; Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2012 08:39:54 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 13-04-12 (Elephant Variations [No Rating]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20120414084236.2b4f7294@earthlink.net> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- April 13, 2012 (No Rating) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's FOTD is not a simple repeat of a scene all fractalists ; have seen hundreds of times. It is the exposition of a theme. ; The next several FOTD's will be variations on the theme, which ; is the East Valley elephants. ; ; The valley on the positive X-axis of the Mandelbrot set is known ; as "East Valley". It is also known as "Elephant Valley". The ; image shows why it has earned the name "Elephant Valley". ; ; The image consists of two steadfast elephants standing guard ; over their appointed buds. The buds as well as the elephants ; are of order-49 and 48, and are found on the southern shore line ; of East Valley. ; ; East Valley elephants are not nearly as faithful as it appears ; however, especially when they are viewed only in their ; Mandelbrot aspect. A change in the orientation of the view can ; make them lose track of their buds, or even change into weird ; animals that resemble giraffes more than elephants. ; ; The name "Elephant Variations" indicates that I will be playing ; various tricks with the elephants in upcoming FOTD images, ; seeing how long they can remain faithful to their buds. I will ; also check the dismembered and multiple elephants that result ; when the exponent of Z is changed. ; ; Since there is little new or surprising stuff in today's image, ; I have given it no rating. Perhaps the best point of the image ; is its almost non-existent calculation time of around 10 seconds. ; ; In today's case, visiting the official FOTD web site and viewing ; the finished image at: ; ; ; ; could be more of a chore than simply running the parameter file. ; ; A rendering in high definition, which might reveal a bit of ; hidden deail, is available at: ; ; ; ; The entire colossal library of FOTD back images for the past 15 ; years is posted at: ; ; ; ; The slow improvement in the weather continued today here at ; Fractal Central, with mostly sunny skies decorated with a few ; small cottonpuff clouds, and a temperature of 63F 17C. The ; fractal cats approved of the weather conditions, but they did ; not approve of the stray feral cats wandering the neighborhood. ; ; The humans have nothing against cats either domesticated or ; feral, but are still careful not to leave food lying about ; outside. The next FOTD, the first of the series of elephant ; variations, will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, ; and people should be careful to avoid claiming that they know ; something when actually they only believe it. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jimmuth@earthlink.net ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= ElephantVariations { ; time=0:00:10.00 SF5 at 2000MHZ reset=2004 type=mandel center-mag=+0.2540427803/\ -0.0004256723/7978/1/10.95/0 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=65000 inside=0 logmap=47 periodicity=6 colors=000fPMfQMfQMfRMfSNfTNfTNfUNfVOfVOfWOfXOfXOf\ YPfZPf_Pf_Pf`QfaQfaQfbQfcQfdRfdRfeRffRffSfgSfhSfhS\ fiSfjTfkTfkTflTfmUfmUfnUfnUfnUdnWcmXamY`lZZl_Yk`Xk\ aVjbUjcSieRifPhgOhhNgiLgjKfkIflHemGdnFclFbkEajE`hE\ _gD_fDZfDYdDXcCWbCUaCT_BSZBRYBQWAPVAOUANS9MR9KQ8JP\ 8JN8JM7IL7HK7GK6FK6EK8DKACKCBKEAKG9KI8JK7IM6HO5GQ4\ FP3EP2DO2CO2BO2AN29N29M29M28M28L28L28K28K28K28A28A\ 27A27I27I27H27F27A27A27F26F26F26C26D26F16K16K16H16\ K15K15K15K15K15K25K35K45K64K86KA8MCAOECQGDSIEUKFWM\ GYOH_QIaSJcUKeWMgYOi_QkaSh_QdYOaVMYSKVPHRMFOJEKGCH\ DADA8A76644N16M15L15L15K15K15K15K15K15K15K15L15M14\ N14O14P14Q14S14U14U14U14V14W14X13Y13_13a13c13c13d1\ 3e13f13g13h1Am2Am1Km1Km1Km1Um1Um1Um1Um1cm1cm1cm1cm\ 1mm1mm1mm1mm1zm1zm1zm1zm1zm1zm1zm1zm1zm1zm1zm1zm1z\ m1zm1zm1zm1zm1zmAnmAlmAkmAimAzmAzmAzmAzmAzmAzmAzmA\ zmAzmAzmAzmAzmAzmAzmAzmAz } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint ;