FOTD -- July 26, 2013 (Rating A-8,M-7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image takes us into the parent fractal that appears when 0.2 part of Z^3 is subtracted from 0.8 part of Z^2. This parent resembles a Mandelbrot set rotated 180 degrees, with additional elements popping up along both ends of the X-axis. Today's image lies in the East Valley area of a three-lobed minibrot on the negative X-axis of the parent. The name "Flowers in the Summer" came to mind when I glanced out the window at FL's garden, which is near its peak, and then turned back to the image. The artistic value of 8 is mostly due to the coloring, which was achieved with a random strike of the 'enter' key. The math value of only a 7 indicates that nothing really new lies in either the parent or the actual image. The calculation time of under 1-1/2 minutes is just a little on the slow side, but this delay may be avoided by checking the image on one of the web sites. The finished image is posted at: <http://www.crosscanpuzzles.com/Archives.html> A hi-def version is at: <http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html> Back images are at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> Today was probably the finest day of the summer here at Fractal Central, with Photoshop blue skies decorated with cottonpuff clouds, a temperature of 82F 28C and low humidity with gentle breezes. The fractal cat managed to find a spot of afternoon sun, where he passed the afternoon in total comfort. The humans made it through the day without incident. The next FOTD will be posted before too long. Until whenever, take care, and pay no attention to that man on the screen. Jim Muth jimmuth@earthlink.net START PARAMETER FILE======================================= FlowersInTheSummer { ; time=0:01:25.00 SF5 at 2000MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=ident float=y center-mag=-1.865678884094914/-0.00256198152809934\ /6.4199e+008/1/-147.5/0 params=0.8/2/-0.2/3/0/0/0/0 maxiter=1500 inside=0 logmap=166 periodicity=6 colors=000LXULWRJVOITLFRIDNFAJC7E95C6283000xe0lX0a\ O0VK0PG0JC0C80640TICOFAaP_gNUmLNsJHyHBrTFldJfoM_kR\ ThWMe`Fbe8_i6ag5bf3dd2bc1ZX1UU1NQ1HK0AD000DgX6MGDt\ k8aW4JG2bX1WR1QM1JG0DB065SWgILT9AEKCCA66SiuLYfENT7\ BESpSIZI9H9x9kp7eh6_a5UU4OM3IF2CzVWzKUkEFaBCT89J56\ 9233CH29C168034NZ2s_rlVkeRdZMYSIRLDKE9D746ByI9nF7d\ C5V93K61A3CnSAeN8YI6PE4H9284mMGPB8R5BbD2YB1T91O81J\ 61E40930410O22K11G11C11800400WLISIFOFDKDBGA9C76854\ 422aimU_cMRUFIK79AyA`d6OK3CJjeGc_DXUAQO8KI5DC266wa\ UcPKKCA2Vg1KT0AE9e17Z06S04L03E0170lVdOFKAZ98U77Q66\ L55H43D3282141tr`SRI1_Q0SK0LF0EA075Zx1Nc0BK0_LZOEN\ C7Bl6le5e_4_U3UO3OI2IC1C606K6cDMMcGGcBBc55w8gcc3cK\ 1cHFmEDmCBmA9m87m65m43m21mgamaX3US3UN2UJ1cE1c90c4E\ cAAc77m53m22mY1mP1zH0z8kzO4z3zz2zz2zz1zz1zz0zz7zzb\ zzJzzfzz`zzWzzQzzLzzGzzAzz5zz8zz4zz3zz1zzkzz0zz0zz\ 0zz0zz0zz0zz0zzKzzFzzAzz5 } 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=========================================