FOTD -- December 13, 2006 (Rating 5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image came about when I took a look at the fractal that results when Z^2 and Z^5 are combined and C is added. This parent fractal is a shapeless thing with one large valley and one obvious Mandelbrot bud. Today's image is located on the southern shoreline of the largest valley. Feeling a bit liberal, I gave the image a rating of a 5. A 4 would seem more appropriate. But I really over-extended myself when I named the image "Something New". True, almost every fractal is one that has never been seen before, and fractals in today's style are by no means common, but I feel that the image offers nothing really new, and that the name is a bit misleading. Some might complain about a lack of creativity in today's image, but no one can complain about the lightning-fast calculation time of only 49 seconds. Those ready to go on the internet to see the image may view it by visiting the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> where it is posted fot all the world to see. Today was a day of transition. We said good-bye to the old fractal cats at 1pm and hello to the new fractal cats at 5pm. The old guys were sorry to see us leave; the new guys were glad to see us return. Somehow I managed to squeeze in a barely adequate fractal. With things now back to normal, the next FOTD will appear in 24 hours. And I would not be surprised if it were to rate higher than today's 5. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Something_New { ; time=0:00:49.04--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=ident center-mag=+0.48212651118548390/-0.025920831934302\ 22/2.59353e+008/1/-127.5/-1.47857206576479383e-005 params=1/2/1/5/0/0 float=y maxiter=350 inside=0 logmap=33 periodicity=10 colors=000faZdZZcWZgY`j_amacpcdgRj_EocrCG7HUd9KR6A\ D34U42F2qv6RT3sK5`D3I61Qx9Jh6DU46F2i2Wlh1h1NU0FF07\ J9IC6C636iFdwkah_SUOJFC9DG09C0680340rUwq0gc0XR0MD0\ BI85D63942421T8UL6ME4F727TiA1wl0UOf6EL37mzpZMAaIDI\ wZ9UHDA4862cHpcKobNnbRmaUlaXkX_mTanPcoLepHgqDirHVh\ KGZN1Q_EakRmwbxuXwsSvqNupIt2QqHVXHXWHZVH`VHbUHdUD`\ QAYM6UJ3RF0OCr9ugPTYc0fcGocWwckrajn_iiYheXg`VfXTeT\ SdYPVaMMeKDlHA0du1co2cj3be3b`3XU3RN3LG3F92A6153111\ 2883EF4LL5RS6YZ7cd8jk8pqMckZSelF_y3Vr8SkCQeGOZKMTO\ KMSIGWGOYHW_HcaHadE`fB_i9Zk6Yn3Xp1ZiA_cIaYRbRZdLge\ Fof9wiCnkEfnHYpJQsMHuO9nM8gL7`K7VJ6OH5HG5AF44E4GC9\ RAEa8Jl7Nj5Ph3Qg1RZ3PQ4NH6L87J08It1xq6moAbmFSkJHiN\ 6fT8dY9bcB`hCZnEXsFZnN`jUbf`dahfYogUvfTteSrdRpcQnb\ PlaOj`Nh_MgVYhQhiLsjOjcRaYUTRXLLFEHp_rAgZ5MHVxDFU6\ 0pf0bW0QL0DALpxFbhAQU5DFWmHO`CGP88C4g9kT6WE3GWOK_`\ KcmLfzLakGXXCMP7BI3SUJheZ } 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=========================================