FOTD -- September 25, 2009 (Rating 8) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: I was playing around with one of the older MandelbrotBC formulas (MandelbrotBC2) on Thursday when I came up with today's surpris- ingly good image. It is so good in fact that I crowned it FOTD for Sep 25. The parent fractal is a Mandeloid of the formula Z^(1.99)+C, as it appears 10 levels up the logarithmic ladder. This parent is a slightly distorted and rotated Mandelbrot set. Today's image is located in the Seahorse Valley of its parent. The striped effect was achieved by rendering the image with the outside set to 'tdis'. The 'tdis' outside also inspired the name "TDIS For All". The rating of an 8 is a fair comment on what I think of the image. The calculation time of 1-2/3 minutes will waste no one's time, that is unless they are totally disappointed with the result. The way to eliminate all risk of wasted time is to view the completed image on the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Thursday appeared to be a loss until 3pm, when the sun suddenly burst through the clouds just in time to give the fractal cats their hour in the sun. The temperature of 77F 25C could hardly have been better. My day was average, with little more to be said about it. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. If it does not appear as scheduled, you will know it did not make it. Until next time, take care, and ponder the improbable. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= TDIS_For_All { ; time=0:01:41.79-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotBC2 center-mag=-0.7431880192\ 1538760/+0.00305014005282306/1.955000e+011/1/11/0 params=1.99/0/10/0 float=y maxiter=1200 inside=0 passes=1 outside=tdis periodicity=10 colors=000883TISmSoRhq5ys4pl3gf2Z_2QU1HN08H00B77DE\ EELLGSSHZZIbWKeULiRMlPNoMPsKQvHRyFSlWFfTF`QFVNFQKF\ KHFEEF8BF39F2RM1gT1xZHUvQSuZRtfQtdUpcYlb`hadd`h`_k\ XZoTYrP_sOatNcuNdvMfwLhxLjyKkzKijNgWQeGTc1V_7WWCWS\ HWPNWLSWHXUEaUC_UBXmAUm9Rh8Oc7LZ6JU5HP6GK7FE8EG9DH\ ACJCBLDA0EA0FA0GA0HA0IA0JA0IE0II0IL0IP0ITQcWPc_Ozc\ NzfMzjLzmKzoPUqU_rZetbkugqwlvxpstqpqrnmrkjsigtfctd\ `uaYuZUvXRwUNwSKzPHzNDzKAzI7zOEzTKzYQqcXohblmhzrnz\ pnzonznnzlnzknzjnzhkzfhzdfzbcz``zZZtXWtVTzTRzROzPL\ zNJzLGzJDzHBzJCzKCzLDzNDzODdPEbRE_SEYTFVVFSWGQXGNZ\ GK_HI`HFaHDgx2OsB4oK8pKCpKGpKJqKNqKRqKVrKYrKarKesK\ isKlsKptKttKwtKrrInpHjoGfmFblEYjCUiBQgAMf9Id8Ec7I_\ BLXFOTISQMVMQYJTWGRUEPSCNQAMO8KM6IL4HQBMVHQ_NUdUZi\ _bmefkjYjoPbggV_zTXwSVtQSqPQoOUhNYaMaVMePBhe1juFkn\ SlhemarnWqlSqkOqiKphGpfCpe9uBonHmgNl`TjUZiNdgGjf9p\ d2vc1rf1nhHrbXuXkxSpRNUHD } frm:MandelbrotBC2 { ; by several Fractint users e=p1, a=imag(p2)+100, p=real(p2)+PI q=2*PI*floor(p/(2*PI)), r=real(p2)-q Z=C=Pixel: Z=log(Z) IF(imag(Z)>r) Z=Z+flip(2*PI) ENDIF Z=exp(e*(Z+flip(q)))+C |Z|<a } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================