FOTD -- May 03, 2013 (Rating 8) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image resembles a shield decorated by fractal heraldry. I appropriately named it "Well Shielded". The fractal, which is rotated 90 degrees, lies on the main stem of its parent, an oversized Mandelbrot set that is on its way to becoming a cubic Mandeloid. The exact location of the scene is in a blunt valley jutting eastward into the second bud out the main spike, which is already splitting into the cubic-bud shape, with two lobes. The rating of an 8 is based on the unusual cubic shield-like pattern and also on my semi-expert coloring, which some say is great and others say is amateurish. All I can say is that great art is not created in the matter of the minutes that I spent on today's image. I went back to the 'DivideBrot5' formula for today's image because this formula does some types of mixed-power images better than the 'FinDivBrot-2' formula that I usually use. The calculation time of 2 minutes might be just slow enough to give restlessness a chance to appear. The wiser way to see the finished image is to visit the FOTD web sites. Find your happiness at: <http://www.crosscanpuzzles.com/Archives.html> where the image is posted already calculated. And clarify your vision at: <http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html> where the high-definition versions are posted. The thousands of back images are online at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> bringing joy beyond comprehension to those who venture there. Perfect weather still prevailed here at Fractal Central today, with a cloudless sky, gentle breeze and temperature of 70F 21C. The fractal cat took it in stride, being more concerned with pigeons roosting in the area. The humans had an average day, which is pleasant to experience but boring to write about. The next FOTD will be posted quite soon, and that is not boring. Until soon arrives, take care, and we should not be angry at big corporations such as oil and phone companies for making such obscene profits at our expense. We should be angry at ourselves for having allowed ourselves to become addicted to their flashy products, thereby assuring these powerful conglomerates that their obscene profits will continue to grow. Jim Muth jimmuth@earthlink.net START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Well_Shielded { ; time=0:02:00.00 SF5 at 2000MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basic.frm formulaname=DivideBrot5 float=y maxiter=1900 center-mag=-3.866658236650682/0/7.70961e+009/1/90/0 params=3/3 inside=0 logmap=268 periodicity=6 colors=000B2bB5aB8_ABZAEYAHX9KW9NV9RU9VTI_RQd7YhBm\ nAqzAut9wo9wi9wd9wZ9wU9009006IJ9IOBHUDHZFGdH9gFUF`\ VFaWGbYGcZGd_GeaGgbGhdHieHjfHkhHliHmjHnfMjcQg_VcXZ\ `TcXQgUMlQJpNGtKIsLKsLMsLOrLQrMSrMUqMWqMYqNZqN`pNb\ pNdpOfoOhoOjoOlnPnnPpnPqnPrkUrhYrearber_irXmrUqrSu\ mUphVkcWfZ_aUbYYbbaefeikimomqtqrxouvmvtlwrjxpiyngz\ mfzkdzibzgaze_zdczbgv`krZooXrlWviUwfSwcQwcOzhNzhQK\ KSKKUHKWGKYFK_FKaoE`oAio6ro2zk9yhFyeLyaRyZXyWbyYOm\ ZAbaFadJagOajSaeUf`WjWYoRZsUarXdq_gpajpdmogpnjsmlu\ mYhcJXU5LKESTNZ`Weidlqmryfpk_nZTlLNj8CbH2WQ5SY7Pd9\ MlBJsDGzbCJZIIWNITTIPYHMcHJhHGmHzZIzLIs7Ic7DL78J73\ D9BGBJJCQMEYPGeSHlPIjNIhLIfIIdGIbEIaPLdZOghRjrUm7G\ bONZdUWu`TpXUlUVgRWcOXZLYVIZRFZSF_EncDpeCqgBriAtk9\ um9vozjDzhHzgKzfNzdRzcUzbXz`_zmczmfzmizmlzmpzmszmv\ zmyzmuzzqzzmzzizzfzzbzzZzzVzzRzzOzzKzzGzzCzz9zzCzz\ FzzHzzKzzMzzPzzRzzUzzWzzT } frm:DivideBrot5 { ; Jim Muth z=(0,0), c=pixel, a=real(p1)-2, b=imag(p1)+0.00000000000000000001: z=sqr(z)/(z^(-a)+b)+c |z| < 1000000 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================