FOTD -- April 27, 2010 (Rating 7.5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image is one of the bluest of all time. Since blue is a serene color and I seem to see a bit of haziness surrounding the brilliant center of the image, I named it "A Hazy Serenity". The parent fractal was created when I subtracted Z^(1.7) from Z^(0.3) and added straight C. This parent appears as a distorted Mandelbrot set rotated 180 degrees. It has no main spike pointing east but this lack is made up for by an unexpected area of chaos where its East Valley should be, which is on the west side of its main bay. Today's scene is located in a patch of this chaos on the southwest shore line of the main bay. The minibrot at the center is not rotated to the 'normal' orientation, with East Valley on the right side, as are most of the minibrots in the FOTD's. I got lazy. But the minibrot is so tiny that its wrong orientation is hardly noticeable. In addition, the minibrot is somewhat beyond full resolution. The rating of a 7-1/2 includes a 1/2 point bonus for the coloring, which I worked on for almost 30 minutes. The calculation time of just under 3 minutes is a cheap price to pay for the image. The trip to the FOTD web site at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> to see the image already completed, costs even less, Heavy clouds, occasional rain and a temperature of only 54F 12C made Monday an unpleasant day here at Fractal Central. The fractal cats were too busy getting into indside trouble to notice the outside conditions. Cassie somehow wrapped herself in a blanket and was unable to get the blanket untangled when she wanted to get out. If we had not heard her calling for help, she might have been stuck there for hours. For me the day was average, and what could make a duller story than that. For FL the day was busy, but I gave moral support. The next FOTD will appear in 24 hours, almost by magic. Until then, take care, and look onward toward the vastnesses of the world of fractals. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= A_Hazy_Serenity { ; time=0:02:56.79-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=ident passes=1 center-mag=-0.5865278768076774/-0.4425192247142974\ /3e+012/1/-152.5/0 params=1/0.3/-1/1.7/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=1000 inside=0 logmap=226 periodicity=6 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=000I4MI5PJ6SJ7VJ8YJ8`J9cJAgJBjJBmJCqJDtJDwD\ 1xH7yKHzNMzQQzTVzW_zZezajzdpzguzKblLZmMWnNTnOQoPNo\ QKpRHpSEqSBqPGlMKgJObGSYKWTU_OccJmgEzn9zzzzzzzzzzz\ zXmUVzUUkVTzVRjVQzWPiWNzXMgXLzXPhUSzRVjOYzM`kJczGf\ mDimBj`LzOVzHOzAHz4Bz7CzACzCCzFCzHDzKDzMDzPDvREsUE\ sWEsZEs`EocFkeFggFdiG`kGXnGUpHQrHMtHJvHKuzLtzzsKMr\ zNqzzpMzzzzzzzzzzzPzzQzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzWuGVtLU\ sQTrUSqZRpcQohPnmOmrOlvRjlThbVgUYeK_cAab1Za4W`6T`9\ Q_BN_EKZGHZJEYLBYO8XQ6XS5WQ5WO5VN5VL5UK5UI5TH5TF5S\ E5SC5SBBVFGYIL`LQcPVfS_iVdkYemVfnSfpPgqMhsJhtGWrSJ\ qbPr`UrZZrXcsVhsTmsRSSI709GB8PK7XT6zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzUczTczSczQczPczOc\ zNczLczKczJczIczGczFczEczDczEczFzzGzzGzzHzzIzzJzzJ\ zzNzzOzzOzzPzzPzzQzzQzzRzzRzzSzzSzzSzzTzzUzzUzzLzz\ DzzjzzgzzezzczzazzBzzCzzDzzDzzEzzEzzEzzEzzFzzFzzFz\ zFzzGzzGzzGzzGzzHzzHzzHzz } 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=========================================