FOTD -- April 18, 2007 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: The parent of today's image came about when I subtracted 0.6 parts of Z^(1.618) from 0.6 parts of Z^(-1.4142) and added straight C. This fractal can hardly be called a fractal. It is more of an oversized universe of fractals, consisting of one large and very distorted Mandeloid, a smaller less-distorted Mandeloid, and two prominent but shapeless holes. Scattered around these obvious features lie countless smaller holes of all shapes. Today's image is located in the East Valley of the largest Mandeloid. I didn't dare name today's image. I would not want to admit what it reminds me of. I did rate it at a 7 however, mostly because of the extra snap I added to the color palette. It is really a rather striking image. Perhaps the best feature of the image is its extreme speed. It calculates from the included parameter file in a mere 1 minute and 43 seconds, which is less time than it would take to go online and view the completed image on the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> No special tricks were used in today's image. It was rendered with the inside set to number zero and the outside set to show the traditional equal-iteration bands. The slightly milder temperature of 48F 9C here at Fractal Central on Tuesday failed to compensate for the continued heavy clouds, brisk winds and occasional sprinkles of rain. The fractal cats had an unexpectedly good day despite the weather. They spent much of their time in the window, watching two doves that were hanging around the porch most all day. My day was quite peaceful for a change; I hope tomorrow can be a repeat. The next FOTD will appear here in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and don't let a stubborn fractal get you down. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= FOTD_for_Apr-18_07 { ; time=0:01:42.93--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=ident center-mag=+0.22707356992979770/-1.922856229874522\ 00/28103.24/1/25/7.25679238922083414e-011 params=0.6/-1.4142/-0.6/1.618/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=1000 inside=0 logmap=22 periodicity=10 colors=000_VwaUvcTueSsgRriQqkPpmOqoNrqMssLtuKuvUvw\ cwxmxzzzGUPDNJAGEEIFHJGKKHNMIQNJTOKWQLZRMaSNdUOgVP\ jWPdSQZPQTMQNIQHFQBCQ69QKLVXWZZXW`XUbYRcYPeZMgZKh_\ Ij_Fl`Dn`Aoa8qa5sb3tb1v`7xZDqjVjukgqfdnbbkY_hUYeQV\ bLS_HQXCNU8LR4MQ8MPBMOENNHNMKNLNOKQOJTOIWOIZNJXNKV\ MLTMMSLNQLOOKPMKQLJRJJSHITFIUEPTAWS6bR2cP5cO8cNAcL\ DcKGcJIcHLcGOcFQ`ESYDUVCWSBYQAZS9`T9aU9cW8dX8eY8gZ\ 8h`7ja7kb7lc7ne6of6qg6rh6sb7kY8dT8XO9QJ9JNBJRDJWGJ\ _IJcKJXguY`s_Vq`PoVOfQNYLMQGLHBL9GVELdJQnOUxTSrXQl\ _OfcNafX_geYhoWixUipYki`lbcmWfnPioIlpFenD_lBTj9Nh7\ Gf5Ad34bE3YO2TVFKaSBhd2aoIVyYjl_z``xbYwcVueStfPshM\ qiJpkGolDliNjfWgdeeanc_w`arYbnWdjTeeQgaOhYUfHZd1Wd\ 9TdGQdOOdVLdaIdiFdpDdwKZqQUlXPgbKbhFYRVMAiAMcGXYLg\ SQbPUZMYVKaQHeMFiICmEAq9Fm4Jj0Ngd7ohIZlTIpb1keEggQ\ cja_lmWny_pxSltKiqCen4bkDajL`iT`ha_giZfqZfnYblXZjW\ VgVReUNcTJaTGZXIX`JUdLShM } 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=========================================