FOTD -- June 03, 2011 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image came to life when I combined 7 negative parts of Z^(-1.7) with 0.7 negative part of Z^(-7.7) before adding (1/C) on every iteration. The resulting parent fractal is one of those shapeless, pretty much indescribable things with lots of interesting detail. Today's scene is located in the southeast part of the parent, just beyond a ghostly pink Mandeloid that has pretty much evaporated into the fractal astral plane. The blue background was created by rendering the scene with the inside set to 'bof60'. The shredded, highly colored foreground stuff came about when I raised the bailout radius to 500. The overall effect is of a surrealist painting by one of the early 20th-Century artists, when surrealism was all the rage. It seems strange that artists were drawing fractal patterns well before we knew fractals existed. And unless I'm mistaken, women were quilting fractal patterns hundreds of years before the men discovered the patterns. When I stood back and carefully pondered the image on the screen, I decided it was worth a rating of a 6, which is above average, but nothing to get excited about. I have no idea where the name "Random Mischief" came from. It was simply on the screen when the time came to dream up a name. But with a little imagination, the image actually might be seen as getting into mischief. Mischief aside, the finished image is posted at: <http://www.crosscanpuzzles.com/Archives.html> The high-definition version is posted at: <http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html> The original classic web site can be found at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> A stellar day prevailed here at Fractal Central on Thursday. The crystal clear sky and temperature of 75F 24C made outdoor activity a pleasure, while the breeze from the northwest cooled even the busiest outdoor worker. The fractal cats are never busy, but even they seemed pleased with the conditions. The humans had their own tasks to accomplish. FL is not quite satisfied with the progress of this year's garden, so she spent time gardening. I am never quite satisfied with anything, so I spent time pondering the unknown. The next thing to be pondered is the next FOTD, which will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and start every day with a fractal. If you're out of them, pick up a supply at the nearest fractal outlet store. Jim Muth jimmuth@earthlink.net START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Random_Mischief { ; time=0:00:30.39-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=recip passes=1 center-mag=1.30834/-0.117586/67.48308/1/180 params=-7/-1.7/-0.7/-7.7/0/400/0/0 float=y maxiter=1500 inside=bof60 periodicity=6 colors=000PlVPiVPeUPbUPZUPWUPTTPPTPMTAATA0GA00A0LA\ 0GA0TAITggUztUhkTdcTmWSXOSA0RP8RzDQWIPZMOaROdVNh_M\ kcLnhLqlKtqJwuJtsKrrLopMmoNkmOhlTfjXdi_aabYbeXbgVb\ iTbmQaqO`tM_wKZzJYzHXzGWzEVzDUzITzMLzQMwVNtZOsbPqg\ QmkRloSjsTipUgmVejWchWaeX_bYY`YWaXYbX_cXadXbeXdfXf\ gXghXiiXkjXlkXnlXplXqgUobSmYPkTNiPKgKIeFFcADa6B_UZ\ wTXvSWvSVvRTvRSvQRuQPuPOuONuOLuNKtNJtMHtMGtLFtLEtS\ SfZdUeqH_lGVhFQcEL_DGVCBRB6MA1IA9GEGEINCMUAQ`8Ug6Y\ n4au2dt4et5ft6ft7gt8gs9hsAhsBisCisDjsEjpIknLllOmjR\ nhVnfYod`pbcq`fqWcnR`kUYfWWaYUY_STaPOcNKeLFgJBUNAG\ R92U83P63L42K82KC2JF2JJ2IM2IQ2HT2HX2G_2Gc2Ff2Fj2Em\ 2Eq2Et4Em6Ef8E_AETBEME8JGALIBOKDQMFSOHVQIXSKZUMaWO\ cYPeWMaUKZSIVQGSOEOMCLKAHI8EOELUJR_PYeUck_jqdpwivu\ jsskqqlopmmnnkloijpgiqegrcesact_buY`vWZwUXxSWyQUtP\ SoOQkNOfMMaLLYKJTJHOIBLWFKHDFG0KN1JM2IL3HL4HK5GK6F\ J7EI8EI9DHACHBBGmfTicRf`Q } 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=========================================