FOTD -- April 05, 2008 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's semi-glorious image lies in the parent fractal that results when 3 negative parts of Z^(-1.3) are combined with one negative part of Z^(-3.3) and (1/C) is added. To make things more interesting the bailout radius was increased to 780,100, which partially evaporated the scene, and the image was rendered with the inside set to 'fmod', which created the excessive sharp angular detail. Both values are critical to the effect. The above-mentioned parent fractal reminds me of an angelic snowman with a halo around his head, which is what I named the image. But do not expect to see a snowman in the image. The oversized parent fractal is the snowman. Today's scene is located on top of the snowman's head. The rating of a 7 might be a bit excessive. The image is too hectic for my taste, but it's still worth a look. That look may be had by running the included parameter file and waiting 1-2/3 minutes, or by visiting the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Steady rain and a temperature of 43F 6C here at Fractal Central on Friday made it a day that rated a pathetic 2. The fractal cats gave it a 1. The other aspects of Friday were notably average. The next FOTD will appear in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and don't ask questions that demand too much thought. You might be told to sit down and shut up. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Angelic_Snowman { ; time=0:01:41.67-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+5.84307665577121/+5.123185232569579/\ 3964884/1/165/0 params=-3/-1.3/-1/-3.3/0/780000.0/\ 0/0 float=y maxiter=750 inside=fmod proximity=0.016581 periodicity=10 colors=000pkmpanpSopIpjHmdGj_GgUFePFbJE_EEYBCO9AE7\ 959G4AM4CS4DZ4Fd4Gj4Hp4Lr3Os3Su2Vv2RqUOmuMjsKhqIfo\ HdnFalD_jBYhAWgB_kCcoDgrIZpNRoSJmXBla3kd4dg4Yj5Rl5\ KeFL_PLTZMNhMHrMPnGXjBdf6lb1ic6gdAeeFcfJagN_hSYiWW\ i_RjaMkcIleDmg9ni4ok0olX0Sd9QlIOtRMeP`ROnPOkNOhLOe\ JObHO_FOXDOUBOS_3M`7SaBXbFacJfdNkeRpfVunozgozapzVn\ zPmzIjzCqz9hy7jz5Us3cz1QiFTbTYYebTzhagmiwwqbqovpQS\ olMnjGmhBmgT`miOsdWq_coWknRslNzkJsfGlbDeYA_UJYTRWS\ ZUSfSRnQRgSP`UNUWLNYJGZIMWNSURYSWcP_iNdoLhr7St6Sv4\ Tw3Tr6Qm8OhBLcDJZFHXEVVDhUCuLKnxTgyKYyBOqFNjINcLNX\ ONPSNIVNBYN4`NBSWIKdOCl_agoHAeL5XO1qzqtldw_SyNGySJ\ yXMy`PyeSyiVynYyr_phYh_W_QUSHTldNnYLoSJpLHrFFs8Dt2\ BrJDp_FooHfrGZtFRvEOoFLhGIaHFWICPJ9IK6CKFLHOTEW`CQ\ bIKdNEfT8gYvScsP_qMWnJTlHPiEMgBIe9FI2iQ5bX8XdBRkEL\ sHFzJ9qNGhRM_VSRZZIbdAejLhaVkTenKoqByt3xuBwuJvuRvu\ YuuetumtutmvdgwQawBesAhcA } 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=========================================