FOTD -- December 24, 2010 (Rating 7.5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Things are rather busy here at Fractal Central as I write this on the evening of the 23rd. The discussion will be short. On the surface, today's image, with its preponderance of dark blues, is a bleak one indeed. But in its depths it holds a minibrot with a warm and shining heart. After a minute of deep thought, I named the image "Light in Darkness". The parent fractal came about when I mixed three negative parts of Z^(-1.3) with one negative part of Z^(-3.3). This parent is obviously a Mandeloid of some sort, though I was unable to make any sense of it. If it actually has a Seahorse Valley and an East Valley, they are quite hard to locate. The rating of a 7-1/2 includes 1/2 point reward to myself for the coloring, which is the major part of the effect of the image. The calculation time of 4-2/3 minutes is within reason. The easiest way to view the image is to truck down to the current FOTD web site at: <http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html> where the finished image is or soon will be posted. All the past FOTD images are available on the original FOTD web site at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> though the site is not up to date. Morning clouds and afternoon sun kept the fractal cats happy on their window shelf here at Fractal Central on Thursday. The temperature of 37F +3C was warmer than we have seen recently, but still chilly. The humans were kept busy with holiday tasks. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and be at peace with the powers that be as you try to figure out what this time of year is really all about. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Light_in_Darkness { ; time=0:04:41.17-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=recip center-mag=+2.340247772835/-0.41997288768/6.5e+007\ /1/-37.5/0 params=-3/-1.3/-1/-3.3/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=5400 inside=0 logmap=-760 periodicity=6 colors=000A0KA0KA0KA0KA0KA0KA0KA0KA0KA0KA0KA0KA0KA\ 0KA0KA0KA0KA0KA0KA0KA0KA0KA0KA0KA0KA0KA2JB4HC6FC8D\ CABCEECFGCHLCIPCJUCKZCLbCMbCO_CPaCQdCRgCSjCTlDUjEU\ iEVhFVgGWeGWdHXcIXbIY`JY_KZZKZYLZWM_VM_UN`TO`ROaQP\ aPYbOcbMYcLSaKScJQaLP`MNZOMYPLPRJVSIUUHTVFKXEQYDQ_\ BF`AGU9EUHBU91MJ3LM4LS6KW7dY8h`AcaBZcCUfEPgFKiHHkI\ GmJGoLGrMFsUFvcExmEzcEzcGycIxUKvPLuPNtPPrORqOSqOUp\ NWpNXpNZoO`oQboScnUenWgnYim_jmalmcnmcokcnjcmicmhel\ gglfikekkdmjcmibmi`mh_ohZqgYsgXufWweVweUwdTwdSwcRu\ cTsbUqbVobXmaYkaZia`gaae`bc`da`e_`fY_zX_zW_zV_zUZz\ TZzSZzRZzQYzPYzOYzOYzQ_zR`zSazUbzVczWdzYezZfz_gzah\ zbizcjzekzflzgmzinzjozkpzlqzmmznjzofzpczq`zrXzsUzt\ RzuNzvKzwzzwzzwzzwzzwzzwzzwzzwzzwzzwzzwzzwzzwzzwzz\ wzzwzzwzzwzzwzzwzzwzzwzzxzzyzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzIzzKzzMzzOzzQzzSzzUzzWz\ zYzz_zzazzczzezzfzzgzzhzz } 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=========================================