FOTD -- March 16, 2010 (Rating 5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: NEW FORMULA ALERT! Today's formula, the MandAutoCritMinZ, is one I worked up when I finalized the MandAutoCritInZ formula. It is the same as the MandAutoCritInZ formula except that it combines powers of (-z) rather than (+z). I have done very little with it because it virtually duplicates the images created by the original formula, and often fails to find a critical value of initial (z). But now and then it comes up with some new stuff. Today's image is one of the more interesting images it has produced. I named the image "A Phantom Minibrot" because of the brilliant white Mandelbrot shape left of center. The Mandelbrot effect is a totally random illusion. There is no minibrot lying just beneath the surface. The minibrot is a phantom. Ghostly specter or not, I could give the image a rating of no more than a 5. It's still an interesting scene however, well worth the 5 minutes required to calculate it from the included parameter file or the minute or so required to view the image in finished form on the FOTD web site at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> Monday brought heavy clouds but dry weather to Fractal Central, with a temperature of 48F +9C. The fractal cats disapproved. My day was rather busy; tomorrow will likely be a repeat. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and conspiracies are everywhere. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= A_Phantom_Minibrot { ; time=0:05:05.76-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritMinZ function=ident float=y center-mag=+0.585989628/+0.00007827/4751.262/1/\ -117.5/0 params=2.76/-1.4/0.36/-4.4/0/0/0/0 passes=1 maxiter=1600 inside=255 outside=tdis logmap=140 periodicity=6 colors=000iQPjRPjSPjTQkUQkVRlWRlXRmYSmZSm_Tn`TnaTo\ bUocUodVpeVpfVqgWqhWqhWoeVmbVl_VjXViVVgSVePVdMVbJV\ aHV_EVYBVX8VV5VR1UU3VW4VY5V_6Va7Vc9VeAVhBVjCVlDVnF\ VpGVrHVtIVwJWvJVvJVvJVvJVvJVvJVvJVuJVuJVuJVuJUuJUu\ JUuJUuJUtJUtJUtJUtJUtJUtJTtJTsJTsJTsJTsJTsJTsJTsJT\ sJTqLUpMVoNWnOXlPYkQZjR_iS`hT`fUaeVbdWccXdbYe`Zf__\ gZ`gYahWbiVcjUdkTelSfmQgnPhnOioNjpMkqKlrJmsIntHouD\ qvEpuFpuGpuHpuHptIptJptKptKptLpsMpsNosNosOorPorQor\ QorRorSoqToqToqUoqVnpWnpWnpXnpYnpZnoZno_no`noannan\ nbmncmndmndmmemmfmmgmmgmlhmlimljmllnokmmjmljmjimii\ mhhmfhmegmcfmbfmaem_emZdmYdmWcmVbmTbmSamRamP`mOaoM\ `mN`lN_kN_jNZiNZhNYgNYfNXeOXdOXcOWaOW`OV_OVZOUYOUX\ OTWPTVPSUPSTPSSPRQPRPPQOPQNPPMQPLQOKQOJQNIQNHQNGQM\ EQMDQLCRLBRKARK9RJ8RJ7RI6RI5RJ3SI4RH5RH6RG7RG8RF9R\ FAREAQEBQDCQDDQCEQBFQBGQAGPAHP9IP9JP8KP8LP7MP2NN4M\ O5MO7MP8MPAMQBMQDMRELRzzz } frm:MandAutoCritMinZ {; 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=========================================