FOTD -- January 04, 2006 (Rating 5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: The Fractint version of today's discussion is short. Most of my energy went into writing the philofractal version of the discus- sion, which is far longer and wanders into the field of popular relativity. Today's image is part of the fractal that results when portions of Z and (1/Z) are combined, and (1/C) is added. I named it "Luna Moth" when an early version reminded me of one of those large colorful moths sometimes seen at night. The moth-effect has long since gone the way of the moths themselves, but the name remains. The rating of a 5 says it all. Or perhaps it says nothing, since a rating of 5 is average. The render time of under 6 min- utes assures that not too much time will have been wasted if the image proves disappointing. Another way to avoid a let-down is to visit the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> and download the finished GIF image from there. An overcast, cold, raw, drizzly day here at Old Fractal Central on Tuesday kept the fractal cats confined to the indoors. They were reasonably peaceful considering the situation, and they fully enjoyed their extra treat of tuna. My day was notably un-notable. The next FOTD will appear in 24 hours, plus or minus an hour or two. Until then, take care, and if you have done something wrong, simply undo it. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Luna_Moth { ; time=0:05:55.56--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+0.35947928831290990/+0.000111589793707\ 74/3271500/1/97.5/8.93852913769199731e-008 params=1/1/1/-1/-1.99/0 float=y maxiter=1000 inside=0 logmap=59 periodicity=10 colors=000ubEJCAzzzgzzezzezzezzezzezzezzezzezvezse\ zobzs`xvXszVmzTgzPbzNXzLTzNPzPLzRHzTGzVCzX8zZ4z`2z\ b0zd0xe0ve0vb0uZ0sV0sT0qP0oL0oJ0mG0kC2k84i64g26g08\ e08e0G`0LV0RP0XJ0bk0g80mk0q20sk0u00vk0x00zk0z00zkV\ z00zkkz00zzdz00xqVz00so0u00ik0m00`k0e00Tk0_00Ne2V0\ 0Tq0_G0dk0dV0gz0kZ0mv0kk0is0gq0eo0dm0bk0`i0Zg0Xe0V\ d0Tb0R`0PZ0Ze0gk4qqAzvGvqLumPqgVodZkZdiVgePmdLs`Gv\ ZCzV6zT2zP0zN0zL0zJ2zH6vGAsEEmCHiALe8P`6TX4XR2`N0d\ J0gE0kA0o60sG0kN0dX0Xd2Pk4Hu6Az82zA0z44x0Cu0Jo0Rk0\ Ze0eb0mX0uT0zX0V`00d02g04i08m0Aq0Cs0Gv0Hx0Lz0Nz0Pz\ 0Tz0Vz0XzEezTovevquzmzzoxeqo8se0oi0km0go0ds0bv0Zx0\ Vz0Rz0Pz0Lz0Hz0Ez0Cz0Gz0Jz0Nq0Ri0V`0XR0`H0dA0g00k0\ 0o00q02m06k0Ai0Ee0Hd0Lb0NZ0RX0VV0ZR0bP0eN2gCGZ2RP0\ dG0o60z00sA0mJ0gT0bb0Xm0Rv0Lz0Gz0Az0Gz4LzCRzHXzPbz\ Xgzdmziszqxzxzxzzvzzvzzvzzvxzvvzvvzvuzvszvszvqzvqz\ vTzm4zd0zX0sV0oT0iT0eR0`R } frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; 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, 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=========================================