FOTD -- October 30, 2009 (No Rating) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Now and then I sneak in a blast from the past, in which I do a slight reworking of an earlier FOTD image -- today's image is a reworking of an early image indeed. The first version appeared over 12 years ago in April of 1997 -- the first month of the FOTD, at a time when I was interested in what I call 'ghost buds', vague ghostly high-iteration things that often appear in the background of the perturbed Mandelbrot sets. (These ghost buds appear because regardless of where the points start, if they do not escape first, they eventually settle into the same orbits as the points that start at 0,0.) The effect of the monstrous banded elements in the foreground was created by the 'ranges' feature of Fractint, a little used feature that, as far as I know, can be accessed only through the command line. The scene lies in the perturbed M-set with a starting point of the square root of 0.777,-0.555. (For some reason, the type=mandel fractals are calculated with a starting point equal to the square root of the entered complex number.) The scene is located on the north shore of the main bay, just west of the large period-3 bud. The large ghost bud in the background has a periodicity of 14. The smaller buds have a much higher periodicity. The maxiter of 32767 is actually too low to fully resolve the image, but the 'ranges' option does not work with a maxiter higher than this. The name "The Second Time Around" admits that today's image is a near-repeat of one that appeared over 12 years ago. I could hardly give a rating to a repeat, so I let the image go unrated. The calculation time of a fireball 19 seconds will bring no hardships. And as always, the finished image is available on the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Heavy clouds that hung on all day made Thursday unpleasant here at Fractal Central. The temperature of 57F 14C did nothing to improve things. The fractal cats found comfortable spots and slept through most of the day. For me, the day was about average, even though the fractal was not quite up to FOTD standards. The next Fractal of the Day will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and wait for what you wish for. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= The_2nd_TimeAround { ; time=0:00:19.19-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=mandel passes=1 center-mag=-0.2620\ 037/+0.6428974/76.368/1/-13.5/0 params=0.777/-0.555 float=y maxiter=32767 bailout=100 inside=0 periodicity=25 ranges=0/-1/300/600/1000/1600/2400/\ 3600/5000/10000/32767 colors=000K9DjOOYIrKSzKcpKhwKmzKrzmwzzzzzzzSPRPSVM\ WYr0s`IiSzNRvPPrROnTNjVLfXKbZyx2nqBckKTdT9IdBLcCNc\ EQbFSaHVaIX`oUHkVKgVMcWPZXRVXURYWNZZHRHITMIVRJXWyi\ QrgSkeUccWXaYQ__vzdlscblbTeaUeZSc_Qb_gbYdYXaSXZNW`\ NRbMNdMIfLEhL9dgS2Z7GO5TC3f11bBAYKKUUTPbaXMNSRSNVX\ GhXHdZIa_IbRIbSIaUJaVJ`WJ`YJ_ZJZ_LKLLMNKOPKQRKSTKU\ VJWXJYZjUhcVfXXdQYba6JZAMWEOUJRRNUORWLVZdDwaGtZJpW\ NmSQjPTfMWcEFDHPPGebHdbHcaIbaIaaJ``J_`ScGRbJQbLPaO\ N`RM_UL_WKZZbReZTdVVcRWbNYaYKpWMnUOlSQjQShOUfMWdKY\ b1`D7_LDZTjYNdYQ_ZTUZWOZZV3TT7USBVQFWPJXNNYMRZKV_M\ T9U`iyR_jU`XX`eQXbRYZTYWUZTV_PX_MY`vuCprGjnJekN_hR\ UdUOaYrVsmWqiWndXl`XiWYgSYdNZba69SLN4Lf9QdEVbC2XE9\ YFGZHM_IT`cYDLV1LW6KWBKXHKYMJYRJZWYumWrkUojSlhQifO\ fdMccK`a1I_4L_7O_AR`DU`GX`pCW_OZZVDXWHUWKSXOQYRNYV\ LZYBT8DVFFWNHYUez1UlJT57S9BQDFPHJOKMNOQLSUKWYhrBWh\ OgOkdPjaRhZSgVUeSVdPXbMYa } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================