FOTD -- April 25, 2010 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image is a fractal object, a fractal thing if you will, located in a valley in the parent fractal that results when 2.8 parts of Z^(1.5) are subtracted from 2.8 parts of Z^(2.5) and (1/C) is added. I named the image "Things so Deep" because it lies rather deep in its parent valley, and while studying it, I had the distinct impression that I was looking at an actual object. The parent fractal was turned inside out by calculating it with (1/C) instead of straight C, and then turned rightside out again by increasing real(p1) and real(p2) to 2.8. It is a fractal with four large lobes, facing the four directions. Today's image lies deep in the valley separating the north lobe from the east lobe. The rating of a 7 indicates that in my opinion, which is the opinion that counts when the FOTD's are rated, the image is somewhat but not all that far above average. I tried to make the coloring as smooth as possible, but there are not enough bands in the image to make the borders totally invisible. The image is slower than I would have preferred. 14-1/3 minutes is slow by any standard. Relief is at hand however on the FOTD web site, where the finished image is posted for satisfaction fast enough even for those with the shortest attention spans. The web site may be accessed at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> A sunny morning here at Fractal Central on Saturday was followed by a cloudy afternoon and a rainy evening. The temperature reached its high of 63F 17C around noon and dropped to 55F 13C by evening. Needless to say, the fractal cats were most conten- ted in the morning, when the sun streamed in the windows on the east side of F.C. My day, as well as FL's day, was good enough. The next FOTD will be posted in around 13 hours. Until then, take care, and be a big-time thinker, whatever one of them is. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Things_so_Deep { ; time=0:14:21.98-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=recip center-mag=+1.991386892236/+0.360569839963/9.68377\ 4e+007/1/-70/0 params=2.8/2.5/-2.8/1.5/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=175000 inside=0 periodicity=6 colors=000ybzy_zyYzyVzyTzyRzyOzyMzyJzyHzyEzyCzy9zy\ 7zy4zy2zy0zv1zt1xq2uo2sm3pj3nh4kf4ic5fa5e_6dX6bV7a\ S7_Q8YO8VL9UJ9UHAUEAUCBUABU8AU79U68U57W46Y35_25`46\ a57b77c88d98eB9fC9gDAiFAjGBlHBnJCpKCrLDtNDvOExPEyM\ FnNGcOGTRNSURSXTS_VSaWRcYRe_RgaRicRkeQmgQoiQqkQsmP\ uoPwqPzrPzqNxpLvoOumOskOqiOogNmeNkcNiaNg_NgYNgWMfU\ MeSMdQMcOMbMMbKLaIL`GL_ELZCLZALX8OW7QU7TT9VRCXQE_O\ GaNIcLLfKNhIPkHRmFUoEWrCYtB_vDZtEYrFXpGWnHVlIVjKUh\ LTfMSdNRbOQ`PQ_RVYSZXUbWVfUXiTYhSZgRZgRZhR_iT_jW_k\ Z_la`md`ng`oj`pmaqparsarvarzbrzbrzbrzbrz`pzZnzXmzW\ kzUizShvRfrPemNchMacK`ZIZUHXPFWKDUFCTEDUDDVDEWDEXD\ EYDFZDF_DF`DGaDGbDGcDHdDHeDHfDIgDIhDIiDuA9tCCtDFsF\ HsGKrHNrJPqKSqLVpNXpO_pPboRdoSgnTjnVlmWomXrlZtl_wl\ `yj_vh_tgZreZodZmbYk`Yi_YfYXdXXbVW`UWYSWWQVUPVSNVP\ MUNKULJUJKUJLTJLSIMRIMQINPHNOHONHOMGPLGMIIPLGROEUQ\ DWTBZVA`Y8fZ1d_4b_7ygnydo } 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=========================================