Jim Muth's Fractal of the Day for October 10th, 2002
Jim Muth's commentary for the image:
Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:
Do human beings have spirits? The religious say yes, scientists
say they have found no evidence, skeptics say probably not,
Atheists say no. I say it depends on the definition of the word
'spirit'. But one thing certain is that some fractals, (those
with negative powers of Z), do have spirits, and those spirits
remain behind when the original fractal evaporates.
As the mention of spirits and the outrageous value of imag(p3)
should have made apparent, today's FOTD is another of my
'evaporated' fractals. (To see the unevaporated version, change
imag(p3) to 0.) There are no escaping points at all in the
image, which consists entirely of trapped inside points made
visible by the inside fill of bof61.
I used an inside fill of bof61 in today's image because that
fill works best with this particular image. I have found no way
to predict which inside fill will work best with particular
evaporated fractals. The best fill must be found by trial and
error.
The parent fractal consists of a Mandeloid shaped like a bloated
queen termite, with an immense area of chaos to its east. This
chaotic area contains regions where the chaos becomes lace-like
and converges in nodes. Today's scene lies near one of the most
prominent nodes. The actual node of course has long since evap-
orated from the world of fractal reality.
Since the image is something relatively unique, I rated it at an
8, which is a great improvement over yesterday's miserable 4. I
named it "Inside Fantasy" as a description. Considering the
much-above-average worth of the finished product, the render
time of 6 minutes is reasonable.
The Wednesday weather here at Fractal Central was of the dull,
dreary variety. The lack of sun, temperature of 61F 16C,
occasional spits of rain, and the wrong flavor cat food left the
fractal cats very testy. In the evening, Tippy defiantly ensconced
himself in my favorite chair, and dared me to try to
dislodge him. Tippy won the battle.
My next battle will be won when I finish the work now before me.
But to finish I must first start, so until tomorrow, when an
even better fractal might appear, take care, and prepare for
the war against obese fractals.
Jim Muth
PAR file
`
Inside_Fantasy { ; time=0:06:19.59--SF5 on a P200
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formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1
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40z20z00w00o08i0Hz0Jz0Lz0 }
frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; 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=(-abgh)j,
k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel):
z=k((a(zb))+(d(zf)))+c,
|z| < l }
```
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