FOTD -- April 29, 2013 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image is a nice soft, soothing, low-contrast scene showing a quintic minibrot against a greyish-blue background. I named it "Five" because of the Z^5 energies infesting it. (There is also an almost-forgotten movie named "Five".) The parent fractal is a Mandelbrot set caught halfway through the process of morphing into a quintic Mandeloid, at the moment when it is at the peak of shapelessness. Today's scene is located near the X-axis of the parent, at the western extremity of its main body. The circular colors ringing the minibrot came about when I rendered the scene with the inside set to 'fmod'. (Having the background a flat black also works quite well.) The rating of a 7 is getting quite commonplace, but with it's unspectacular effect, that's what I think the image is worth. The calculation time of 5-3/4 minutes is slow. Luckily, the web sites are always there to make life easier. Enjoy life to the max. See the image on the FOTD web site at: <http://www.crosscanpuzzles.com/Archives.html> with variations at: <http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html> and slews of older images at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> Heavy clouds kept a blanket over Fractal Central today. The rain was very light, yet just enough to keep things wet. The fractal cat spent the day watching the local pigeons and asking for food, while the fractal humans caught up on the news. The next FOTD will be posted, that much is sure. The big question is exactly when. Until whenever, take care, and if it takes two to tango, how many does it take to boogaloo? Jim Muth jimmuth@earthlink.net START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Five { ; time=0:05:45.00 SF5 at 2000MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=FinDivBrot-2 function=recip float=y center-mag=-1.461801752982463/+0.00126522280599655\ /1817040/1/-75/0 params=5/10/0/0 maxiter=2000 inside=fmod proximity=0.04 logmap=78 periodicity=6 colors=000U_kU_kU_kU_kU_kU_kU_kU_kU_kU_kU_lU_jU_hT\ ZfSYdSWcSTaSQ_SOYSLWSJUSGTSERSBPS9NS6LS4KT6MU8NVAO\ VCPWEQXGRXISYKTZMUZOW_QX`SY`VZaX_bZ`b_ac`bc`cb_d`Z\ `YXYWUUSQRPNOMJKKFHGCDD8AA57B68C69D7AE7BE8CF8DG9EH\ 9FI9GIAHJAIKBILBJLCKMCLNCMODNPDOPEPQEQRFRSFSSFSTER\ TEQTEQTEPTEPUDOUDNUDNUDMUDMVCLVCKVCKVCJVCJWEOXFTXG\ YYHbYIfZJkZKp_Lu_MyYNvWNsUNpSNmRNjPNgNNeLNbJM_ILXG\ KUEJRCIOAIM9IJ7IG5ID3IA1I70I51J81JB1JE1JH1JK1JN1JQ\ 1JT1JW4KU7KT9KRCKQFLOHLNKLLNMKPOISPHVQGXRE_SDbSBdS\ AgS8jT7lT5oT4qU3oU7mUAkUDiUGgUKeUNcUQacz_czZczZczY\ czYczXczXczZcz_cz`czaczFczEczCczBczsczrczrczrczrcz\ rczrmzrmzrmzrmzrmzqmzqmzqmzqmzqmzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz } frm:FinDivBrot-2 { ; Jim Muth z=(0,0), c=pixel, a=-(real(p1)-2), esc=(real(p2)+16), b=imag(p1): z=(b)*(z*z*fn1(z^(a)+b))+c |z| < esc } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================