FOTD -- July 04, 2007 (Rating 4) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Yes, I realize that I'm late again with the FOTD. But sometimes lateness is unavoidable. And with July 4th being a holiday, it could happen again. Today's image lies in the strange oversized parent fractal that results when various portions of Z^(-0.7071) and Z^(1.4142) are mixed and (1/C) is added. This symmetrical, figure-8 shaped parent fractal is actually a nested pair of fractals, one snugly inside the other. Today's image is located in the northern part of the inside fractal I named the image "A Crooked House" because of the pentagonal hole near the center, which is vaguely house-shaped if it is tilted. I rated the image at a 4 because such irregular holes are far too easy to find. The included parameter file takes 2-3/4 minutes to run on the P2000 unit. On the P200 it would take about 15 minutes. Calculation time becomes meaningless however when the image is viewed in finished form on the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> But due to the holiday and the odd hour, give Paul some time to calculate and post the image. Perfect weather needs no description. Needless to say, this is what prevailed all day Tuesday here at Fractal Central. The fractal cats could not enjoy the perfection however, because they were skittish at the fireworks being set off in the area. My day was unusually busy, but at day's end the work was finished. The next FOTD will appear in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and be iterative. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= A_Crooked_House { ; time=0:02:49.22-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=recip passes=1 center-mag=-2.25760325099776300/+4.820367919049158\ 00/252.8343/1.1654/-159.24240168807313/2.444767542\ 20824821 params=1.75/-0.7071/0.525/1.4142/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=4000 inside=0 logmap=203 periodicity=10 colors=000TUdSTfSTgSSiRRkRRlRQnRQoUUpXXq_`rbcsegth\ jukmvnqwqtxtwywyzzzzuwznrwhlrbfmXacRWUKQKEKA8E8292\ 9HHFOWLViITcGSYEQSCPNANH8MB6L67O97QC7TF7VI8YL8_O8a\ R8dU9fX9i_9kb9mdDjfHghLejPbkT_mXYo`VqcTreVofW0gYjh\ Zgi`djabkc_ldYneVogSphQqjNrkKsmItnFuoDnnFhmGalHWkJ\ PjKJiLKeOLbQM_TMXVNUYOQ_PNbPKdQHgREiRBkMLjHViDdh8n\ g4wg7seApdDmbGjaJg_MdZPaXSZWVWUYTT`QRcNQfKOiHNlEMj\ IKhMIfQGdUEbYC`aA_e9gXGnONuGTwHPyILzJIyMHyOGyQGyTF\ yVEyXEx_DxaDxcCxfBxhBxjAxlAtiApfAmcAi`AfYAa_GYaMTc\ RPeXKfaGhgBjl7lr3mw4lv5lv6lv7kv8ku9kuAkuBjuCjuDjtE\ itFitGitHitsQCpRImROkRThSZfSccSiaTnZTtXTyZUt_Up`Uk\ aUgbUcdVZeVVfVQgVMhVIiUHiTGiSGjRFjQEjPEjPDkOCkNCkM\ BlLAlKAlJ9lJ9WKEFKJKMOPOTUQXZSacTfhVjmXorZtw_xvZuv\ ZrvZouZluZiuZftZctZ`tZYsZVsZSsZPsZM`ScILuMKrPJpSJn\ WIlZIjaHgdHehGckGanF_qFYoHVnITlKRkLOiNMhOKfQHeRFdS\ DeWGeZJeaMUXXUWZUW_TVaTVb } 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=========================================