FOTD -- May 19, 2010 (Rating ?) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image is not rated because it is merely a study in coloring fractals. The basic B-W color palette is a part of the Fractint program, and may be accessed by striking <ctrl-F1> while in coloring mode. In today's image I added a few pale extra colors to give a bit of sparkle. Take away the pale col- ing and the image is a true graphic. Actually, this particular color palette brings out the underlying forms of the fractal quite well. A bit of color tweaking will reveal the basic diffi- culty of coloring the fractal. The iterated line of the parent fractal subtracts 4 parts of Z^(-5) from 2 parts of Z^(-3) then adds (1/C). This parent is nothing more than an empty circle with a brilliant white spot in the center and six irregular islands of debris scattered around the perimeter. Today's scene is located in the easternmost debris island. With no idea how to accurately rate a fractal study, I left the rating a question. The name "Microistic Disorder" does not refer to some vague medical affliction characterized by an obses- sion with fractals. Like so many of my FOTD names, it has no meaning at all, other than the way it sounds. Unfortunately, the image is a slow one, which takes 13-1/2 minutes to run even on a fireball 2000mhz machine primed for fractal generation. The solution to this minor problem is to surf out to the FOTD web site at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> and in ultimate comfort enjoy the finished image posted there. Light but steady rain set in at midnight Monday here at Fractal Central and continued through the day on Tuesday, while the temperature hovered around an un-springlike 50F 10C. The fractal cats were happy with the temperature, since it was 70F 21C inside FC the entire time, and there was no indoor rain. My day was busy but productive. If only every day could be the same... The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and look for the bright side, but don't be surprised if you get slugged by the dark side instead. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= MicroisticDisorder { ; time=0:13:28.18-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+0.993714689388549/+0.1300117885242976/\ 4e+009/1/-51.5/0 params=2/-3/-4/-5/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=10500 inside=0 outside=tdis periodicity=10 colors=000zzzJIKJIKKJKKJKLKKLKKMLKMLKNMKNMKONKONKP\ OKPOKQPNQPNRQORQOSRPSRPTSQTSQUTRUTRVUSVUSWVTWVTXWU\ XWUYXVYXVZYWZYW_ZX_ZX`_Y`_Y`_Ya`Za`Zba_ba_cb`cb`dc\ adcaedbedbfecfecgfdgfdhgehgeihfihfjigjigkjhkjhlkil\ kimljmljnmknmkonlpnlqomromspntpnuqovqowrpxrpysqzsq\ ztrztrzuszuszvtzvtzwuzwuzxvzxvzywzywzzxzzxzzyzutzu\ uzuuzuuzuuzuuzuuzuuzuuzuuzuuzuuzuuzutzutzuszzxzywz\ ywzxvzxvzwuzwuzvtzvtzuszusztrztrzsqzsqzrpyrpxqowqo\ vpnukntomsomrnlqnlpmkomknljmljlkilkikjhkjhjigjigih\ fihfhgehgegfdgbdfecfecedbedbdcadcacb`cb`ba_ba_a`Za\ `Z`_Y`_Y`_Y_ZX_ZXZYWZXWYXVYXVXWUXWU`VTWVT_USVUSZTR\ UTRYSQTSQSRPSRPRQORQOQPNQPNXPMPOMYNLONLXMKNMK`LKML\ KLKK_KKKJKUJKJIKYIKIHKXHKZGKHGKSKUTPKUEKKEUUDKUDUK\ CKUCUUBUUBKUAUKAUU9KK9UK8UK8KK7UK7KK6UT6KKPKK5KK5U\ K5KK6UK6KK7UK7KK8UK8KK9UK9KKAUKAKKBUKBKKCUKCKKDUKP\ KKEUKEKKFUKFKKGUKGKKHUKHK } 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=========================================