FOTD -- February 12, 2011 (Rating 7.5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's 7.5 rated image lies in the same parent fractal as yesterday's failure of an image. True, it lies in a different part of the parent, but this has little to do with the improve- ment. Most of the improvement is a result of the additional work I put into the coloring. Yesterday's 3-rated image is just a mass of colors scattered haphazardly, with no apparent order, while today's image has a unifying theme of subtlety. There are no patches of brilliant gaudy colors in today's scene, only a rather soothing blend of subtle pastel tints, almost resulting in a gray-scale image. Since it did take a bit of effort to achieve this subtlety, I rewarded myself with a half-point bonus. The name "At-One-Ment" spells 'atonement' when the caps and hyphens are removed. It indicates that today's image is an atonement for the sorry excuse of an image I posted yesterday. The calculation time of 1-1/2 minutes is certainly a far better deal than the 12 minutes required for yesterday's image. And even this brief effort may be avoided by checking the currently active FOTD web site at: <http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html> where the finished image is posted. The original FOTD web site may be accessed at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> but the last time I checked, it was not up to date. Friday here at Fractal Central began with a bone-chilling temper- ature of +5F -15C. It warmed to above freezing in the afternoon but then a veil of clouds moved in, weakening the sun and disap- pointing the two fractal cats. My day was close to normal. FL is quite enthused about the revo- lution in Egypt. I think it has brought back memories of the anti-Vietnam War protests she took part in so many years ago. (Where did those 40 years go?) It will not be 40 years before the next FOTD is posted. It will be more like 24 hours. Until then, take care, and be ready for whatever might be coming. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= At-One-Ment { ; time=0:01:32.22-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=recip center-mag=+4.743324406103668/+1.399148419346652/\ 1.675267e+010/1/-12.5/0 params=-1.1/-11/-11/-1.1/0\ /525/0/0 float=y maxiter=1500 inside=0 logmap=199 colors=000LANK9MK4MJ8LJ4LI7KI4KH6JH4JG5IG4IF5HF4HE\ 5GE4GD5FD4FC5DC4DB5CB4CA4CA4D94E94E84F84G84H84I84I\ 94I95IA5IA6IB6HB7GC7GC8FD8ED9EE9FEAFFAGFAGGAHGAIHB\ JHBJICKICKJDLJDLKEMKFMLFNLGNMGOMHONHPNIPOIQOIQPJRP\ JRQKSQKSRLTRLTSMUSMUTNVTNVUOWUOWVPXVPXWQYWQYXRZXRZ\ YS_YS_ZT`ZT`_Ua_Ua`Vb`VbaWcaWcbXdbXdbXdcYecYedZfdZ\ fe_ge_gf`hf`hgaigaihbjhbjickickjdljdlkemkemlfnlfnm\ gomgonhpnhpoiqoiqpjrpjrqksqksrltrltsmusmutnvtnvuow\ uowvpxvpxwqywqyxrzxrzyszyszztzztzzuzzuzzvzzwzzwzzx\ zzxzzyzzyzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzyzzyzzxzzxzzwzzwzz\ vzzvzzvzzvzzuzzuzztzztzyszyszxrzxrzwqywqyvpxvpxuow\ uowtnvtnvsmusmurltrltqksqkspjrpjroiqoiqnhpnhpmgomg\ olfnlfnkemlemmdlndlockpckqbjrbjsaitaiu`hv`hw_gx_gy\ `fzafzbezcezddzedzfdzgczhczibzjbzkazlazm`zn`zo_zp_\ zqZzrZzsYztYzuXzvXzwWzxWzyVzzVzzUzzUzzTzzTzzSzzSzz\ RzzRzzQzzQzzPzzPzzOzzOzzN } frm:MandAutoCritInZ {; Jim Muth a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(((-a*b*g*h)^j)+(p4)), k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================