FOTD -- September 17, 2008 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: I never took the existence of the evil one very seriously, that is until behind me I heard FL exclaim, 'Oh my!', and saw the dark one himself leering from the screen. The scowling face is more noticeable at some distance from the screen. The prince of darkness, complete with his army of imps, came into being when I divided Z^2 by (Z^(-1.1)+0.5) or something like that, and set the bailout radius to a stingy 3. The resulting parent fractal is something I'm not going to try to describe, though it contains a Mandelbrot set stretched in the vertical direction, with two large semi-main buds attached to the single period-2 main bud. Today's scene, which is rota- ted 90 degrees, is located on the X-axis just west of the M-set. I named the image "The Dark One Rises". And the only place he could be rising from is the fiery pit. I rated the image at a 7, not because I admire the evil one, but because the image is a fractal, and a 7 is what I think such a fractal is worth. The calculation time of 1-1/3 minutes is brief, but not too brief for the duke of darkness to work his mischief. But all calculation may be avoided by going to the FOTD web site and viewing the finished image there. The web site may be accessed at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Tenacious clouds prevented the temperature of 68F 20C from being perfect here at Fractal Central on Tuesday. The fractal cats were having a good day until Cassie caught wind of a stray cat that had wandered onto the front porch. When Nicholas saw her bristled and growling in the window, he joined her, and together they chased the intruder away. I rewarded their bravery with an extra treat of tuna. They no longer get cheddar cheese, which their doctor said is not too good for cats. As for my day, it was close to average. And tomorrow promises to be the same. Until next time, take care, and at least I did not rate today's image at a 6.66. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= The_Dark_One_Rises { ; time=0:01:22.54-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=DivideBrot5a passes=1 periodicity=10 center-mag=-0.587139/0/68.88/1/90/0 params=-1.1/\ 0.5/-13/0 float=y maxiter=1800 inside=0 logmap=yes colors=000KF9LE9KEALDALCALCAMBANAANAAMBIMBQOCYPCeR\ DmSDuRHrQLoPPlOTiNXfM`cLd`KhYJlVIoTMjVQeXUaZYX``Sb\ dOdhJflEhoAipBfqBcrBasBZtCWuCUvCRwCOxCM`_dEzwCzzAm\ e8_X6KO4FG70I9NKulFzhGteHwaIsZJuVKsSLuOMrLNtHMrIOp\ JPoJQmKRkKSjLThLUfMVeNWcNXaOY`OZZP_UNaYP`aQ_eR_iTZ\ mUZqVYuWYtYWs_UraSqcQpdOofMohKnjImlGlmEkoCjqAis8it\ 6ft5dt5at5_t4Yt4Vt4Tt4Rt3Ot3Mt3Kt2Ht2Ft2Dt2Fr4Gq6H\ o8InAKmCLkEMjGNhIPgKQfMRdOScQVeTTbRS`PQZNPXLOUJMSH\ LQFJODILBHJ9FH7EF5DD4EIDFNM7SQFRUNQYVPa`KfaPebTdbX\ cc`bcdadh`dl_biZagZ`dZ_bYZ`YYYYXWXWTXVRXUPWTMWSKWR\ IWSKXTLYTNZUO_UP_TPZZbRYaS7ke7ke6hg6zz6zz5zz5zz5zz\ 4zz4zz4zzAzzFzzLzzQzzVzzgzztzzrzzpzznzzlzzkzzizzgz\ zezzczzbzz`zzZzzXzzVzzUzzlzzizzfzzczz`zzYzzVzzrzzp\ zznzzlzzjzzhzzfzzezzczzazz_zzYzzWzzUzz7zzAzzCzzFzz\ HzzKzzMzzPzzRzzbzz`zz_zzYzzXzzVzzUzz8zzCzzFzzJzzMz\ zQzz5zz8zzBzzEzzHzzKzzNzz } frm:DivideBrot5a { ; Jim Muth z=0, c=pixel, a=real(p1)-2, d=real(p2)+16 b=imag(p1)+0.00000000000000000001: z=sqr(z)/(z^(-a)+b)+c |z| < d } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================