FOTD -- June 27, 2012 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Well, I see that the FOTD rating is again going down. I'm not sure why. Sometimes the world of fractals seems to have a will of its own, and despite my best efforts, it refuses to produce a fractal that is even close to great. I guess it's what artists call a lack of inspiration, though I hardly consider myself a fine artist. Today's image rates a merely average 7. We have seen many similar images in the past, and this holds down the rating. I did put a bit of extra effort into the coloring, but the result failed to be worth the usual half-point bonus. Perhaps the most impressive thing about today's image is not the image itself, but the parent fractal it lies in. This parent is not only oversized, it is immense, requiring a magnitude of 0.0008 to fit it on the screen. This parent is actually a very distorted Mandelbrot set, rotated 180 degrees, with East Valley on the west side and the infinitesimal main spike on the east side. It resembles an open figure eight with rounded areas of debris lying both north and south of the main bay. Today's scene lies on the southeastern edge of the southern area of debris. I named the image "A Deep Creep". Who knows why I gave it such a name. I, for one, certainly do not. The calculation time of 1-3/4 minutes is fast enough to avoid impatience, yet slow enough to give ample time to enjoy the fractal generation. The finished image is posted at: <http://www.crosscanpuzzles.com/Archives.html> A high definition rendering is at: <http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html> The past FOTD images and writings are at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> A mix of sun and clouds with a temperature of 82F 28C made today near ideal for those at Fractal Central, both humans and cats. The cats had a fun day hiding in their squashable cat cubes, and the humans had fun when the work went well. The next FOTD is on the way! If all goes well, it will be posted in 24 hours. All does not always go well however, so there is no guarantee. If the next FOTD is late, most likely all did not go well. Until whenever, take care, and "the scientific method", which I once considered almost a religious doctrine, now seems as awkward as the flounderings of a troupe of first graders trying to perform "Hamlet". (No, I do not have anything better to offer. My opinion is that it would take attributes far above mankind's puny intelligence and the laws of logic to solve the riddles of existence. No wonder rational science tries to ignore the really big questions.) Jim Muth jimmuth@earthlink.net START PARAMETER FILE======================================= A_Deep_Creep { ; time=0:01:45.00 SF5 at 2000MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=recip float=y center-mag=+418.5767740817511/-748.3998772017903/\ 5155.94/1/152.5/0 params=0.375/3.3/1/-3.33/0/0/0/0 maxiter=1500 inside=0 logmap=161 periodicity=0 colors=000OOzPPzPRzPSzQTzRUzRUzRVzRWzRWzRWzRWzRWzR\ WzSWzSWzSWzSWzSWzVXzXXz_XzbXzeYzh_zl`zobzsezxhzzkz\ xkzsgxrasoYmlXfjR`eNWbJR`GLYFEXEAVD6TC2TB0SA0RA2TB\ AX9H`8Sd9Ug9XjBYmB_pCasFcuGdwIdxKfyLgzNhzPjzRjzSjz\ UlzVlzWmzZnz_ozao37X38V49T4BS4CQ5FO5GM6IL6JJ8MIATK\ EaMHhPMsROyUTyWWyWXyVYyT_ySVoLPWEQLCTFCXDB`BAdBAb9\ C`8EZ7HX7JV5MT5QS5TT7`T8eVAnWCuYEzY7ed6TpAMzDGzGDw\ FCjHCZJDONFMTKLcPIqWFybJyaLy`Oy`Sy_Uy`Xy__y_ayZnyX\ zyWzyWzyUzySzyQqyShqTahVX_XTWTVYVWS`XOhXLnWHuXGzWH\ yVJyVKyUMyTNwUOwTRwTTwUVwSVsOTnLSjHReFQbCPZ9PV6OS4\ OO2OL1PJ1RH5VOAXVF`bINLGJGQB7`83`85`86`76`79`7A`7C\ `7D`6G`6I`5J`5O`5Q`5S`5UL4LB8G5BB7CE8CG8DI9DL9DMBF\ OCFQDGTDGVEHXEHZGIbGJdHJeHKhQQzOOuNMnNLhMKbLKXLKSK\ LMILIILIJLILLFMLCOL9QK6TW5XX7`Z8d_9h`ClbDlbD_oE_oE\ _oE_oF_oF_oFsyzsywsyuryrpylzyzzyzzyzzyzzyzzyzzyzzy\ zzyzzyzzyzzyzzyzzyzzyzzyz } 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=========================================