FOTD -- August 17, 2009 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image lies in the fractal that comes about when 4.4 negative parts of Z^(-1.4) are combined with 0.4 negative part of Z^(-4.4) and (1/C) is added. To make things more interest- ing, the scene was half-evaporated by increasing the bailout radius to 850. Then, to add still more interest, the final image was rendered with the outside set to 'tdis' and the inside set to 'fmod' with a proximity of 0.2, which makes it quite difficult to tell the inside from the outside parts. The final result rates a nominal 7, which might be a bit liberal. The name "Pebbles in the Night" refers to the smaller bits and pieces in the image, which, with a little imagination, might be seen as pebbles lying on some forgotten beach. I would prefer the calculation time of 7 minutes to have been shorter, but that's how it goes sometimes. If 7 minutes is too long to wait, why not visit the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> and view the finished image there. Midsummer heat continued here at Fractal central on Sunday as the temperature reached 91F 33C. The fractal cats spent the day doing nothing, while asking for more cool air. My day was slow, leaving lots of time for contemplation, which I did quite well. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and be happy in your sleep. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= PebblesIn_TheNight { ; time=0:07:05.28-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basic.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=recip passes=1 center-mag=-0.5882197682228385/-1.557107074318487/\ 4.726208e+007/1/-137.5/0 params=-4.4/-1.4/-0.4/\ -4.4/0/750/0/0 float=y maxiter=1500 inside=fmod proximity=0.2 outside=tdis periodicity=10 colors=500XZFUZERYEOYDMXDJXCGWCCXBEWCFWCHWCIWCKWCL\ WDNWDOWDQWDRWDSWEUWEVWEXWEYWE_WF`WFbWFcWFeWFfWGgWG\ iWGjWGlWGmWHoWHpWHrWHsWHtWHsYIsZIr_Ir`IqaJqcJqdJpe\ JpfKogKoiKnjKnkKnlLmmLmoLlpLlqMkrMksMkuMjvNjwNixNi\ yNizNjxPjvQjuRjsSjqTkpUknVklWkkXkiYlgZlf_ld`lbalab\ m_cmYdmXemVfmUgkWejXdhZcg_beaadb`cd_aeZ`gYZhXYjWXk\ VYlUYlTZlSZlRZlQ_lP_lO_lO`mN`mM`mLamKamJamIbmHbmHb\ nGcnFcnEcnDdnCdnBdnAenAeo9eo8fo7fo6fo5go4go3go3dm4\ bl5`j6Zi7Wg8Uf9SdAQcARaER_HRZKRXNSWQSUTSSXSR_TPbTO\ eTMhTLkVNhXOfYQc_RaaTZbUXiNYpGZ_IaJJcKKaLL`MM_MNZN\ OYOPWPQVPRUQSTRTSSUQSVPTWOUXNUXMVYKWZJX_IX`HYaGZbE\ _cD_dC`eBafAbg8bh7ci6dj5dj4af5_c5Y`5WY6UV6SS6QP7OM\ 7MJ7KG7JF9IEAHDBGCCGBDFAEE9FD8GD8HC7JB6KA5L94M93N8\ 2O71P60Q60R73T75U77V79W7BX7DY7GZ7I_7K`7Ma7Ob7Qc7Sd\ 7Ve7Xf7Zg7`h7bi7dj7gk7il7km7mn7oo7qp7sq8pr8nr8lr8i\ s8gs8eslaHiaHf`Gd`Ga_GZ_F } 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=========================================