FOTD -- November 21, 2009 (Rating 7-1/2) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: I think today's image is the first one that was not named by me. When FL saw the image, she remarked, "How elegant. It almost looks Victorian." I immediately named the image "Victorian Elegance". The parent fractal is an oversized thing consisting of a near circular main bay with several buds of questionable periodicity. The filaments that extend from the buds terminate in rings. This parent was created when I combined various portions of Z^(-1.05) and Z^(-5.5), then added (1/C). Today's scene is located on the eastern shore line of the main bay. The rating of a 7-1/2 might have been an 8 if I had worked on the colors longer. But a 7-1/2 is well above what we have been seeing in the FOTD's lately, so I decided to let it go at that. The calculation time of just over 7 minutes will demand a bit of patience, but the result will be worth the effort. And if patience is in short supply, the finished image is posted for immediate gratification on the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> A mixture of clouds and sun, and a temperature of 55F 13C made Friday a near-average day for mid-November here at Fractal Central. The cats of the fractal variety had an average day also, which means they slept through 75 percent of it and asked for food the rest of the time. In my department, the day was a bit busier than average, but things worked out well and the day ended with the work caught up. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and when in fractal land, do as the fractals do. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Victorian_Elegance { ; time=0:07:12.61-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=recip passes=1 center-mag=-1.086818552098141/-25.4782011880397/\ 421630/1/-132/0 params=-2.475/-1.05/-0.275/-5.5/0/\ 0/0/0 float=y maxiter=1800 inside=0 periodicity=10 colors=000hfcYXZecaXXZb__YWZ`ZYXWXYXWWVVVVUUUTTTSS\ SRQRQPQPOOOMNNLMMKLLIKKHJJGIIFHHHJJJLKLMMMONOPOQRQ\ RSRTUSVWUWXVYZW__YaaZbb_ddaffbggciielkgnniqpltsnww\ wvwwwwwsuwsuwqswprwoqvnpumotlnskmrjlqikphjoginfhmc\ hm`imYimVinSjnPjnLjnIknFkoCko9lo6lo3lo0lo2kn4jn6jm\ 8imAhmChmEgmFfmHfmJemLemNdmPcmRcmSbmUamWamY`m__ma_\ mcZmdZmbYlaXk`Wj_WiZVhYUgXUfVTeUSdTScSObRQaQM`PF_N\ LZMAYLJXKAWJHTIAUHARGASDA9FACHFFKGKMHPRIUUKZYLc_Lh\ cMmfMrhNvjNzmOzpOzsOzvOzuOzlHtgGobFiYEdTDZOBUKAOG9\ JC8D87846355555655855955A55C55D54F54G54H54J54K54M5\ 4N54OA8PFCQKGRPKRUOSZSTcWUgZUfYTfYTb_W_`YWa_TcbPdd\ MefBSIBTJBUJAUKAVKAWLAXLAXLBWMCVNCUNDTODSPERPEQQFM\ RGIR0ES0AT00T00A00A00A00A00A00ALEmMDZMCmLDYKUzJDYJ\ EmIEYHUzGFXGFmFFXEUzDGXDGUDESDDUDCUDBUDAPD96D8UF76\ H79J6CL6FN5IP5LR4OT4RV3UX3XZ2_`2bb1ec1hb3gaLf`7e_Q\ d_AcZQbYEaXUaeRS_XVgZYZXX } 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=========================================