Do not go to the fractal image of June 2000. Today's version is a slight outzoom of the original image. The color has also been refined. ========================================================== CLASSIC FOTD, June 10, 2000 (Break-away Fractal [6]) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's fractal is another surrealistic scene created with one of the MandNewt formulae, which are actually the Ikenaga function in disguise. I chose formula number 1 to explore for today's image, and the formula did not let me down. As is the case with many images created with these formulas, the inside fill has been set to bof60, which has a tendency to create bubbles. The bof61 inside fill also works well with these formulas, as was demonstrated with yesterday's FOTD. The picture itself is another surrealistic one, with a mass of bubbly froth at the bottom and bubbles of assorted sizes and shapes all through the scene. The largest bubble is off-screen, though its lower part fills the upper left of the picture. The intense purple background speaks of infinite depth. I named the picture "A Head of Bubbles" when I noticed the effect of individual bubbles breaking away from the mass of froth. The parameter file takes all of 6-1/2 minutes to render on a P200 machine. If that is too slow, the GIF image file has been posted to Paul Lee's web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> The fractal weather today was quite warm, but without the oppressiveness we have so much of in this area in the summer. The temperature of 88F (31C) was a bit warmer than the fractal cats would have preferred, but they spent the afternoon on the back porch anyway. My philosophy once again floundered -- I'll try again tomorrow. Until then, take care, and when it's hot, try a cool fractal. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ A_Head_of_Bubbles { ; time=0:06:45.10--SF5 on a P200 reset=2000 type=formula formulafile=mandnewt.frm formulaname=MandNewt01 passes=1 center-mag=0.10382\ /0.313706/13.77989/1/-42.5/-1.2337353361147052e-014 params=-3.979/-3.596/1.305/-2.202/3.594/1.401 float=y maxiter=175 bailout=25 inside=bof60 logmap=yes symmetry=none periodicity=0 colors=000zzzzzzzyyxxyswyouyjsxgqxdpxaox_nwXmwUlwU\ kvUjvUiuUhuUgtUftUesUdsUcrUbrUaqU`qU_pUZpUYoUXnUWm\ UVlUUkTTjSSiRRhQQgPPfOOeNNdMMcLLbKKaJJ`IH_HFZGDYFB\ XEAWD9VC7TB6RA4O930c4zc6zc6zc6zc6zc7zc7zc7zc7zc7zc\ 7zc9zc9zc9zc9zc9zcAzcAzcAzcAzcAzcAzcCzcCzcCzcCzcCz\ cCzcCycCycDycDycDycFx00000000000000000000000000000\ 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\ 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\ 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\ 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\ 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\ 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\ 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\ 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\ 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\ 0000000000000000000000000 } frm:MandNewt01 {; Jim Muth z=c=pixel: a=z^3+(c-1)*z-(p1*c) b=3*z^2+(p2*c-1) z=z-p3*a/b .00005 <= |a| } END 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE==================================