FOTD -- February 28, 2014 (Rating A-6,M-6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image was created when I combined 6 negative parts of Z^(-1.3) with 1.5 negative parts of Z^(-7.7) and added (1/C) on every iteration. The resulting parent fractal is a typical string of bays stacked north-south, with a prominent 'fan' exten- ding east from the origin. Today's scene lies in the east valley area of one of the many various sized minibrots strung along the eastern edge of the fan blade. I named the image "Lost and All Alone" when I noticed that the scene is totally cut off from the rest of the parent fractal. I did not check to see whether it is also cut off from the rest of the entire Julibrot. It might not even be possible to do this. Since the art and math aspects are both old tricks, they rate an average 6, which is not all that bad but nothing to get excited about either. The calculation time of 1-3/4 minutes is within the field of reason. And as always, the FOTD web sites can make the calcula- tion even more reasonable. Time may be saved by checking the finished image at: <http://www.crosscanpuzzles.com/Archives.html> <http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html> <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> <http://user.xmission.com/~legalize/fractals/fotd/about.html> The day began with a temperature of 0F -18C, but with total sun and no wind, the afternoon became almost pleasant. The fractal cats took full advantage of the sun, which at this time of year falls at its most efficient angle on their shelf. The fractal humans watched the midday news shows and wondered how much of the so-called 'news' we hear on the mass media outlets is based on fact and how much is propaganda intended to advance someone's agenda. The next FOTD will be posted sometime next month, and that's no propaganda. Until the next time arrives, take care, and when a person believes only half of what he hears as news, he believes far too much. Jim (the aliens are watching us ;-) ) Muth jimmuth@earthlink.net START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Lost_and_All_Alone { ; time=0:01:45.00 SF5 at 2000MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=recip float=y center-mag=+2.162423836308988/-1.271602847700038/\ 1.3e+008/1/-44/0 params=-6/-1.3/-1.5/-7.7/0/0/0/0 maxiter=2400 inside=0 logmap=300 periodicity=6 colors=000B0Q00JS0J10IM0H00GH0E00CD0A0086060030000\ 0czPIKO9UMCSKBQJBOIANHALG9JF9IE9GC8EB8CA7B97986776\ zzzrpinmwkjdhga`DEL9AkfJhcIeaHc_G`XFYVEWTETQDROCOM\ BLJAJHAGF9DC8BA7886CJnBHiAGdAE_9DV8BQ8AL78G67B6dT6\ WN6NH6EBozLjyJesIamGXfFT`DOVCJOAFI9AC7KqyHioFafDUY\ AMO8EFDmzCguBbnAXf9S_8MS7HL6BDxnlmecbXVSONHFEuIjoG\ eiF`cEXYCSTBONAJ705B7AeOjUIX60JzUTzcQqPOkNMfLKaJIW\ GGREEMCCGAAB88GhsFZ_EWXDTTCPQBMNAJJ9FG8CC799zUYtQU\ kNQcJMVGINCEE9ARQPPONNMLLLKKJIIHHGGFEEDDCCBBA99977\ 7W8PJ7F7gJ6dI6aH6_G6XF6VE6SD6QC6NC6LB6IA6G96D86B76\ 86zTtzRpvPlqOimMehKadJZ`HVWFRSEONCKJAG09U07zSOzQMz\ PLzNKsMJiKI_JGPHFNGELEDJDCHBAEA9C88A778ISLFNIDJFAE\ C8A9KhrIdmLaiQZeVWa_SYdPUiMQnJMh`ziZziYzjWzjVzgWxe\ XtcXoaYk_ZgXZbV_ZU`VU`QUaMUaIUcJUdKUeLUfMUgNUhOUjP\ UkQmlRmmRmnSmoTmqUmrVmsWmtXzuYzvZzwZzuWztUzrSzqQzo\ OznMzmKzkIzjGzhEzgCzfAzcA } 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=========================================