FOTD -- November 06, 2009 (Rating 8) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image is named "Sixteen Candles", and it is not hard to see why. The sixteen brilliantly colored basins surrounding the central minibrot certainly do stand out like candles in a dimly lit room. The parent fractal involves Mandeloids of orders 2 and minus-3. I'll not try to describe the parent fractal this combination produces, but it's certainly worth a quick look. After a moment's consideration, I rated today's image at a rather impressive 8, not too bad for an image created during a half-hour work break. But I must admit that most of the coloring was created not by me, but by a stroke of the <enter> key. The calculation time of just under 2 minutes will pass like a flash in the dark. To avoid all risk of impatience, the completely rendered image is or soon will be posted on the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Periods of brilliant sun alternated with heavy clouds and sharp showers here at Fractal Central on Thursday. Just before sunset a rainbow appeared in a passing shower, ending the day with a burst of splendor. The fractal cats, who do not enjoy showers and rainbows, thought the temperature of 46F 8C was too chilly for comfort and spent most of the day near the hallway radiator. My day was spent working at the FC computer, which is positioned with a window to the side, allowing a view of the outside condi- tions with a glance to the left. Unless something unexpected comes up, the next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and don't be caught texting or you'll be twittered. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Sixteen_Candles { ; time=0:01:55.80-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=AllNewDivideBrot function=recip float=y center-mag=+28.3662156592203/0/2.48e+011/1 inside=0 params=-3/-1000000000 maxiter=3200 symmetry=xaxis logmap=405 periodicity=10 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=000NAD000E0KHIBH5DH7FH9IGBKGDMGFPGHRFJTFLWF\ NYFP_FRaEVODZBFZEHZHJZKLZNNZQPZTRZWTZZVZ`PNLJC5IE6\ IG7IH8HJ9HKAHMBGNCGPCGQDFSEFNFFHKENHEbIEcIDWGCUFBR\ EAPCANB9KA8I97G76D66B559346234132045457769A7BE8DH9\ FK9HNAJRBLUCNXDP`ERcFTfFViKRkONlTJmXFnaBoe8pb7q`6q\ Z6rX5rV4sT4sQ3tO2tM2uK1uI0vG0vH4uH8uICuIGuIKuJOtJS\ tKWtK_tKcteiXfVdYMaVUbSacPidMpdOmeQjeSheUeeWczYmz_\ ZzamzcTzeRzgOfiMfkJflHfkFdjEciDbiBahA`g9_f7Yf6Xe5W\ d3Vc2Uc1TYHYSWbMkgHzkGrlFkmEcnEXoDPpCIqCBrMvYFhK8W\ 69PG9IQ9Bs94zP6mc8Qr9Hl8Jg8Kb8MX7NS7PN7QI7RJATKCVL\ EWMHYMJ_NL`ONbPQdQSeQUgRWiSZjT`lUbnUdoVapWZqXWrYTs\ ZQt_Nu`LvaJrbIocHldGieFffEcgD`gCYhBViASj9Pk8Ml7Jm6\ Gn5DnKAoP9pU9pZ9qc8qh8rm8sr7sv7tz7tk6uz6us6pz9krBg\ zDbqFZzIUqzPpzzpzKpzzozLozzozRqzUrWXtz_uZbvzexhhyz\ kzrnzzqzztzzwzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz } frm:AllNewDivideBrot { ; Jim Muth z=(0,0), c=pixel, a=-(real(p1)-2), b=imag(p1)+0.00000000000000000001: z=b*(z^2*fn1(z^(a)+b))+c |z| < 1000000 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================