caused by rendering the image with the ; inside set to 'atan'. I have yet to explore the mess at the ; center of attraction, though from what I can see of the area, it ; does not appear to hold much of promise. ; ; I named the image "A Ghostly Spiral" because of the broken ghost ; spiral, the first bits of which emerge from the ectoplasmic ; gloom at the lower right and spiral toward the central chaotic ; area, growing ever clearer and better defined as they near the ; chaos, only to be ultimately swallowed up in the debris. ; ; Despite this fancy description however, I could give the image a ; rating no higher than an 8, and a half point of that is the ; coloring bonus. The image just doesn't have the certain 'oomph' ; it would need to rate a 9 or above. ; ; The rather slow calculation time of near 3 minutes almost causes ; impatience, but anticipation will build once the top part of the ; image appears. ; ; Avoid the calculation by viewing the image already calculated on ; the official FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; And see its finer details in high definition at: ; ; ; ; The original, now classic, FOTD web site may be accessed at: ; ; ; ; The weather took a turn for the worse here at Fractal Central ; today, as a cold front accompanird by light rain moved in. The ; fractal cats had no complaint about the temperature of 50F 10C, ; but they definitely did not approve of the the raindrops on ; their window. My day was average, which is uneventful but the ; way I like it. FL handled the small remaining amount of ; commercial work. ; ; The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take ; care, and those skeptical of the paranormal would be wise to be ; on guard. If only one of the many claims of a paranormal event ; proves to be true, their skepticism will then be seen as narrow- ; mindedness. Of course, skeptics, being rational thinkers, ; already know that belief in the paranormal is wishful-thinking, ; so they are not at all concerned that the paranormal might some ; day be shown to have a basis in reality. ; ; ; Jim (I'm not a true believer) Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= A_Ghostly_Spiral { ; time=0:02:58.00 SF5 at 2000MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandNewt06a passes=1 center-mag=-0.526\ 342/8.3284/0.0510855/1/-72.5/0 params=2.1/1.2/3.3/\ 2.3/1.2/3.1/1e-030/0 float=y maxiter=500 bailout=25 inside=atan periodicity=0 colors=000AGNAGNAGNAGNAGNAGNAGNAGNBGNCGNDGNEGNGHGE\ IDGJCJLCLOCOQDQTDTVEVYEY_F_bFbdGdgGgjFfiGehHdgHdgI\ cfIbeJaeJadK`cL_bLZbMZaMY`NX`NW_OWZOVZPUYQUXQTWRSW\ RRVSRUSQUTPTTOSUORVNRVMQWLPWLPXKOXJNYLTfJNYHIPFCGA\ 26E77IB7MF7QK7UO7YS7aX8e`8id8mi8qm8uq8zu8qnBjgEb`H\ WUJTQPRNUPJZNGcLChJ9mH5rF2wE6tE9qECnEFkDIhDMeDPbDS\ _CVXCYUCaRCdOBgLBjIBmFBpCCoEDoFEnGFnHGnIHmJHmKImLJ\ lMKlNLlOMkPNkQNkROjSPjTQjURiVSiWSiXThYUhZVh_WgaXgb\ YfcYfdZfe_ef`egaehbdibdjcdkdclecmfcngbohbphbqiarja\ skatl`um`vm`wkXvjUuiQthNsgJreGqdDpcDoaDn_Dm_DmZDmY\ DmYDmYDmYDmYEmYEmYFmZFmZFmZFmZFmZFmZFlZGkZHjZIi_Jh\ _Kg_Lf_Me_Nd_Oc_Pb_Qa_R``S_`TZ`UY`VX`WWaXVbYUcZUdZ\ UeUUdUUcUUbUUaUUaUUaSUaQUaOUaMU`KS_KQ_KOZKM_KK_KI`\ KG`JEaKC`KE`KF_LG_LHZMIZMJYNKYOLXPMXQNWRPVSQVTRUUS\ UVTTWUTXVSYWSZXR_ZR`_Qa`QbaPcbPdcOedOfeNgfNhgRdZU`\ RXYI_UAcQ1bR2bR2bR2AGD9FD } 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 ;