; Date: Wed, 22 May 2013 15:41:45 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 21-05-13 (The Littlest Angle [M-6,A-6]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20130522154147.2a07f1a4@earthlink.net> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- May 21, 2013 (Rating M-6,A-6) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image is named "The Littlest Angle", not "The Littlest ; Angel", which is a Christmas story. I gave it this name because ; when I first saw the fractal object, it resembled a tiny angel, ; but when I zoomed in, it turned into the curious angular pattern ; in the image. The scene was created by the HyperMandelbrot2 ; formula, though it could just as easily have been created by the ; hard-coded 'manzpwr' formula. ; ; The location is on the X-axis, on the western edge of Seahorse ; Valley of the parent HyperMandelbrot set, which has begun to ; collapse into the X-axis. ; ; Typical 4-D overlapping and blending fills the scene, the ; features with the lower iteration count always prevailing. ; ; The whole image rates a 6 for both mathematical and artistic ; worth. Actually, the artistic value could have been raised a ; point or so if I had replaced the sickly green outer regions ; with a healthier hue. ; ; Perhaps the best feature on the image is its very brief ; calculation time of 45 seconds. The web sites can cut this time ; even more. ; ; Enrich your life by viewing the finished image on the official ; FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; and the high-resolution variations at: ; ; ; ; Scads of the older FOTD images are online at: ; ; ; ; Lots of sun prevailed all morning here at Fractal Central, ; leading to a sunny afternoon with a temperature of 90F 32C, ; which was quite warm enough to please the fractal cat, who kept ; busy watching for stray cats. In the human department, the most ; exciting event came in the morning when two aspiring tomcats got ; into a fight in the back yard. ; ; The next FOTD will be posted when the time is right, which means ; at any time more than 20 hours from now. Until whenever, take ; care, and there has been another disaster. I wonder why, in ; times of such disasters, people pray for help to the same power ; that sent the disaster or could easily have prevented it, but ; decided instead to sit on its divine butt and blithely watch its ; so-called beloved children suffer. ; ; I guess we feel it's necessary to keep the faith even when it ; makes no rational sense. But we surely do admit our ignorance ; and confusion when we lamely state that God works in mysterious ; ways. As I see it, something must be very wrong with our ; popular image of God. When I get to the divine throne to be ; judged, I'll bring a good defense lawyer and have lots of ; questions to ask the judge! ; ; BTW, Despite all this, I am a confirmed believer. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jimmuth@earthlink.net ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= The_Littlest_Angle { ; time=0:00:45.00 SF5 at 2000MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=HyperMandelbrot2 center-mag=-0.751204809666/0/1050025/1/90/0 params=0/0/0/0/0/0/0.03/0 float=y maxiter=1750 inside=255 logmap=218 periodicity=0 colors=0001902A03C04E06G08I0AK0CM0EO0GQ0IS0KU0IW0H\ Y0G_0Ea0Dc0Ce0Ag09h28h5Ag9BfCDeFEdIGcLHaOJ`RK_UMZX\ NY_PWbQVeSUhTTkVSnWRqTUmRUiOUeMUbJUZHUVEUSCUO9UK7U\ H4UD2U90U66UBCUGIUKOUPUUT_UY`UbaUfbUkcUocUmcUkcUic\ UhcUfcUqcUmcUicUecUacUXcUTcUPcULcUHcUDcUFcUHcUIcUK\ eVMgWNiXRkYUmZYo_`q`cs`fs`isakobhkeehibdj_aja_jcYj\ hWjmVlrTnvXpzYrzZtw_vr`xoaymWvhQseKpaEmZ8jV2gS5dT7\ aUAZVCWVFTWHQXKNXMKYOHZREZTB_W8`Y5``3ab2bd1bi9enGg\ sNjxUlwWnvXouZpu_qtarsbssctobolbjhbeeaaaaXZaSV`OS`\ JO`EL`AMaDMaFMbHMbJMbLMcNMcPMdRMdTMdVOaRPZNQXJSUFT\ RBUP8PN6KM5GK4BJ37I2CM6HQ9LUDQYGVaKZeNUPRP8VM7SK6Q\ I5OG4ME4KB3H92F71D50B30945A59A5DA6HB7LB7PB8TB9YC9a\ CAeCBiDBmDCqDCuDdvFctLcrQcpVcn_cldcjichnmndvtVuiWt\ ZWsPWrEWq4Wo7UnASlDQkGOjJMhMKgPIfSGdVEcYCb`A`c8_f6\ Zh4_f5_d6_c6`a7`_8`Z8aX9aVAaUAbSBbQCbPCZTDWXES_FPc\ GLfHIjIFmIHjGIgFJeDKbCL`B } frm:HyperMandelbrot2 {; periodicity must be turned off a=(p1),b=(p2): q=sqr(a)-sqr(b)+pixel, b=(p3+2)*a*b+p4, a=q, |a|+|b| <= 100 } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint ;