FOTD -- December 20, 2009 (No Rating) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Another rush day brings another brief discussion. Today's image lies in the parent fractal that comes about when five negative parts of Z^(-1.5) are mixed with one negative part of Z^(-5) and (1/C) is added. This parent fractal consists of three large bays, vertically-stacked. Today's scene is located on the southwest shore line of the middle bay, deep in the valley that separates it from the lower bay. Most of the effect of the image is a result of rendering the scene with the outside set to 'tdis'. There is no way I could give a rating to an image that I found in about 2 minutes. The name "Minor Miracle" refers to the fact that, with the work stacked up as it is, it's a minor miracle that I found it at all. The calculation time of under 2 minutes will cause no boredom. And the finished image is posted for instant viewing on the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Winter became quite obvious here at Fractal Central on Saturday, as light snow fell all day and the temperature hovered around 28F -2C. By nightfall about 2 inches, 5cm had piled up. (Curiously enough, about an hour ago I got a phone call from my sister back at Old Fractal Central telling me that the snow there, about 150 miles south of here, is over 16 inches (40cm) deep, and drifted twice that high.) The fractal cats gave the outside little attention, remaining close to the heat all day. The next FOTD is due in 24 hours. But as always, there is no guarantee that it will appear on schedule. So until next time, take care, and be with peace. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Minor_Miracle { ; time=0:01:51.49-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=recip passes=1 center-mag=-0.11237331534/-1.335543403876/2.7e+007\ /1/-87.5/0 params=-5/-1.5/-1/-5/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=1500 inside=0 outside=tdis periodicity=6 colors=000zzmjJXbQTVWPOaLGgHQw49mDCkCEiCGgCJeCLcCN\ aCQ_CSYCUWCWVCZTB`RBbPBeNBgLBiJBlHBnFBpDBrCBnFFkII\ hLLdOPaQSZTVVWZSZaPadMcgNahN`iOZjOYjPXkPVlQUlQSmRR\ nRQnPRlOSjNThLUfKUdJVbHW`GXZ8jVFXY13XMJ`ZLefYdmjct\ vcuubuuauu`uu_utZutYutXutWusVusUusUusTurSurRurQurP\ uqOuqNuqMuqLytKuqLqoLmlMijMegNaeNZcOV`ORZPNWPJUQFR\ QBPR7LT8NR8OQ9PO9QN9RLASKATIAUHBWFBXECYCCZBC_9D`8D\ a6C`4Db5Ed5Fe5Gg5Hh5Ij5Jk6Km6Ln6Mp6Nq6Os6QtK_ucivo\ ovyqvysvxvvxxuzvuzsuvptumsulrtlpskosjnrinrimqhmpgm\ pglofloelnekmdkmcklcklajm_imYhmWgmUfnTjnRinPhnNgoL\ foJeoIdoGcpEbpCapA`pAeo9`p8Wq7Sr9UoAVmBWkDXiEYgFZe\ G_cI`aJa_KbYMcWNdUOeSPfQOePOePNePNeOMeOMeOLeOLdNKd\ NKdNJdMJdMIdMIdMHcLHcLGcLGcKFcKFcKCeFFcKIbOK`TN_XQ\ Y`SXeVViVTpXUmYUkZUi`UgaUebUccUaeU_fUYgUWhUUjUSkUQ\ lUOmUMoUKpUIqUGrUEtUCuUAvU8wU6sRBoOGkMLgJQcHV_E_V9\ aWCcWFdXIeXLgoaOmXRlSTkNV } 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=========================================