FOTD -- November 04, 2003 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image reminds me of the indian (Native American in PC language) artifacts that are sometimes found in the Fractal Central area. Lots of these are still lying around the area, waiting to be discovered. But it is not a matter of going out and picking up a relic. The difficulty lies in distinguishing the artifacts from the natural stones. It takes an expert to pick out an old arrowhead among the pebbles littering a river bank. There is no such difficulty in today's image. The reddish- orange bits that fill the image and seem to be swirling around the small midget in the center could easily be old arrowheads that have been lying in the ground for hundreds if not thousands of years. They could be, but they are actually fractals. I named the image "Fractal Arrowheads accordingly. The formula Z=(-1*(Z^1.1))+(11*(Z^(-1.11)))+1/C was iterated to create the parent fractal, which consists of two Mandeloids -- a rather intact one on the left, and a rudimentary one on the left, which is partly cut off. Today's scene lies in what remains of the East Valley of the left Mandeloid. Today's scene is unusual in that almost all the outside options work well with it. I chose the 'summ' option because that one impressed me the most when I saw at thumbnail size how it worked. The rating of today's image lies somewhere between 7 and 8. Feeling conservative, I rated it at a 7, though an 8 would have been nearly as accurate. The render time of 11 minutes borders on the excessive. The better way to see the orange arrowheads in today's image is to download it from one of the FOTD web sites at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> and at: <http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html> Monday started perfect and stayed perfect all day here at Fractal Central. Cloudless skies, balmy south winds and a temperature of 81F 27C kept the dynamic fractal cats coming and going from 11am until sunset, which comes at 5pm in this part of the world at this time of year. It might be winter in Minnesota, but it's summer in Maryland. Today looks to be another perfect one. The cats are waiting with anxious anticipation. As for me, I've got a couple hours of work to wrap up before I return to Fractal Land. The next FOTD will appear in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and could a fractal ever be complex enough to be considered alive? Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ Fractal_Arrowheads { ; time=0:11:75.43--SF5 on a p200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=-0.07936380134388553/-0.063807105970711\ 40/2.109278e+009/1/175/-3.97646805857798658e-005 params=-1/1.1/11/-1.11/0/525 float=y maxiter=1800 inside=0 outside=summ logmap=250 periodicity=10 colors=000KDJNEKQFLTGMWHNZIOaJPdKQgLRjMTmNVpOXsP_u\ QbwReyShzUkzWnzYqz_tzawzcwzcwzcwzawzawz_wz_wzYtzYq\ zWnzWkzUgzUczSazSZzSVzVRzYPz`LzcGyaBw_9wY4wU0wR0uP\ 0nS0fS0_S0SS0JS0AU0AW0QZ0Ua0Yd0ag0ej0im0mn0il0ej0a\ i4Yf7UdBQcGMaLH_N0YR2YV4WZ7U`AScCQgEOkHLnJJqLHtLCo\ OHvOJwOLwOOwOSwOUwOWwJ_wOYwQYwSWwWWwYUw_UwcUwdSwfS\ wjQwlQwnQwrOwtOvuLtyLqzJnzJkzJgzHczHazEZzEVzCVzETz\ HRzJPzLNzOLyOIuQGtSEqUBlW9iY7dY4a_1Ya0Uc0Sd0Of0Jf0\ Ei0Aj04l00n00n0Hr0Wu0jy0wz0zy0zz0zz0wz1rz7lzBdzG_z\ LWzRUzPUzNUzLSzISzGSzESzBQz9Qz9Qz7Oz4Oz1Oz0Oz0Lz0L\ z0Lz0Sz0Lz0Ez0Az02z00z10z40z70zE0zL4zPCzVHyZOwcUti\ Yrncqrflvljwqiwnjwnlwnnwlqwlrwlrwltwjuwjwwjyvjyviz\ viztiztfzrfzrfzrfzqdzqdzodzodzoazk_zgYzfWzaUzZQzXO\ zTLzRJzNHzICzGAzB7z74z42z00z04z0Az1Ez4Jz7Oz9SzBWzE\ _zGczIfzLjzNnzPrzRuyTyyVzyXzyZzy`zwazwczwfzwgzzfzz\ gzzizz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0 } 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 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE==================================