FOTD -- May 31, 2010 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image is a dip into the East Valley area at the bottom center of yesterday's fractal. The name of the image, "Is it an Elephant?", is a question that may be answered with a resounding 'no'. The image holds nothing that even vaguely resembles an East Valley elephant. But this is what makes the image so interesting. Instead of spiralling elephant trunks, we have spidery networks strung between brilliant balls of light. The rating of a 7 might be a little conservative considering the 20 minutes I devoted to tweaking the basically program-generated color palette. The calculation time of 2 minutes can be avoided by viewing the finished image on the FOTD web site at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> Picture an absolutely perfect day and you'll have an idea of the weather here at Fractal Central on Sunday. Well, I actually thought the cloudless skies were a bit boring, and the tempera- ture of 86F 30C was a bit too warm, but with the low humidity, things were still well within the comfort range. The fractal cats slept through most of the day, getting up only to check the outside conditions every hour or so. They sprang to total alertness however when they heard a can of tuna being opened. My day, as well as FL's day, was reasonably peaceful, even if the smoke from a neighbor's grill did occasionally waft into the yard and mix with the smell of the roses. Tomorrow will be much the same. The next FOTD, another scene in yesterday's fractal, will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and keep the negative matter contained. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Is_it_an_Elephant? { ; time=0:02:05.73-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=FinDivBrot-2 function=recip float=y center-mag=+0.9759553350515242/+0.1492507155382438\ /5.38467e+007/1/-151.5/0 params=1.01/-1/6000/0 maxiter=2250 inside=0 logmap=298 periodicity=6 colors=000zzz9kzAgzCbzDZzFUvHPrILmKGhKCcKDZKEUKEPK\ FLKGLKHLHGKDFK9FK5FK8FNBGQEHSHHVKGXNF_QEbTDdUCgUBi\ UAlUAnUEoUIoUMoUQpUUpSYpQ_pOamNchOecPgZPiUUkPZmKco\ Fcq8ds7dt7eu7ev7fw6gx6oy6tz6wy5zx5zw5zu4zs4zq4zo4z\ m3ym3xm3wm3vk5ug7t`9sXBrSDqOFpKHoKJnKJjPKgUKdZLacL\ ZcLWcMShMPmNMrNmvzzzzmwzArOCoPElPGiQIfQKcRM`RN_SPY\ SRXTTVTVUUXSUWORYRU_TW`VZbX`d_ceaegcgiejjhlljonntw\ tzoptghq_cnSYlKSi5SrDNgKIYRDNY8Dd43oJHyYUHqZGzXFnW\ EzUElTDzRCjQCzPBgNAzMAeK9zJ8cH8zG7`F6mD6ZC5YA4X94W\ 86U77S78R79P7AO7BM7CK7DJ7EH7FG7HE6IC6JB6K96L86M66N\ 46O36P16Q06R3AS6DT9HUBKVENVHRWJUXMXYP`ZSc_Uf_Xj`_m\ aapcctehwgmzihzkcrlZqlUqlPplPplPplQolRolSnlTnlTnlU\ msUmzVlzWlzXlzYkzZkz_kzajzcjzejahi_kiYniXqhVthUwhz\ zgzzgzzgzzfzzfKzzzzezzezzezzdCzzzzd9zzzzc6zzzzc7zz\ 8zzzz_BzzzzYEzzzzWzzVzzUzzTLzzzzROzzzzPRzzzzNUzzzz\ LXzzzzJ_zzzzHbzzzzGazzzz9 } 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=========================================