FOTD -- September 11, 2009 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's name came to me Thursday afternoon when FL commented that I should try to develop a more positive attitude. When I heard this I glanced at the screen and saw today's image -- about as dark and gloomy as a fractal can get. To give the image a single highlight, I colored the inside of the central minibrot a brilliant white, declared it FOTD for Sep 11, and named it "Negative Attitude". The image was created when I mixed Z^3 with 1/2 part of Z^6 and added C. The parent fractal is shaped rather like a letter 'V' lying on its right side. Today's image is located on the edge of a valley on the eastern side of the northern arm of the V-shaped main bay. Other than the unusually somber coloring, the image is a pretty ordinary thing. Considering all this, I could rate it no higher than a 6. The calculation time of 1-5/6 minutes is within reason, though anyone in a big rush will find it a bit slow. To ease all problems I recommend viewing the finished image on the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> As for negative attitudes, I have discovered over too many years that a good realistic, depressing negative outlook, especially in politics, is far more likely to be correct than a feel-good but dreamy positive outlook. Rain was forecast for Thursday here at Fractal Central, but the day actually turned into one of the best of the year, with deep blue skies, puffy clouds and a temperature of 73F 23C. The sunlight in the fractal cats' window was nearly blinding. They took turns stretching out, closing their eyes and enjoying it. My day was close to average. The next FOTD will be posted in a near average time of 24 hours. Until then, take care, and those with a negative outlook are rarely disappointed. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Negative_Attitude { ; time=0:01:50.88-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=ident passes=1 center-mag=+0.6752499395090378/+0.446406321396262/\ 926968.8/1/102.5/0 params=0.5/6/1/3/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=1500 inside=255 logmap=150 periodicity=10 colors=000CEwEDwFCvHCvIBvKBvLAvNAvO9uQ8uR8uS7uT7uU\ 6uU4sU6qT8oS9mRBkQCiPEgOGeNIcMKaLM`KN`JPXIRYHTZGV_\ FX`HZcKaeNchQejTgmWioZkramtdovfnuhmthmsglsflrfkqej\ pdjpdiocinbhnbgmagl`fk`fk_ejZdiZdhYchXcgXbfWafVaeV\ `dU`cT_cTZbSZaRYaRY`QX_PWZPWZOVYNVXNUWMTWLTVLSUKSU\ JRTJQSIQRHPRHPQGOPFPQGOPHOPHOPINOINOJNOJNOKMNKMNLM\ NMLMMLMNLMNLMOKLOKLPKLPKLQJKRJKRJKSIJSIJTIJTIJUHIU\ HIVHIWGHWGHXGHXGHYFGYFGZFG_GHZFGYFGYFFXFFWFFWEEVEE\ UEDUEDTEDSDCSDCRDBQDBQDBPDAOCAOC9NC9MC9MC8LB8KB7KB\ 7JB7IB6IB6HA5GA5GA5FA4EA4E93D93C93C92B92A80B91B92B\ 92B93B94B94B95B95B96B97B97BA8BA8BA9BAABAABABBACBAC\ BADBADBAEBBFBBFBBGBBGBBHBBIBBIBBJBBKBBKBBLBCLBCMBC\ NBCNBCOBCOBCPBCQBCQBCRBCRCBSCBSDBSDBSEBSEBSFASFASG\ ASGASHASHASIASI9SJ9SJ9TK9TK9TL9TL8TM8TM8TN8TN8TO8T\ O8TP7TP7TQ7TQ7TR7UR7US6US6UT6UT6UU6UU6UV6UV5UW5UW5\ UX5UX5UY5UW2TX4UY5UZ7Uzzz } 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=========================================