FOTD -- April 24, 2009 (Rating 6.5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image came about when I subtracted Z^(1.1) from Z^(-1.1) and added straight C. I chose these values because exponents between Z^(2) and Z^(-2) make the most interesting fractals when mixed together in the iteration soup. The effect of surrounding blackness filled with star-like dots and tendrils was created by rendering the image with the logmap intentionally set to too high a value. The fancy scalloped shapes surrounding the central minibrot are a natural bit of the fractal however. The parent fractal consists of a large Mandeloid facing south- east, with a main bud as large as its main bay, and a second Mandeloid a bit to the northwest, connected to the larger Mandeloid and slightly cut off by a discontinuity. Today's scene lies in a train of scattered debris leading from the smaller Mandeloid toward the larger one, but being cut off by the discontinuity before reaching it. The name "Caught in the Fact" leaves open the question of what fact. God only knows, and He isn't telling. The rating of a 6-1/2 means that I like the image just enough to grant it FOTD status even though my coloring was responsible for the extra 1/2 point of the rating. The calculation time of 1-2/3 minutes will bring smiles to the faces of the time challenged. A trip to the awesome FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> to view the completed image there will bring a smile to the faces of everyone. Partly cloudy skies brought off-and-on happiness to the fractal cats of Fractal Central on Thursday, while the gusty winds and temperature of 54F 12C made it feel like mid-March rather than late April. My day was fair enough. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and when I get to heaven I'm going to tell God to take sensitivity training, learn anger management and start obeying His own commandments. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Caught_in_the_Fact { ; time=0:01:41.46-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=ident passes=1 center-mag=-1.728552855008/-1.644842873009/3271978\ /1/152.5/0 params=1/-1.1/-1/1.1/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=800 inside=0 logmap=125 periodicity=10 colors=000000zzzzzFanDboBcd9c_8mc6mZ4mU2mP1mK4mG6r\ D9vDBzDDzCGzCIUCKZOPcZUhjZlucerd_odTmdNUdGUdAUd4cd\ BffIzhPzjVzlaznzzznzrpoeqlUriIsg6kk8dnAYqCRtEKmGDz\ IHmNLzROtVSz_VpcZnzalk`jz_i`ZhzYgzXfMWeHWdCGgK1jSs\ hXkecdbiY_oRYuVadZeO`gRaiTbkWcmYeo_fqbgsdhufzk`faV\ zTPdJJz9Db07M7I6DSzGPEJMIMJMPHQSEUVBYY8`_6_Y7ZX7YV\ 8XU8WT8XP7XL6XH5XD4X93X63SObrw7cgzmnOfhQ`cSUZTOUVI\ PWHWQGbKGiFQbDZXChRAqL9c18_OUWioSgiOfdKdZGcUCbP8`J\ 4_E1Z94a86d88g8Aj8Cm8Ep8Gs8Iv8Fw7Cw79x77x7DrDImJNg\ PSbUXY_aSefNkkIpkGkkFfkDakCXkASk9Nk8Jd9TZ9bTAlNAuK\ FtHKtEPsBUs8Zr5cr3gr8jiDmaIpUNsMRuECQV9OO7NI4LCGMJ\ TNWeOhaMdYK`UIXQGTMEPICLNLJSUHXaGajEerD`mKWiRRdYM`\ dIQbEF`A4_EHXIUVMfTPsREucKveQvgVvh`vjfwlkwmqwovwpm\ xgdy_WzSNzJEzB5z3Gz76zX4zM2zBzzdzzUzzKzzAzz4zzjzzr\ zzRzzuzzzzz7zz5zz3zz1zzozzdzzUzzKzzAzz0zz0zz0zzjzz\ VzzFzz0zz0Ez07z0izrNzRnz6 } 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=========================================