FOTD -- April 05, 2012 (Rating 8) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today, we take the third and so far the best venture into the parent fractal of April 2. We explore the area around the large Julia-like hole just southeast of the circular main bay of the parent. Today's scene is not in this hole itself, but a little southwest of it. The image raises hopes that far better scenes might lie in the parent fractal, which at first glance seems too chaotic to hold much of value. I'll stick with the parent for a few more days, then, if nothing much turns up, I'll move on. I named the image "The Richest Field" because of the over- abundance of intense colors. These colors, combined with the near-circular ring of eight open areas around the central minibrot, earn a rating of an honorable 8. The calculation time of 2-1/2 minutes seems a fair price for the image, but sometimes fractalists are simply too busy to spare even this time. Here is where the web sites come to the rescue. Today's finished image is posted on the official FOTD web site at: <http://www.crosscanpuzzles.com/Archives.html> The high-definition version is posted at: <http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html> All the past images are available at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> Sunny skies and a slightly chilly temperature of 54F 12C made today perfectly acceptable here at Fractal Central, at least for the humans. The fractal cats waited on their shelf in the southwest window for the sun, which was so strong outside, but they were disappointed when the sun merely skimmed the edge nearest the window. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and as disquieting as it might be, it could be time to let go of the concept of a totally objective reality. Jim Muth jimmuth@earthlink.net START PARAMETER FILE======================================= The_Richest_Field { ; time=0:02:30.00 SF5 at 2000MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=recip float=y center-mag=-7.928037255597731/-31.31152996635444/\ 3.897e+009/1/-130/0 params=-1.3/-3.3/-3.3/-1.3/0/0\ /0/0 maxiter=2000 inside=0 logmap=236 periodicity=6 colors=000EF0770chSX`NQUIKMEDF9674WBtP8hJ6YC4M62Bg\ uUkwNakIS_DJO99C4czSa2fb1WQ1LD0AqWOiRKaMHUIDNDAF96\ 7438wv6kj4_Z3ON1CBAuC7f95T62E3KluGckDWaAOT6GJ389Kz\ aFjSAVJ5F9Gy3Eq2Ci2Aa18V16N14F0270fk4KdUAKF1Bz07e0\ 3LgTCZN9QH7HB4852SKvLFgEAT75ExCUpAQh9Ma7IU6FM4Bf_t\ `ckVfcPiWJmODpG7s81v04r47n7AkADgEGcHJ`KLXOOURRQUUM\ YXJ`_FcaCfXNcSX`NfYIpWGmUFkSEhQDfOCdMBaKA_I9XH8VF7\ TD6QB5O94L73J52H46I69I7CJ8FJ9IJAMKCPKDSLEVLFYLGaMI\ dMJgNKjNLmNMgQNbTOYWPTZPOaQJdREgS9iSFfTKdTPaTV_T_X\ TdVTiNXnG_r9boGamM`jT_hZ_edZckY`qXZwXZwWZwWYwV`_XZ\ aZXc`WebVd`Vd_UdZUdYTdWTdVSdUSdTRdSRdQQdPQdOPdNPdL\ OdKOdJNdINdHMcMMbRMaWL``L_dLZiKYnKXsKXwMYtNZqO_nP`\ kQahSbeTcbUd_VeXWfUYgRZhO_iL`jIakFclCdm9en6fo3go1f\ n4en6dn9cnBcnDbnGanI`nK_nN_nPZnRYnUXnWXnYWn`VnbUnd\ TngTniSnkRnnQnpQnrUppYqo`sndtmhukkwjoxiryhpwfovdnu\ bmt`lsZkrYjqWipUhnSgmQflP } 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=========================================