FOTD -- April 16, 2004 (Rating 5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: A longer version of today's discussion appears on the philofractal list. Today's image, which combines various unlikely negative portions of Z^(-1.4) and Z^(-14), has a certain feeling of springtime to it. Since the season here in the Northern Hemisphere is in fact spring, I named the picture "Image of Springtime". The shades of pink and white could be apple or cherry blossoms. The greens could be the newly emerged leaves. The blues, of course, are nothing but the blue of a clear springtime sky. It's a relatively harmless image, not stressful to look at, one that I have rated a 5. The render time of under 4 minutes raises the overall value to 135. The finished product is available on the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Thursday was a good day here at Fractal Central. Warm sun, cloudless skies, moderate winds and a temperature of 63F 17C gave the dynamic duo a very pleasant afternoon in the yard. When evening arrived, they came inside without urging. Today promises to be even warmer. I expect another good day. The work is moderate today. Hopefully, the next fractal will be of above moderate quality . Until next time, take care, and the fractals never end. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ Image_ofSpringtime { ; time=0:03:42.48--SF5 on a P200 reset=2003 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=mandelbrotmix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+1.46839349750336400/+0.281643707741821\ 60/9.037591e+009/1/-19.9987125907157584/-0.0014716\ 5417249400798 params=-4.5/-1.4/-0.9/-14/0/0 float=y maxiter=550 inside=0 outside=tdis periodicity=10 colors=000jKKhKKfKKdKKgMRkCTnBV1_X0ZZ0Z`0ZbLfhzvsz\ vsyqoymlyiiyefy`byX_yTXyPUyLRwJTuIVsGXqFZoE_kCvnBl\ i9hg8fe7hc5ja4l`3mb2Zc1Kd15c58c9BcDDcHGcLIcPLcTOcX\ Qc`TcdVchYcl_dlXelUflSflPglNhlKplHwlFjlCjlAkmHlmNk\ hPkcQkZSkUTkPVjKWjFYjAZj5`j1al4_m6Zo9YpBXrDWsGUuIT\ vKSxNRyPQzRPvTQrVQoXRkZRh_RdaSacSYeTVgTRhTOjUKlUHn\ VDpVAqVDpTFoRHnPJmNMlLOkKQjISiGVhEXgCZfA`e9XbHU_PR\ XXOUdLRkPPhSNeVLbYJ_`HXdFUgDRjBOm9Lp7IqCIrGIrKIsOI\ tSItWIu_IucInZHhUGbPFWKEQFDKBCQIIWPOaWUgb_miespjnn\ jjmjeljajjXijThjX_d_R_cIUfBPaGSXLVTPXOU_JZbFbdNd`U\ eXagThhPoiMlcGiYBfS6dM1YN6SOBMPGFQL9RQ3RUYh0kQMy8g\ vCesGdpKbnNakR`hVZeZYcaXFS0wk5phDjeKdbRZ`YSYeMVlGS\ sAQzBOwCMtDKrEIoFGlGEjHCgHAeEIhCQk9Yn7dpAcqCcrEcsH\ btJbuLbuM_mNYfOW_PUTQRMRPFSN8TL1XL7`LCcLHWONPRTHUZ\ SqcSqcJ`bOcbSeaWg`KMKKOMKQOMSQ0UN3WM6YK9_ICaHFcFIe\ DLgCNiOOkXQm`RocNqf5si4ul } frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; 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, k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } END 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE==================================