All my investigations of Jim's FOTX -- July 04, 2016 are (unless otherwise noted): - Logmap changed from Jim's -1040 to 0 - 5X oversampled (to 27 mega-pixel images) - anti-aliased with slight sharpening Viewing the images full size gives best results. Jim's FOTX -- July 04, 2016: Jim's FOTD has a generous supply of nicely distributed 3-armed spirals: http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/2016/F160704.jpg The FOTX's "parent" fractal: http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/2016/F160704Z.jpg Enlargement of the FOTX's "parent" fractal: Nothing appears unusual, except perhaps the "lake" color: http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/2016/F160704Y.jpg - The "lake" color is also the unusual color index, 255, rather than the typical zero. I used the "e" color editor's "v" command to get access to the color at color index 255. Out the negative Y-axis: http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/2016/F160704X.jpg - I set the "lake" color to black -- as a personal preference. Zoom into "X", rotated 90 degrees. This colorful image is centered on the location where the two, long, tapering "fingers" of Seahorse Valley usually approach each other infinitely closely (the fingers are from the left and right in this image.) However, here, they are terminated before they meet in the center. http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/2016/F160704W.jpg - Maxiter changed from -1040 to 4000 Near the center of "W". The center of some interesting trash in the top yellow bulge, down into the center, intense purple area: http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/2016/F160704U.jpg - Maxiter changed from -1040 to 4000 - I rarely change Jim's color map, but the background of this image was bright white, shading to pale yellow in the corners -- and I set these ~16 highest color map locations to black. In retrospect, I may not have enhanced the image by doing so. My interest in the image is primarily its arrangement of scattered familiar types of features. - REQUEST: I find that as I move my gaze around the image in the black areas, that fleeting afterimages of the bright areas appear in the black areas. I'd like to hear whether or not that happens for anyone else, as my eyes are "tired" right now, and I'm not sure whether or not the effect is just my tired eyes playing tricks on me. - Hal Lane ######################## # hallane@earthlink.net ######################## -----Original Message----- From: Fractint [mailto:fractint-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Jim Muth Sent: Monday, July 4, 2016 7:31 PM To: fractint@mailman.xmission.com Subject: [Fractint] FOTX -- July 04, 2016 FOTD -- July 04, 2016 (Rating A-8, M-8.5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Welcome back to the latest incarnation of the FOTD, a real blast from the past, when the art aspect of fractals, along with their complex math, was the trendy thing among the intelligentsia of the then modern world. Those halcyon days are gone of course, along with the final traces of my optimistic view of the world and its burden of humanity. But the abstract world of fractals continues unchanged, and always will continue in its strange state of semi-existence, even long after the planet has vanished and no life remains in the heat-dead universe. Due to recent world events and the poor outlook for the future, my mood of cynical depression has grown stronger over the past several weeks. The fractals have been so few and far between because I find it hard to write the FOTD discussion without drifting into controversial, off-topic things such as religion, philosophy, science and technology, mysticism, not to mention politics. And all of these would likely lead to debates on the list that would be more appropriate elsewhere on the net. Today's fractal, which I named "Mangled MandelMini" features a mangled minibrot that is filled with strange fractal stuff rather than being empty, as all proper mandel midgets should be. The generating formula draws weird four-dimensional Mandelbrot sets. I'm not sure how the formula works, since today's real(p4) parameter is so minute that it should have no effect. But change this parameter to total zero and see how important that infinitesimal one-googolth is to the appearance of the central minibrot, which loses all its detail and can be made into a flat black. The art rates an 8, since I did put a little extra effort into the image. The math rates an 8.5 because of the mysteriously great effect of the tiny real(p4) parameter. The weather here at Fractal Central today was cloudy with occasional rain, a most depressing Independence Day outcome. The fractal cats spent most of the day watching for stray cats and pigeons. When a prowling tomcat leaped onto the outer window sill, Nicholas sent it scampering for safety with one mighty yell, startling even the two lady fractal cats. FL spent a half hour or so telling me I should develop a more positive attitude, but was unable to give me any good reason to look for a 'bright side'.
From the way it looks now, the next FOTD will be posted in a few days. Of course there is absolutely no guarantee. Until whenever, take care, and I'll cheer up when religion, science and politics join together in one harmonious self-consistent discipline that satisfies and brings peace to everyone on earth. Now does anyone wish to tell me that I am not a dreamer?
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