FOTD -- September 06, 2007 (Rating 8.5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's evaporated image probably sets a new record for FOTD gaudiness. It lies in the parent fractal that results when 5.5 negative parts of Z^(-1.4142) are combined with 1.1 negative parts of Z^(-4) and (1/C) is added. This parent fractal is almost beyond belief. It is a bloated Mandeloid with several large bays and a smoothly curved main spike that terminates at the center of a ring that is larger than the Mandeloid it springs from. Today's image is found on a side-shoot of the main spike near the point where it ends at the center of the large ring. I named the image "Too Much Too Soon" when I couldn't decide what to make of it. The colors are basically accidental, though I did tweak a few registers to fine tune the palette. The rating of an 8.5 could easily have been a 9 if the colors had been a bit more organized. The calculation time of 75 seconds will offend no one. Even on an 11-year-old P200mhz unit, the calculation will finish in about 7 minutes. But on some over-qualified S.O.T.A. machines calculation can become problematical. In this case, the easiest way to view the image is to visit the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> where the image is or soon will be posted, and enjoy it there. Wednesday here at Fractal Central was a bit too warm and brought a few too many clouds for absolute perfection, but with a temperature of 84F 29C and low humidity, it was close enough. The fractal cats were occupied watching a squirrel gathering material for its winter nest, and paid no attention to the weather. My day was kept busy designing a logo to print on a tote bag of a health-care organization. Oh well, I guess it's a living. The next FOTD image will appear in all its glory in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and go ahead and do it. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Too_Much_Too_Soon { ; time=0:01:15.52-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=recip passes=1 center-mag=-14.19486797243935/+3.358196340354399/\ 5.573916e+010/1/97.6365368770451738/-0.015089388127 params=-5.5/-1.4142/-1.1/-4/0/1e+100/0/0 float=y maxiter=550 inside=bof61 logmap=82 periodicity=10 colors=000000C_cCaaCc_BeYBgWQ12SA9UJFWRLY_S_hYapcv\ lpsVZf2S`9IVG8ZaWavrcQ_hIimBsGXjqbkQflUemZgncio00r\ lzzqtzuqzrpponollnijlfhkcgj`eiYcgVbfSbePcdMcbJcaGc\ `Ed_GeXIfUKbRM_OOVLPQIRLFTHCVC9X76Y34lf1ne3od5pd7r\ c8scAtbCvaDwaFx`Hy`IlYF`VCPS9RVATYBV_CXbCZdD`gEaiE\ cdCd`AgS7iN6jJ4lE3mA1n60oA1oD2pG3pJ4pM5qP6qT6rW7rZ\ 8ra9sdAsgBsjBbkVMkmlTYhV`eXcbZf_`iXalWWjUQhTKfSFdO\ JaLNZIRWFUTCYQ9aN6dLzlXuiYpfZkc_g``bYaYVbTScPPdLaZ\ HmTJlRKkQMjPNjOOiMQhLRgKSgJ`bMhZOpVRxRTuUVsWWqZXo`\ YmbZke_ig`fiadlbbnc`pdZseXufVwgXvdYubZt_`tYasVbrTc\ rRdnTdkUdgVddWd`XdYYdUZdR_eOaeKbcnD`lEYjFVhGTgGQeH\ NcIKaJH_KFZKG_MH_NH`OI`PI`QJaRJaSKbTKbULbVLcWMcXMc\ YTaWZ_UeYTkWRrUPxTOeNxfPvgQugRshSrhTpiVoiWmjXlkYkk\ Zil`hlafmbemccndbneag_VaUOWOHQJBOKCMKDKKEJKEHLFFLG\ ELGCLHAMI9MI7MJ5MK4MK6ON7PP9QSARUBSXDUZEVaGWcHXfIY\ huBDlFKcJRVNXMRcDUiCWgCYe } 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=========================================