FOTD -- May 30, 2005 (Rating 5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's quick but minor effort at fractal creation rates a 5, which might be a bit more than it deserves. I named the image "Fractal Fingerprint" because the narrow ridges briefly reminded me of a fingerprint. I no longer see a fingerprint in the image, but the name remains. The parent fractal is an oversized thing created when portions of Z^(-1.2) and Z^(-9.3) are combined and (1/C) is added. The scene is located near the northern edge of the 'fan' of the parent. To add a bit of action to the otherwise bland image, I rendered it with the outside set to 'tdis' and applied a random color palette, which was created by striking the <enter> key while in color mode. The render time of almost 2-1/2 minutes is about all the time the image is worth. And as always, the completed GIF image may be downloaded from the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> A partly cloudy day with a high temperature of 77F 25C proved satisfactory for the fractal cats on Sunday. Unfortunately, we were out looking at unwanted odds and ends most of the after- noon, and the cats did not get outside until we returned at 6pm. The duo didn't seem to mind having been confined on such a good day, and enjoyed themselves in the holly patch until dark. This morning is starting sunny and mild, and we have no trips planned, so the cats should have a longer good day. Since it's a holiday, I am simply going to do as little as possible. The next FOTD fractal will appear in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and watch for rogue fractals. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= FractalFingerprint { ; time=0:02:27.53--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip center-mag=+1.65556616495749900/+1.217437131597509\ 00/127825.2/1/10/-2.44932094953242974e-008 params=-8.453/-1.2/-0.326/-9.3/0/0 float=y maxiter=1500 inside=0 outside=tdis periodicity=10 colors=000cmzNCae21j33n44s55w56fK4QZ2Am0Jbidlpzuwj\ hhWWVGJG172u7PT3CZwvNcbBKJj3gV2TF1EGK2AQ15DKcGgjCX\ V8MF4BlsBWmKLXDAG6_bHRTCIJ8994IURmsHBO83sm1SCzc0iP\ H87E437c5JD9MrF2SU1J71930TkhMIKGDFB9A545a6hS4XJ3M9\ 1BSBWI7L93AB0V`qhO_UCIFzjReVILF9KqnXVia``SRRJII999\ fUDWM9LF6A73VJ6F93Ud4KR2AD1z_5eO3LC1u0xa0cJ0KxPQ5b\ 1H5q82RCA9866433s_pt9Ke6FS4AE25HVLBKE5A7en8LP4qlz_\ WeIGLHTLBJE597X1CWgaOXSGMJ8B9PKSCAEp4PbmfMOuBCTIkx\ CWc6GKljDON6_YyIHV_3Stlze_jSOVECFFKEAD9564F_b7IJhR\ 2MD1c2zU1jK1VA0FlbyOJVedoLKQpbJbTEQJ9D94F5nA3Y51H`\ HVOBKC5AQouDQTv03g02T01E00HD30dh0RU0DF2Kd1AKI9bC6Q\ 63DLJVA9FqfiPRcCDKnaGYPAHC5bkPkmJ2Od1IU1CK06ASoZLb\ QEQH7D87Mx3BU_gAIM5YD6H63a5jS3ZJ2N91B76`mOQwbJOG6Y\ 8MH4BosrQSR9rv6dg4RT2DE8kN5WF2G7GZOCQI8HC486TDVE6F\ AeNfR2WK1LD1A60aO9JC4BDf78S34Eb12J01kLnZKuaSjJEN37\ s24`12IRjtDNSKl4AO2l4CW28 } frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; 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, 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=========================================