FOTD -- April 18, 2005 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: The parent of today's fractal is a grossly oversized thing that appeared as I played with the square root of 2. This parent is not a single fractal. It is more like a scattering of disconnec- ted bits and pieces of mis-shapen Mandeloids. Today's image is located rather deep in a valley of one of the more mis-shapen Mandeloids. For no good reason, I named the image "The Candyman Calls". The rating of a 7 indicates that I consider it above average. The render time of over 26 minutes is slow, but the wait may be eliminated by downloading the finished GIF image from the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Warm sun, gentle winds and a temperature of 73F 23C were just what the fractal cats needed on Sunday to make their moods perfect. Since today is starting the same, their moods are likely to remain perfect. For me the work is slow to moderate, which will leave ample time for the FOTD fractal, which will appear in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and see the light. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= The_Candyman_Calls { ; time=0:26:43.66--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+15.51342081772104000/-19.5032002026312\ 3000/138344.7/1/150/-6.40539056802336138e-007 params=-1.41/-1.414/-0.141/-14.14/0/0 float=y maxiter=3600 inside=0 logmap=484 periodicity=10 colors=0000Hs0Ir0Jq0Kp0Lo0Mn0Nm0Ol0Pk0Qj0Ri0Sh0Tg0\ Uf0Ve2Wc3Xb4Ya5Z_6_Z7`Y8aW9bVAcU9dS8eR7fQ6gM6hJ6iG\ 6jD6kA9lBCmBFnBIoBLpBNqBQrBTsBWtCZuC`vCcwCfxCiyClz\ CnzClzBjzAhz9fz9dw8bu7`s7Zq6Xo5Vm4Tk4Rk3Pm2No2QgCT\ _MVSWYKe_CnbDfeE_hESkFLmFE_hebvZesSgpLjmEmj7og1gWG\ _KUS9gPEiNIjLMkJQmHUnFYoR`kabhmedxgatfZqfXnfVjfTgf\ RdfP`fNYfLVeIReGOeELeCHeAEe8Be68e4Hf7Qg9ZhCgiEpjHx\ kJvlIulHslHrlGplFomFmmElmEkmDimChnCfnBenAcnAbn9an9\ YmCVmFRmIOmLKlOHlRDlUAlWoaXkZVgWTcTS_RQWOOSLNOILKG\ KG6xI7qJ8kK8eM9ZN9TOANQAGRBASB4UF8WICXMFZPJ`TMaWQc\ _TebXff_hicjmfkpjmtmowqpztksofmkaggX`bSVZNPVIIQDCM\ 86I30E64K88PACVCG_FKeHOjJSpLWuPToTRiXPc`NYdLThRRlX\ QpbOthNwmMmdTcWZUNeLFkPDfTCaXBX_9Sc8Og7Jj5En49r34u\ 20o3Ai3Jc3TY3aS3jQ4fP5bO6_N7WM8XL9YJA_IBaHCcGDeFEg\ EFiDFkK7mR0oS4qT8sUBuVFwWJxXMzYQzYTzZSz_Sz`RzaRzbQ\ zcQzdPzePzfOzgOzMEzIFzFFz } 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=========================================