Jim, For artistic or esoteric beauty I'd make this closer to an 8. Jim LaCasse
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FOTD -- October 13, 2004 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's fractal is named "Circle-Limit". And why not? The formula that drew it is named 'escher_julia', and Escher drew several similar pictures which he named 'Circle Limit'. The 'escher_julia' formula draws circles filled with a variety of Julia-set parts. For today's image I chose a point near Seahorse Valley of the Mandelbrot set as the starting para- meters. These parameters only partly fill the circle with 'outside' features. Much of what appears inside the circle is 'inside' stuff. This presents no problem. I rendered the image with the inside set to 'bof61', which gives a nice shaded back- ground to the 'outside' features inside the circle. The image is a kind of graphic representation of a space of negative curvature, in which there is more space out there than would seem possible. In such a space, things appear smaller than their distance would indicate. If our universe has such a curvature, it will expand forever until it dies a slow death from increasing entropy. At least that is the old idea. But we are currently wrestling with all kinds of new forces and new ideas about the fate of the universe, and I'm not sure what its fate is now theorized to be. And even if we do determine its fate, how do we know that the universe will actually do what we theorize it must? It's all simply an interesting intellectual exercise. Today's image is a little above the average run of FOTD images, and earned an honest 6. Its speedy render time of 25 seconds results in an overall value of a huge 1395. The image may be viewed by booting the Fractint program and running the included parameter file, or by downloading the completed GIF file from the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Tuesday was a bit chilly here at Fractal Central, but the sun was warm and the wind was light, permitting the fractal cats two pleasant midday hours of lounging on the porch, enjoying the sun. They took all the porch sun they could get. The sun is dropping lower, already skimming the tops of the holly trees even at midday, and in a week or so, the porch will be shaded all day. This morning I see clouds already moving in. With clouds and occasional rain expected for the rest of the week, the cats will likely be disappointed. With the today's fractal rating above average, I feel reasonably satisfied, but far better things should be possible, so I'll try again tomorrow on another formula. Until then, take care, and be careful not to bump into a fractal in the dark. Some of them have very jagged edges. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Circle-Limit { ; time=0:00:25.82--SF5 on a P200 reset=2003 type=escher_julia passes=1 bailout=4 center-mag=-2.22045e-016/2.22045e-016/0.9735202 params=-0.765/0.1 float=y maxiter=75 inside=bof61 logmap=yes symmetry=origin periodicity=10 colors=00020N20N90L000M0JS0Ij_czzzlzzirznhH_gKZXcc\ XRcRVcMicN_cNacOchOdhPfmPhmPirSOwU3h_6Zd9PiBPjBOjB\ OjBNjBNkBMkBMkBLkBLlBKlBKlBJmBJmBImBs28t17t17u16u1\ 6v05v05w04w04t35r55p75nA6lC6jE6hH7fJ7cL7aN7_Q8YS8W\ U8UX9HnHSZ9Q`9Nb9LeAJgAHiAFlBDnBBpB0EP1FO1GO1GO1HO\ 1HO1IN1IN1JN2KN2KN2LM2LM2MM2MM2NM2OL3OL3PL3PL3QL3Q\ K3RK3SK3SK4TK4TJ4UJ4UJ4VJ4WJ4WI4XI5XI5YI5YI5ZI5_H5\ _H5`H5`H6aH6aG6bG6cG6cG6dG6dF6eF7eF7fF7gF7gE7hE7hE\ 7iE7iE8jD8kD8kD8lD8lD8mC8mC8nC9oC9oC9pB9pB9qB9qB9r\ BLWXKXWKYVJZUJ_UJ_TI`SIaRHbRHbQHcPGdOGeOFeNFfMFgME\ hLEiKDiJDjJDkIClHClGBmGBnFBoEAoDApD9qC9rByzcwybvya\ uy`ty`ry_qxZpxZoxYmxXlxXkwWjwVhwVgwUfwTewTdvSbvRav\ R`vQ_vPYuPXuOWuNVuNTuMStLRtLQtKPtJNtJMtILsHKsHIsGH\ sFGsFFrEDrDCrDBrCArB7dn8el8fj8gh8gf8hd8ib8i`8jZ8kX\ 8kV9lT9mR9nP9nN9oL9pJ9pH9qF9rDjYAiZBhZBhZBg_Bg_Bf_\ Bf_Be`Be`Bd`BdaBcaBcaBbaB } END PARAMETER FILE========================================= _______________________________________________ Fractint mailing list Fractint@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint