Temple of the Northern Wind

Sometimes not so much colors are required in order to produce a nice image

Magnification in a 2D-slice of the four dimensional cubic parameter space using the standard parameterizing z -> z^3 - 3a^2 z + b, critical points z = +a (making the set M+) and z = -a (making the set M-).

*a_real = 0.4
*a_imag = #pixel (horizontal)
*b_real = 0
*b_imag = #pixel (vertical)

Both M+ and M- plotted in separate layers.

No filters or postprocessing except anti-aliasing.

Ultra Fractal, formula Cubic Parameterspace3 in the sp3-module written by my dear friend Stig Pettersson, Greenseng here at DeviantART. All his modules, as well as mine can be downloaded from [link]

More info about Cubics can be found at my Cubic Tutorial [link] and the "cubic" articles in my Chaotic series [link]

Below the parameter file. Play and have fun

NorthernWind {
fractal:
title="NorthernWind" width=640 height=480 layers=2
credits="Ingvar Kullberg;10/12/2007"
layer:
method=multipass caption="M-" opacity=70 mergemode=lighten
mapping:
center=0/0.79203125 magn=5.6140351
formula:
maxiter=10000 filename="sp3.ufm" entry="CubicParameterspace3"
p_PlottedPlane="5.(a-imag,b-imag)" p_M=M- p_SetBorders=no p_hide=yes
p_areal=0.4 p_aimag=0.0 p_breal=0.0 p_bimag=0.0 p_xrot=0.0
p_yrot=0.0 p_xrott=0.0 p_yrott=0.0 p_zrot=0.0 p_LocalRot=no
p_diff=no p_bailout=100.0 p_dbailout=1E-6
inside:
transfer=none
outside:
transfer=linear
gradient:
smooth=yes index=9 color=657930 index=48 color=16777205 index=104
color=655360 index=142 color=16724058
opacity:
smooth=no index=0 opacity=255
layer:
method=multipass caption="M+" opacity=100
mapping:
center=0/0.79203125 magn=5.6140351
formula:
maxiter=10000 filename="sp3.ufm" entry="CubicParameterspace3"
p_PlottedPlane="5.(a-imag,b-imag)" p_M=M+ p_SetBorders=no p_hide=yes
p_areal=0.4 p_aimag=0.0 p_breal=0.0 p_bimag=0.0 p_xrot=0.0
p_yrot=0.0 p_xrott=0.0 p_yrott=0.0 p_zrot=0.0 p_LocalRot=no
p_diff=no p_bailout=100.0 p_dbailout=1E-6
inside:
transfer=none
outside:
transfer=linear
gradient:
smooth=yes index=9 color=657930 index=48 color=16777205 index=104
color=655360 index=142 color=16724058
opacity:
smooth=no index=0 opacity=255
}