Busy yesterday didn't get time to post the Fractal Follies fractal. Well here it is, a fusion of iteration loops, with bailouts and inverse bailouts. You've got newtons in my mandelbrots-you've got mandelbrots in my newtons! While not tachyon based and faster than light instant viewing is available at http://maxitersfractalfollies.blogspot.com fract224.gif { ; newtons and mandelbrots my oh my! ; firey colors ; calctime 0:01:17.67 ; created May 22, 2010 ; Fractint Version 2004 Patchlevel 9 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=bejones.frm formulaname=BJ-SG-MaNewt-001 function=recip center-mag=-0.480601/0/0.6666667 params=24/0 float=y maxiter=2400 inside=0 periodicity=0 colors=000000000000000000000000000000000100100200400500700900B00D00G00I0\ 0L00O10Q10T10W10Z10a10e10h20k20o20r20v20y20z30z50z60z80z90zB0zC0zE0zF0zH\ 0zI0zK0zL0zN0zO0zQ0zR0zT0zU0zW0zX0zZ0z_0za0zb0zd0ze0zg0zh0zj0zk0zm0zn0zp\ 0zq0zs0zt0zv0zw0zy0zz1zz3zz4zz6zz7zz7zy7zx7zx7zw7zv7zv7zu7yt7ys7ys7yr7yq\ 6yq6yp6yo6yo6xn6xm6xl6xl6xk6xj6xj6xi5xh5wh5wg5wf5we5we5wd5wc5wc5vb5va5va\ 5v`4v_4vZ4vZ4vY4vX4uX4uW4uV4uV4uU4uT4uS3uS3uR3tQ3tQ3tP3tO3tO3tN3tM3tL3sL\ 3sK3sJ2sJ2sI2sH2sH2sG2sF2rE2rE2rD2rC2rC2rB1rA1rA1r91q81q71q71q61q51q51q4\ 1q31p20p20o20n20m20m20l20k20j20j20i20h20g20g20f20e20d20d20c20b20a20a20`2\ 0_20Z20Z20Y20X20W20W20V20U20T20T20S20R20Q20Q20P20O20N20N20M20L20K20K20J2\ 0I20H20H20G20F20E20E20E20D20D20C20C20C20B20B20A20A20A2092092092082082072\ 0720720620620520520520420420420320320220220220120120010 } frm:BJ-SG-MaNewt-001 { ;Modified Sylvie Gallet [101324,3444], 1995 z = fn1(1/pixel) , c = z , iter = 1 rad = 3.1 , center = (1.0,0.1) pix = (10*pixel+(5.0,-3.4))*(-0.1,-0.95) zn = center+rad/(pix-center) limit = real(p1) , b1 = 16 , b2 = 0.0001 : test1 = (iter<limit) , test2=(iter!=limit) z = (z-zn)*test2 + zn z2 = z*z , z4 = z2*z2 , z1 = (z4*z-1)/(4*z4) z = (z2+c)*test1 + (z-z1)*(1-test1) iter = iter+1 ((|z| <= b1) * test1) || ((|z1| >= b2) * (1-test1)) } Roger Alexander _________________________________________________________________ Win a $10,000 shopping spree from Hotmail! Enter now. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9729711