; Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:22:50 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 06-12-11 (Blobs and Things [8.5]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20111206192424.2a971b48@earthlink.net> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- December 06, 2011 (Rating 8.5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image is the fourth consecutive one with a rating of ; 8-1/2. All right, maybe I'm pushing the rating a bit, but it's ; still a pretty good image, with lots of angular contrasts in the ; strongly colored vaguely egg-shaped patches surrounding the ; central minibrot. ; ; The parent fractal was created by subtracting Z^(0.7) from ; Z^(0.5), then adding straight C on each iteration. This parent ; is a Mandeloid rotated 180 degrees, so that its East Valley is ; on the west side of its main bay. Much unexpected detail lies ; in this East Valley area, consisting mostly of disconnected ; pieces of fractal stuff floating in a networked sea of ever- ; smaller pieces. Today's image lies in this east detail, which ; is actually on the west side of its parent. ; ; The largest bud of the parent, which lies along the positive ; X-axis, is even more striking than the East Valley (west) area. ; Instead of the expected near circular shape, this bud has the ; rough outline of a violin, with large sub-buds on the north and ; south shore lines. The stuff normally found beyond the large ; bud along the main spike is missing. The bud terminates at a ; very large valley, with only unknown emptiness beyond. ; ; As a possible home of minibrots, this violin-shaped bud is ; equally as interesting as the East Valley area of the parent, ; and will be checked more closely in tomorrow's FOTD. ; ; The name "Blobs and Things" refers not only to the blob-filled ; image but also makes a comment on the names often given to the ; trendy but near useless stores that fill the main streets of ; small towns soon after a Wal-Mart opens nearby. ; ; I created the colors with a single stroke of the key, ; which brought up a palette of intense but narrow bands of colors ; alternating with near-black bands. In today's image it works ; quite well. ; ; The calculation time of 1-1/4 minutes will pass swiftly once the ; top of the image appears and anticipation surges. Preparing a ; parameter file from this letter is a minor hassle however, but ; this is where the web sites come in handy. ; ; The finished image is posted on the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; A high-definition version of the image is posted at: ; ; ; ; The classic FOTD web site is at: ; ; ; ; Heavy clouds and occasional rain made the high temperature of ; 57F 14C here at Fractal Central today less enjoyable than it ; otherwise would have been. The fractal cats found no joy in the ; outside conditions, turning instead to their food bowls for ; happiness. ; ; Humans such as FL and I require slightly more sophisticated ; things for our happiness however, so our day turned out merely ; average. The next in the long string of FOTD images will appear ; in 24 hours and is likely to be another with a rating of 8-1/2. ; Until then, take care, and if life serves you a lime, trade it ; for a lemon and make lemonade. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Blobs_and_Things { ; time=0:01:15.00 SF5 at 2000MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=ident passes=1 center-mag=-0.831799168802/-0.000017810524/2e+007/\ 1/-45/0 params=1/0.5/-1/0.7/4/300/0/0 float=y maxiter=1250 inside=0 logmap=80 periodicity=6 colors=0002hu1iv0bm0We0QX0JP6610DG068g`yaWqXRiRNaM\ IVGDNB9F547duU`oRXjOTeLQ_JMVGIQDELABF87A535281u70m\ 70p60_60X50U50S40P40M30J30G20E20B108105002PCBOBANB\ AMA9LA9zAzz98z9zz88z87z8zz77z76m6zm66m6zc5zc5zc5zU\ 44U43U33K33K32K22A22A11A11211100000p9Vl8Ti7Rf7Pb6N\ _6LX5JT5HQ4FN3DJ3BG29D27915613301MlcLjaKh`JfZIeYIc\ WHaVG_UFZSEXREVPDTOCSMBQLBOKAMI9LH8JF7HE7FC6EB5CA4\ A8387375254132011mr1gk0ae0X_0RU0MO0GI0BC0560OKPNJO\ MINLIMKHLKGKJGKIFJHEIHEHGDGFCGECFDBEDADCACB9CA9BA8\ A979878768657656545434334323212111000OXpGMZ8BHZR8X\ P7WO7UN7TM6SL6QK6PJ5OI5MH5LG4KF4IE4HD4GC3EB3DA3C92\ A82972861651541430220110g1jCVSARO9zL7zH6zE4zA3z71z\ 3Mz3Lz2zz2zz2zz2zz2zz2zz2zz1zz1zz1zz1zz1zz1zz1zz0z\ z0zz0zz03z02z01z0gzKXzFMzABz56zz5zz5zz5zz5zz5zz4zz\ 4zz4zz4zz4zz3zz3zz3zz3zz3zz2z72z7GzdFzeEzfDzhCziBz\ jAzk9zm8zn7zo6zp5zr4zs3zt } frm:MandAutoCritInZ {; Jim Muth a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(((-a*b*g*h)^j)+(p4)), k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint ;