FOTD -- November 10, 2011 (Rating 8) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: In today's FOTD we return to the MandNewt06a formula, which draws scenes that are a mixture of Mandelbrot and Newton elements. (So far however, I have failed to find any pure Mandelbrot or Newton stuff in the images it draws. By this time it would truly be a surprise if I found an intact minibrot or a few features converging on a root.) The grainy stuff throughout the scene is typical of images made with this formula when the cut-off condition is set to a value around 10^(-30). The two curved wedge-shaped black open areas in the background are caused by rendering the image with the inside set to 'atan'. I have yet to explore the mess at the center of attraction, though from what I can see of the area, it does not appear to hold much of promise. I named the image "A Ghostly Spiral" because of the broken ghost spiral, the first bits of which emerge from the ectoplasmic gloom at the lower right and spiral toward the central chaotic area, growing ever clearer and better defined as they near the chaos, only to be ultimately swallowed up in the debris. Despite this fancy description however, I could give the image a rating no higher than an 8, and a half point of that is the coloring bonus. The image just doesn't have the certain 'oomph' it would need to rate a 9 or above. The rather slow calculation time of near 3 minutes almost causes impatience, but anticipation will build once the top part of the image appears. Avoid the calculation by viewing the image already calculated on the official FOTD web site at: <http://www.crosscanpuzzles.com/Archives.html> And see its finer details in high definition at: <http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html> The original, now classic, FOTD web site may be accessed at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> The weather took a turn for the worse here at Fractal Central today, as a cold front accompanird by light rain moved in. The fractal cats had no complaint about the temperature of 50F 10C, but they definitely did not approve of the the raindrops on their window. My day was average, which is uneventful but the way I like it. FL handled the small remaining amount of commercial work. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and those skeptical of the paranormal would be wise to be on guard. If only one of the many claims of a paranormal event proves to be true, their skepticism will then be seen as narrow- mindedness. Of course, skeptics, being rational thinkers, already know that belief in the paranormal is wishful-thinking, so they are not at all concerned that the paranormal might some day be shown to have a basis in reality. Jim (I'm not a true believer) Muth jamth@mindspring.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= A_Ghostly_Spiral { ; time=0:02:58.00 SF5 at 2000MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandNewt06a passes=1 center-mag=-0.526\ 342/8.3284/0.0510855/1/-72.5/0 params=2.1/1.2/3.3/\ 2.3/1.2/3.1/1e-030/0 float=y maxiter=500 bailout=25 inside=atan periodicity=0 colors=000AGNAGNAGNAGNAGNAGNAGNAGNBGNCGNDGNEGNGHGE\ IDGJCJLCLOCOQDQTDTVEVYEY_F_bFbdGdgGgjFfiGehHdgHdgI\ cfIbeJaeJadK`cL_bLZbMZaMY`NX`NW_OWZOVZPUYQUXQTWRSW\ RRVSRUSQUTPTTOSUORVNRVMQWLPWLPXKOXJNYLTfJNYHIPFCGA\ 26E77IB7MF7QK7UO7YS7aX8e`8id8mi8qm8uq8zu8qnBjgEb`H\ WUJTQPRNUPJZNGcLChJ9mH5rF2wE6tE9qECnEFkDIhDMeDPbDS\ _CVXCYUCaRCdOBgLBjIBmFBpCCoEDoFEnGFnHGnIHmJHmKImLJ\ lMKlNLlOMkPNkQNkROjSPjTQjURiVSiWSiXThYUhZVh_WgaXgb\ YfcYfdZfe_ef`egaehbdibdjcdkdclecmfcngbohbphbqiarja\ skatl`um`vm`wkXvjUuiQthNsgJreGqdDpcDoaDn_Dm_DmZDmY\ DmYDmYDmYDmYEmYEmYFmZFmZFmZFmZFmZFmZFlZGkZHjZIi_Jh\ _Kg_Lf_Me_Nd_Oc_Pb_Qa_R``S_`TZ`UY`VX`WWaXVbYUcZUdZ\ UeUUdUUcUUbUUaUUaUUaSUaQUaOUaMU`KS_KQ_KOZKM_KK_KI`\ KG`JEaKC`KE`KF_LG_LHZMIZMJYNKYOLXPMXQNWRPVSQVTRUUS\ UVTTWUTXVSYWSZXR_ZR`_Qa`QbaPcbPdcOedOfeNgfNhgRdZU`\ RXYI_UAcQ1bR2bR2bR2AGD9FD } frm:MandNewt06a {; Jim Muth z=c=(pixel*p1): a=z^3+(c-p2)*z-c b=p3*z^2+c-1 z=z-1*a/b p4 <= |a| } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================