; Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:17:33 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 11-02-13 (Something Else is Wrong [7 and 9.5]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20130211201608.2bffdcca@earthlink.net> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- February 11, 2013 (Rating 7 and 9.5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image earns two ratings, a 7 for the artistic worth and ; a 9.5 for the mathematical interest. The mathematical rating ; reflects the mystery of what is happening in the image. The ; iterated expression subtracts 0.35 part of Z^4 from Z^3 and adds ; straight C on each iteration, yet the image features a lopsided ; cubic minibrot and a not-quite-critical-looking hexic minibrot, ; both lying side-by-side. And to add to the mystery, the deeper ; we go into the image, the closer the minibrots approach the ; quadratic variety until nothing remains but the usual quadratic ; ones. ; ; The parent fractal is not all that unusual -- a Mandelbrot set ; rotated 180 degrees with a hole at the terminus of every ; filament. The hole at the end of the main spike, which in ; today's parent points east, is unusually interesting in that it ; has a well-defined valley along the positive X-axis on its east ; side. Today's scene lies rather deep in this valley. ; ; The artistic part of the image reflects my increasingly cynical ; and depressing view of the modern world we have created for ; ourselves. As the years pass, I find depressing deep blue ; colors creeping ever more often into my images, such as those ; that abound in the outer parts of today's scene. ; ; The name "Something Else is Wrong" expresses my feelings when I ; saw the two incompatible minibrots lying side-by-side in the ; same area of the same parent. ; ; The terraced effect was achieved by rendering the image with the ; 'outside' parts set to 'tdis', a setting that is quite effective ; at adding life to images that appear dead with the outside set ; to 'iter'. ; ; The calculation time of 2-1/4 minutes might appear slow to those ; with only marginal interest in fractals. The web sites can make ; fractals much more interesting for these few. ; ; Check the completed image at: ; ; ; ; and high-definition variations at: ; ; ; ; and the thousands of back images at: ; ; ; ; Early morning rain ended by 9am here at Fractal Central today, ; but the heavy clouds and fog hung on for most of the day, while ; the mild temperature of 45F +7C improved things only a little. ; The fractal cat passed most of the day sleeping, an activity ; that is hard to make interesting. The humans passed the day ; working, an activity that is equally uninteresting to report. ; ; The next FOTD will be posted when it is ready, which most likely ; will be sometime tomorrow. Until that glorious moment arrives, ; take care, and let's pass a law banning all disagreement. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jimmuth@earthlink.net ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Something_is_Wrong { ; time=0:02:15.00 SF5 at 2000MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=ident passes=1 center-mag=+0.4486436381/+0.00005502463/72716.29/1\ /-107.5/0 params=1/3/-0.35/4/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=3000 inside=0 outside=tdis sound=off colors=00000D00E00G00H00J00F00D00B0090070050GV00B0\ 0D02F04H06J08L0AN0CP0ES0GV0IY0K`0Mc0Oe0Qg5SiAUkFWn\ KYqP_tU`vZancaghc`mdUneTneSneSneRoeRoeQoeQoePoeOpe\ OpmNpmNpmMpmMzm0zmDzmCzmCzmBzmBzmAzmArm9xm9vmDumGt\ mJsmNrmQpmTomWzm_zmbzmezmhcmdWmaOmZRmYUmXXmW_mWbzV\ dzUgzTjzTmzSpzRszQuzQtzPszPszOrzOrzOrzPrzQrzRrzSrz\ TrzUrzVrzWrzXrzYrzZrz_rz`rzarzbrzbqz`qzZqzYqsWpsUp\ tTptRptQotOotMouLouJnuHnzGnzEnzDfzOZzZRziWzm`zpezt\ jzwozz6zoXzYwzHyzJvzqdznNzl5zj6ze7za8zY9NUARQBUMBX\ IF`MIcPMgSPjVTnYWq`_ucbxf`naZdYYVTWLPUBKT2GRKmNQjJ\ WgF`dLXUQTKWPA`L0C1IA7Q9DY7Je6PmWTkuXitabsfXrkRqpL\ ptFptEqhGrYHrMJsBKs0Lh9UZHbPQkFYsH_rJ`qLapMboOcnQe\ mSflrv_TglVhkXijZji_lhamgcnfeoefpehqdjscltbmuaov`q\ w_l49m8BmBDnFEnIGnLHoPJoSLoVMpZOpaPpdRqhTqkUqnWrrX\ ruZO3rQ6qR9pTCoUFnWHmXKlZNk_QjaSibVhdYhe`ggbfheejh\ dkkcmmbnpaps`qv_aQ8bSAcUB } 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 ;