FOTD -- September 16, 2010 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image rates only a 6, which is un-exceptional, but it's still a rather interesting one, filled with various unexpected features and assorted other minor delights. The parent fractal is a Mandelbrot set with two parallel main spikes. Today's scene lies in the chaos between the spikes just east of the two large minibrots. The curious value of the real(p2) parameter is critical. The parent fractal has perfect X-axis symmetry only at this strange value, which is the reason I named the image "Land of Strangeness". The calculation time of 12-1/4 minutes is slower than I would like. Rendering the image with passes=g cuts the calculation time significantly, but it also misses much of the finer detail. The way to both save time and see all the detail is to view the finished image on the FOTD web site at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> Wednesday was totally perfect here at Fractal Central, with Kodachrome blue skies, gentle breezes and a temperature of 73F 23C. The fractal cats spent the morning watching for intruding cats, and the afternoon, sleeping. My day was comfortably busy. FL spent most of the day with her flowers. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and now that the old Kodachrome film is gone, the skies will never again appear so blue. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Land_of_Strangenss { ; time=0:12:16.77-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandelbrotBC3 function=ident passes=1 center-mag=-1.751081879132979/+0.02085462071170922\ /7.33933e+010/1/35/0 params=2.003/0/-0.00941067/0 float=y maxiter=8000 inside=0 logmap=1050 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=000KKKIjcRc_ZWWgPSoHOwAKs9Jp8Im8Hj7Gf7Fc6E`\ 6DY5CU4BR4AO39L38H27E26B15815A17B19D1BE1DG1FH1HJ1J\ K1LM1NN1PP1RQ1TR1VR9SRGQRONRVLUUOWUQYTS_TVaTXdSZfS\ ahRcjRelRgeVZZYQT`HUYKUVMVTPVQRWOUWLWXJYXG`YDbYBeZ\ 8gZ6j_3l_1n`2o`2oa2pa2pb2qb2qb2qc2rc2rd2sd2sd2sa5n\ Z8jWAfTDbQFZNIUKKQHNMEPIBSE8UA9TB9SCARCAQDBPDBOECN\ ECMFCMFAMM8MT6M_5Me7LY8KPAJHCI8LVrJRdHORFLD_p0Wj0S\ d0OZ0KT0GN0RMKKKAPGRLHIHI9XpjUkcRfXOaQLXKISDFN6tqH\ lkEeeBZ_8RU5KO21Nq3Mh5L_7KR9JIBI9qKUhJO`JItmcrjcnf\ `hdWVbUMO8BWbCUYCSTCQOCPJDNEDL9zz4zzMzzIzxEzqBnj7U\ c3OCbIFJzOCsNAmM9gL7aL6VK4PJ3JI1W1wS4mP7cMAUJDKGGA\ mP6mO5cI4YM3SL2NK1IJ0sYUYQFvVHpTEjRCdQA_O8UM6OL4IJ\ 2NM3LL2KL2JK1IK1GJ1FJ0EI0olxhfmbacWXUQSKJNACQWUUUF\ cSaVVTzKLzAkzIUz9rznlzffz_`zzzzLzzEzz7zz`zzOzzCzzS\ zzLzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz } frm:MandelbrotBC3 { ; by several Fractint users e=p1, a=imag(p2)+100 p=real(p2)+PI q=2*PI*fn1(p/(2*PI)) r=real(p2)+PI-q Z=C=Pixel: Z=log(Z) IF(imag(Z)>r) Z=Z+flip(2*PI) ENDIF Z=exp(e*(Z+flip(q)))+C |Z|<a } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================