FOTD -- November 27, 2009 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: The worst failed to happen here at FC on Thursday. Due to a last-minute change of plans, the expected guests thankfully failed to arrive, leaving FL and myself to enjoy the oversized dinner alone, which is actually the way I usually prefer it. The lack of visitors also allowed time to search for a fractal. I soon found one of marginal quality, which now appears as today's FOTD. The name "FMOD Out of Control" refers to the wildly exaggerated image, which was created by combining negative fractional parts of Z^3 and Z^5, then adding C, and finally rendering the scene with the 'outside=fmod' option in effect. The parent fractal is a ragged Mandeloid standing on its nose, with a narrow open area on its south-poimting main stem. Today's scene is located in a minor valley in one of the bays of this small open area. Like yesterday's image, today's is handicapped by too much gaudiness, which cuts the rating by a full point. With more time, I might have been able to work the image up to a rating of 7. As it is, the rating of a 6 will have to stand. The calculation time of just over 4 minutes should cause little pain. Any residual discomfort may be relieved by taking an aspirin or by viewing the finished image on the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Heavy clouds continued here at Fractal Central on Thursday, though most of the day was dry. The fractal cats gave up waiting for the sun early, and passed the afternoon curled up, sleeping. Including the semi-banquet, my day was reasonable. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and walk cautiously. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= FMOD_OutOf_Control { ; time=0:04:07.90-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=ident passes=1 center-mag=-0.037485282745/-1.214425720722/5811789\ /1/65/0 params=-0.8/3/-0.3/5/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=1500 inside=0 proximity=0.161 outside=fmod logmap=yes periodicity=10 colors=0004402401400400400400400400400400400400400\ 40060060060070170470671882A84D86G87I99L9AO9CR9EUAG\ XAH_AJbALfCNjCQmCRpCTnAUn9Wn8Wn7Xn6Xn4Zn4Zn4_n2_n1\ am0am0bm0bm0dm0dm0fm0fm0hm0hm0jm0jk0fk0dk0ak0_k0Zk\ 0Wk0Uj0Tj1Qj2Oj4Nj4Jj6Ij7Gh8Eh9DhAAhC9hD8hE6hG4hH4\ _N9UREOWJI_QDdW8ja4nh0tn0yv0zz0wv0pp0jj0bd2XZ4TU7N\ O9HJCCEE7AH47I2DJ1IJ0OL0UL0_N0XN0UN0RN0QN0NN0JN0IN\ 0GN0DO0CO09O07O06O04O01O00O00O00O00N00N20N60LA1LG2\ LJ4OI4QI4RI4TH6UH6XH6ZG7_G7aG7bG7fE8hE8jE8kD9mD9pD\ 9rCAtCAvCAwCArCCnCDjCDfCEbCEZCGWCGTCHOCHLCIICIECJC\ CJ9CL6CL4CN1CN4EQ8HRAJTENWHQYLT_OW`TZbXbfafjekmloq\ psuuwwwyztwzttyrpwolujgrdan_VhUPcQGYJAUG6RC1O78U4G\ _0Of0Wk0dr0ny0jzLdUzC1zECzGOzIazJntWkbfhOtdCzbEzdG\ zfHzfIzhLzjNzjOzkQzmRzmUzjWwfXpd_haaa_bUXfOWhHTjCR\ hEQfGQfHOdJObLNbNNaOL_RL_TJZUJXWIXZIW_HUaHUbHXbJ_b\ NdaQhaTkaUn_Xr__740640440 } 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=========================================