FOTD -- December 20, 2008 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image lies in the parent fractal that results when a Mandelbrot set begins turning into a Z^(-33)+C Mandeloid. This parent fractal catches the Z^(-33)+C Mandeloid just starting to emerge. In this case the change is created by the tiny value of -(9*10^0000000000000000001), which is entered as the real(p2) parameter. Far lesser values may be entered when the parent fractal is on the screen, but they result in a blank screen when today's image is displayed. Today's scene is located along the positive X-axis, in one of the triangular points of the just-emerging Z^(-33) Mandeloid. The parent fractal has X-axis symmetry, though this has been lost by rendering the image with the outside set to 'summ', which disguises such symmetry. I renamed the image "Fair-Weather Fiend" when I glanced out the window at the sloppy scene outside. The original name was "Fair- Weather Friend". I had to cut short the coloring when FL hinted that the sidewalk needed to be cleared. As a result, I could give the image a rating no higher than a 6. This is still a bit above average, but nothing to e-mail home about. The calculation time of around 2 minutes is about what the image is worth. Those who think the image is not worth this much time may save a minute by viewing the image in finished form on the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Heavy snow Friday morning here at Fractal central gave way to ice pellets by midday and light rain in the afternoon, while the temperature hovered at exactly freezing. About 4-in 10-cm of slushy stuff covered the ground at day's end. The fractal cats looked upon the scene with disgust. My day was occupied with graphics work and shoveling the slush, but I still found time to find a kind of fractal. The next fractal will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and experience the truth. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Fair-Weather_Fiend { ; time=0:01:58.66-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basic.frm formulaname=DivideBrot6 passes=1 center-mag=+3.876991316377663/0/1.712864e+007 params=-33/37/-9e-019/0 float=y maxiter=1500 inside=0 outside=summ symmetry=none periodicity=10 colors=000az_eoeLjjJlmHmpFosDpuJnuPluVju`huffukeug\ dvdcvabvZavW`vT`vP_vMZvJYvGXvDWvAWvCSwEPwGMxIJxKGx\ MDyOAyP7yN9tMBpLDlKFgJGcII_HKVGMRFONEPJIOMLOOONRSN\ TVMWYMYaL`dLbgKekKgnJjqJloMgmPbkSYiVTgYOe`JccEbe9a\ YB`RD`KF_DH_6IY5LW5OV5QT5TS5VQ4YP4_N4bM4dK4gJ4iH4l\ G4nE4qD4sJ4nO5iU6eZ7`c8Wi9SnANsBJpELmHNkKOhNQeQScT\ T`WVYZXWaYTd_QgaOjbLmdJoeMlbOi_QfXTcUV`SXYP_VMaSJc\ PIeQKgRMhSOjTQkUSlVUnWVoXWpYXrZYs_YrYXoWWlUVhRTdPP\ aNOYMNUKNRHNPFMPGPRIQTKTVMWXOZZQa`SdbUgdWjfYmg_oja\ pmcpodqrfqtgqrhrphroirmirljsjjsiksgksfkshmqjoolpnn\ rlpsjruitvgvxewydooegff_XfSOgLFgHGaDHX9IS5JN2JI5MK\ 7OL9QMBTNDVOFXPI_QKaRMcSOfTQhUSjVUlWPaPLRIHGBD55UC\ 4iI4gG6eF8cEAaDC_CEYBGWAIU9JS8LQ7NO6PM5RK4TI4VH4Wa\ eQbdPbcPccOcbOcaNdaNd`Md`Me_LeZLfZKfYKfXJgXJgWIgWI\ eXHcXHaYH_YHYZHWZHU_HS_GQ`GO`GMaGKaGIbGGbGEbGCfFBj\ F9nF8rFEoDKlCPjBVgA`d9eb8 } frm:DivideBrot6 { ; Jim Muth z=(0,0), c=pixel, a=real(p1), b=imag(p1)-2, d=real(p2)+0.00000000000000000001, f=imag(p2)+16: z=z^(a)/(z^(-b)+d)+c |z| < f } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================