FOTD -- October 12, 2009 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's scene lies in the upper right quadrant of yesterday's image, and uses much of the same color palette. It is actually an Elliptic set (It is not a Julia set!) lying close to one of the apparitions of the large minibrot on the main stem of the larger minibrot on the main stem of the parent Mandelbrot set, which is nowhere to be recognized in this Elliptic orientation of the Julibrot. Because of the effect of a near-blinding aura of light that might surround something as mystical as the Holy Grail, I named the image "Mystic Elliptic Set". But there is nothing sacred about the image. It is all done with mere numbers. (Then again, perhaps numbers are not so simple. Maybe God creates His works with numbers.) The rating of a 7 is my fair estimate of the value of the image. The calculation time of 4-3/4 minutes makes running the included parameter file almost a breeze. The full breeze may be enjoyed by visiting the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> and viewing the finished image in breezy comfort there. A mix of clouds and sun let through just enough sun to keep the fractal cats happy here at Fractal Central on Sunday. The temperature of 59F 15C was on the chilly side, but the sun was shining warm on the shelf in the window, so the cats were toasty warm. My day was peaceful while FL visited a nearby friend. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and how does one know what's right if he doesn't recognize what's wrong? Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= MysticEllipticSet { ; time=0:04:45.20-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=multirot-XY-ZW-new function=ident/flip passes=1 center-mag=-1.785734063956232/-0.22039446\ 49006539/1.395829e+008/0.1291/54.82991160555688/-7\ 1.010913634439 params=90/0/2/0/0/0/0/0.0001 float=y maxiter=10000 inside=255 logmap=35 periodicity=10 colors=000u4TrCUoKUmSUjZUhfUenUcuUdl_ddddWidOndGsZ\ NtUUuP`vKfwFmxAty5zz5zz5zz8zzAzzCzzFzzHzzJzzMzzOzz\ QzzTzzVzzXzzYzzZzz_zz`zzazzazzbzzczzdzzezzfzzqzzkz\ zdzzZzzYzzYzzYzzYzzYzzYzzYzzYzzYzzYzzYzzYzzYzzSzzN\ Le0Me0Ne0Oe3Pe5Qe8RfASfCTfEUfGUfIVfLWfNXfPYgRYgTZg\ V_gY`m_bradvcgzejzgmzjozloznpzpqzrrztszvtzwuzxvzyw\ zzxzzyzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzyzzyzzxzzxzzwzzwzzvzzvzzuzzuzztzztzzszzszzrzz\ rzzqzzqzzpzzozznzzmzzlzzkzzjzzizzhzzgzzfzzezzevyer\ xemwehvedvectfcsgcrgcqhcoicnicmjclkcjkcilchmcgncen\ cdoccpbbpbaqb_rbZrbYsbXtbVubUubTvbSwbQwbPxbOybNybM\ wcNvdOtdPseQrfRpfSogTngUlhVkiWjiXhjYgjZfk_dl`clabm\ b`mc_ndZoeXofWpgVphWqeWqbXr`XrYXsWYsTYtRYtOZuLZuJ_\ vG_vE_wB`w9`x6`x4ay5by5cy6hy6my7ry7vy8wy8zy8zy9zzL\ zzJzzHzzFzzDzzBzzAzz9zz8zz8zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz } frm:multirot-XY-ZW-new {; draws 6 planes and rotations ;when fn1-2=i,f, then p1 0,0=M, 0,90=O, 90,0=E, 90,90=J ;when fn1-2=f,i, then p1 0,0=M, 0,90=R, 90,0=P, 90,90=J a=real(p1)*.01745329251994, b=imag(p1)*.01745329251994, z=sin(b)*fn1(real(pixel))+sin(a)*fn2(imag(pixel))+p3, c=cos(b)*real(pixel)+cos(a)*flip(imag(pixel))+p4: z=z^(p2)+c, |z| <= 36 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================