FOTD -- February 08, 2012 (Rating 7.5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: I am currently involved with some nonsensical things I have discovered in the fractals created by the new JulibrotMulti2 formula. Until I can make more sense of the nonsense, I will work with the workhorse MandAutoCritInZ formula, which, if nothing else, does make at least a little sense. The generating expression of today's image combines 3 negative parts of Z^(-5.6) with 6 negative parts of Z^(-2.5) before adding (1/C) on each iteration, which produces a parent fractal beyond description. Today's image is located in a ring near the terminal of a filament on the northeast edge of the parent. The image makes use of several 'tricks'. To begin, it is partially 'evaporated'. And it has been rendered with the outside parts set to 'tdis' and the inside parts set to 'bof61'. The result is a scene that for some reason reminds me of a garden in the springtime, and earns the name "Spring Garden". The rating of a 7-1/2 includes a half=point bonus for the coloring, which required some extra effort. The calculation time of 35 seconds will pass in a flash, leaving no time for impatience to raise its head. Save the calculation effort entirely by surfing over to the official FOTD web site at: <http://www.crosscanpuzzles.com/Archives.html> where the finished image is posted for instant viewing. The high-definition version is posted at: <http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html> The original FOTD web site may be accessed at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> A temperature of 32F 0C, thick clouds and light snow marred today's weather here at Fractal Central. The fractal cats took one look at the outside conditions and decided to spend the day by the heat. The humans had too much other stuff to do to let a measly 1 inch (2cm) of snow disturb them. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and before we wonder when the forces of good will defeat the forces of evil, we should decide exactly what is good and what is evil. Jim Muth jimmuth@earthlink.net START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Spring_Garden { ; time=0:00:35.00 SF5 at 2000MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+1.364171267662479/+1.203607197877085/\ 1.314689e+009 params=-3/-5.6/-6/-2.5/0/6250/0/0 float=y maxiter=1500 inside=bof61 outside=tdis periodicity=6 colors=000`LSdIS000X5rU8lSAeQD`NGWLKQKLLIPGFSCDW80\ 00Dv4Gz6Lj2QN0W40`00S00L90DL08Z000000zP0d002004005\ 00600801905A09C0DD0IF0LG0PI0SS0bb0ll1xx4zz0pp0`Z0c\ K0A60K80U80d90p90L0000000900K00W00g00v00l00b01U04L\ 06D0961C02F02G0D24P08`02d00e00g00j006G00z60dFQFNx0\ Lz4LzDKzNKzZIzlIzxAAAAAAeU8pI0W90SA0ND0KF0GI0KK0GN\ 0KP0GS2LU5GX8DZA9bD9dG4gK0kL0nP0qS0sW0uZ0yb0ze0zg0\ xe0rd0nd0gb0db0Z`0W`0QZ2NZ5IX4I`GKvCIx9Gz5Fz4Dz2Fz\ 2Fz1Fz1Gz1Gz0Gz0Gz0Iz0Iz0Iz0Kx0Kx0Kx0Kx0Lx0Lv0Lv0N\ v0Nv0Nv0It0Lv0Nv0Pv0Sv0Uv0Wv0Zx0`x0bx0ex0gx0jx0nz0\ pz0rz0vz1xz1zz0zz1zz6vnCnbIgSQ`IXW9dP1lK0zD0tF0dF0\ QF0FF14F50FA0FF0LA4S6FZ2Qe0dn0rv0zz0zz0zz0zz0zv0vr\ 0rn0nj0le0gb1dX2`U5ZQ6WN8SKAPGCNDDKAGG8I9A4F5KK0bP\ 0zP0vP5rPDnPPlP`gPldPz`80ZGSZPzZKz`GtbDjdAbe8Wg4Nj\ 1Gl09n04p00x00t00p04n0Aj0Ge0Nd0U`0bX0jW0rS0zQ0vS1r\ S4nS8jSAeSFbSKZSNWSSSSWPS } 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=========================================