FOTD -- December 24, 2009 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image turned out quite well considering the whopping 3 minutes or so it took me to find it. It turned out well enough, in fact, that I decided to give it a rating of a 6. The exponent of Z in today's image is 1.77828, which just happens to be the 4th root of 10, not that this makes much difference in the appearance of the image. The fact that the parent fractal was calculated 14 levels up the complex logarithmic hyperspiral with no function applied is far more significant. Most of the effect is created by the color palette, which was actually created by the Fractint program with a single strike of the <enter> key. The name "Pits_and_Bieces" is a slight variation of "Bits and Pieces", which needs no explanation. The only thing left to mention is the very fast 65-second running time of the included parameter file. The finished image is posted as always on the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Full sunshine but a brisk temperature of 25F -4C here at Fractal Central on Wednesday kept the fractal cats toggling between their window shelf and the heat source. With me, things contin- ued hectic. The next FOTD is due in 24 hours, but with so much to be done on the day before Christmas, there is a good chance I might not have time to do an FOTD. Until whenever, take care, and be patient. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Pits_and_Bieces { ; time=0:01:05.14-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandelbrotBC3 function=ident passes=1 center-mag=-0.7549969820674577/-0.0553349364154242\ /7.227405e+008 params=1.77828/0/14/0 float=y maxiter=1500 inside=255 logmap=112 periodicity=6 colors=000000000000000000SgIN_FITCEM99E6473flASW6E\ G37CB5A94873652431212Pc1KX1GQ1CK08D0464cx3Zp3Uh2Pa\ 2KU1FM1AF057MqnIheE_YBRP7IH398zVkrRejN_bJUVFONBIF7\ C7360PGb22W11Q11J11D006009KL7HI6EF5BC389256123a7GV\ 5DP4AJ38C25612uumTTPFXVtLYa8GJ48duYKTHV_XFIGOAoC5Q\ jTibOaVJUNENF9F747iRaYKSNDJB69aTzJEVg5Z_4TT3NM2HE1\ B705AjT8bO6VJ5NE3F9174fTELE7zBie7UL3FdHTUCLK8EA47p\ DRZ8IH49RoAMf8IY6DQ59H3481VDxOAkI7_C5O62C7dx5Ym4Rc\ 3KU2DK16Aq`DhUA_O8RI6IC4962e18_06U05O04I03C02601qT\ eiO_aKUUGONCIF8C746UmaPdVKXPFPJ4y`AmUFaOKQHPFBRMDT\ SEVYF_TDcOChJAlF9jGBhHDfIFdIHTOSIUb7Zl9ahBceDeaEhZ\ GjVIlSJnP6czFczBcz7cz3cz3cz2cz2cz1hz1hz1mz0mz0mzZm\ zHmzKmzGmzDmzAmz6mz3mzPmzKmzFmzAmz5mz0mzdmzzmzzmzz\ mzzmzzmzXmzQmzKmzDmz6mzumzimzYmzNmzBmzpmznmzPmzzmz\ emzLzzozzgzz`zzTzzMzzEzz7zzQzzJzzDzz6zzZzzQzzHzz8z\ ztzzazzJzzxzzUzzQzzMzzzzz } frm:MandelbrotBC3 { ; by several Fractint users e=p1, a=imag(p2)+100 p=real(p2)+PI q=2*PI*fn1(p/(2*PI)) r=real(p2)+PI-q Z=C=Pixel: Z=log(Z) IF(imag(Z)>r) Z=Z+flip(2*PI) ENDIF Z=exp(e*(Z+flip(q)))+C |Z|<a } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================