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Jim,
In your FOTD -- May 06, 2007 you describe the parent fractal as:
 
> The parent fractal is a
> string of four north-south oriented large bays, with the south-
> ernmost bay showing the strongest Mandeloid characteristics.
 
When I calculate the parent fractal of this FOTD I do not see
what you describe.  I calculate the parent fractal as follows:
 
After I calculate your FOTD I calculate its parent fractal by
hitting <Z> <F6> and setting 0,0,1,1,0,0.  After letting this
fractal render I then zoom out as much as is needed to
get the entire parent fractal to fit onto the screen. 
 
I rotate the parent fractal to get its longer axis horizontal. 
I also set the Log Palette (logmap) parameter on the <X> screen
to zero.
 
 
I have put the .PAR file I created for the parent fractal
in question below. 
 
 
Any comments as to why I get a parent fractal that does not
match your description would be appreciated.
 
 - Hal Lane
 
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# hallane@earthlink.net #
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START PARAMETER FILE=======================================
 
FOTD-May6'07parent { ; Hal Lane May 06,'07 11:50 P400 1024x768
                     ; Parent fractal of Jim Muth's FOTD
                     ; for May 6th, 2007.
  reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=_m.frm
  formulaname=mandautocritinz function=recip passes=1
  center-mag=1.90028/-0.824587/0.1536318/1/90/3.885780586\
  18804789e-016 params=-6/-1.17/-0.8/-7.4/0/0/0/0
  float=y maxiter=2000 inside=zmag periodicity=10
  sound=off
  colors=000<9>00000000000000001000000Z00R00d50lA0lE0uH0j\
  L0kM3jQ7ETA0VC0R80Q70<2>J11H07F0CE0FA0L80O70T50X30d30k1\
  5q1Mx1Tz8XxF`sMWlgVg_TbfEXlFRsKMyPFzUAzZ5zc0zf0zcazZ_zU\
  Y<2>oFTkHRfER`LQW2ObfM<2>VyHTzHOzF<3>bzFfzFjzEnzErzEwzE\
  zzEwzEtzHqzLozMmzQkzRizV<3>azd_zfYxb<3>QqQOoMMlJKkFIiC<\
  2>C_1AX08T3AR7COACMCELFFHJHJLHLOJLRLMTMMXMO_OQaQQdRRgRT\
  iQYgQafQffQigQlgQqgQugQxiXqoalufgykazoXzvRzzLz<2>z5zzAz\
  <2>yLzvOzqTznXxk_ufbqbfnYklVnkRqgMufJxdFzbJqXMgQO_JRQCV\
  F5X70Y87Y8C_8J_8O_8Va8_a8daAkbAobAvbAzdAzdAzdAzYEzRFzLJ\
  zELy7Ov0Qq0Rn0HT078000000000103808E0EL0JR0MY0Rd0Xi0ao0f\
  v0kz0oz0su3vi7xXAzLEzFHvCLq8Ol3Rg0Vb0YX<2>0gH0kC0n80q71\
  u5UfhFz0<3>fz0lz0sz0yz05z08z3CzAEzFHzMLzTMzYQzdTzkVzoYz\
  v_zz<2>5zV0zJ0z80zO0za0zo0zz0zz0zu0z_0zF000
  }
 
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=========================================
 
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