FOTD -- January 25, 2010 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Since there was no FOTD for January 24, it is obvious that an antiquing trip did take place on Saturday. We ended up in State College, close to the dead center of Pennsylvania, 80 miles 130km west of FC. By the time we returned, the fractal cats were irate and it was too late for a proper FOTD. Today's effort shows a scene in a parent fractal that consists of an everyday Mandelbrot set inside a Z^(-7) Mandeloid that lies within a hole in a Z^(-3) Mandeloid that lies at the center of a circular bay. The exact location is in the center of the valley of the Z^(-7) Mandeloid that lies on the negative X-axis. I named the image "Iterate by the Numbers" because the image, with its large areas of flat color, reminds me of one of those old 'paint-by-numbers' paintings that we now see discarded in so many antique shops. The scene surely has more in it than I managed to bring out in this particular image, with the short time I had to work on it. As a result, I could rate it no higher than a 6. Perhaps the best feature is the calculation time, which at 1-3/4 minutes will hold the anxiety while waiting to a minimum. Of course, all anxiety may be eliminated by viewing the finished image on the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> The weather on Saturday was perfect -- total sun and a tempera- ture of 41F +5C. The Sunday weather, with its heavy clouds, afternoon rain and temperature of 45F +7C, left something to be desired. The fractal cats agreed and spent the day in sulk mode. My day was average, with all that this implies. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and shake off that let-down with a nice cozy fractal or two. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= IterateByTheNumber { ; time=0:01:46.11-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=AllNewDivideBrot function=recip float=y center-mag=-29.50058198591536/+0.00066513778256463\ /3444216/1/-110/0 params=-3/1000000000 maxiter=3200 inside=0 logmap=230 periodicity=6 colors=000GDAGFEGGHGIL9nEDZJdrRR_MOVNLRNINOKF2JG8I\ HDHIJF2fdwlSTQ1RA0D0E00FINzz2EEDaLdWK_RKWLJST1izjb\ bXVjI9COxELe2Tv6Qm9OdDLW9sWBiUD`SFSQVg9NVH1KHZIxSJ\ kMJ_v51GoIGZLkF5cGAWHFOIKhx_`mXUcUNTRFe1YkaTcYPXVK\ QRwbglYbaTYROTdda_DIVFKQGLLINy7LiBMVFNLDXIGSNwNKiO\ IWOMdyKZoJUfHOXi1Sa6RVAQNFPLxV4t17j7AaDDSJHtqrruef\ iTVZKpNI_OWlyOYfivnzH60zE8XJPyBMjGJXK8Z8GvCGlFGbIG\ TLsMgiLb_KYQJTpw`MIzKJmIJ`TTXPQUMOSJLQX0VOARYzV1Ie\ 5J`9JXDJSiKuaJlVJdNJWzacnX_bSWRNSOBuLEiIHZz81bEDBe\ AD_EEUHFOLDTvEPjFMZdCxYEnSGeMIXcou7CJCGMQPxMTyIWzI\ TwIRtImzzMzIItIFyTDkcBZn9MbDNGMLRGOmIdXJWMD6KFBJGF\ HIK_gfQVXmQ2XMD3maBC7EGGOeCUOlqHIPbdMWZJPTCGODHOEI\ OFJOROOFD`GFXGGUGIRvheka``WXQPSTjdO`ZKSTKXAIQHt66f\ BCTFIVWpRShNPaJMVxOTaLQEhCYRdTP_PNWKLSrhmALYDKTzQk\ jNcVLWGWYLXZIQTcWOWROONOg`hUSYvK0kJ6`JCQJI4bs7YkAT\ cDOWOS_tXp_QaYS`PNURwfLbX } frm:AllNewDivideBrot { ; Jim Muth z=(0,0), c=pixel, a=-(real(p1)-2), b=imag(p1)+0.00000000000000000001: z=b*(z^2*fn1(z^(a)+b))+c |z| < 1000000 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================