February 29, 2012: Wild in the Wind | Feb. 28 | March 1 | 2011 | FOTD Home |
Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:
Today's
rather
unexceptional image lies in the debris on the northern shore line of
the parent fractal that comes about when the formula Z^(1.5)+C is
iterated at a strange level of 439.65 steps down the complex
logarithmic hyperladder, which is actually more of a hyperhelix than a
ladder.
Why I picked this level I cannot say. With the 'floor'
function
built into the formula, the same image could certainly have been found
at many other levels on the hyperladder.
To me, the parent fractal resembles a wild young woman speeding down
the road in a tricked out sports car with a large hood ornament, with
her hair flying behind her in the wind.
But don't get your hopes up. In today's image the only
remaining
sign of the wild woman is in the name of the image, "Wild in the
Wind". All we have to show in the FOTD image is a fractal
scene
with routine features.
If more of the woman were in the image, it might have earned a much
higher rating. As it is, I could give it a rating no higher
than
a 7.
The 55 seconds it takes to run the parameter file will pass in a flash.
Heavy clouds and steady rain here at Fractal Central, with a few stray
snowflakes mixed in, made today a day to be forgotten. The
fractal cats, large Nicholas and small Cassie, forgot the day soon
after it began, when FL brought out a battery operated toy cockroach
that gave them great exercise all morning.
The two humans had another typical day in a typical small town,
wondering where humanity went wrong. The next FOTD, the first
of
a new month, will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take
care,
and if everything is an illusion, then I must be an illusion
also. But what is imagining that I exist?
Jim Muth
jimmuth@earthlink.net
START PARAMETER FILE=======================================
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frm:MandelbrotBC2 { ; by several Fractint users
e=p1, a=imag(p2)+100, p=real(p2)+PI
q=2*PI*floor(p/(2*PI)), r=real(p2)-q
Z=C=Pixel:
Z=log(Z)
IF(imag(Z)>r)
Z=Z+flip(2*PI)
ENDIF
Z=exp(e*(Z+flip(q)))+C
|Z|<a }
END PARAMETER FILE=========================================