FOTD -- December 30, 2009 (No Rating) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: With the seasonal rush still in full swing here at FC, today's image is another quickie, with a calculation time of 1-1/4 minutes. The parent fractal is rather promising. It consists of an upside-down Mandelbrot set, with a segment of another M-set just to its southwest and a series of large irregular bays farther west of there. The whole thing is surrounded by a field of twisting filaments. Today's scene, which captures only a bit of its parent's potential, is located on the western shore line of the westernmost irregular bay. The main effect of the image was achieved by rendering the scene with the outside set to 'tdis'. The image has no rating, and IMO deserves none. The name "Happy Old Year" gives a bit of perhaps unearned homage to the year just ended. The already-calculated image is posted to the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> The sun shone brilliantly here at Fractal Central on Tuesday, but with a temperature of only 21F -6C and a brisk wind, coats and scarves were the order of the day. The fractal cats seemed happy enough, taking full advantage of both the sun on their window shelf and house heat. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours, and things are almost settled down enough for me to give a near-guarantee. Until then, take care, and if you are in the northern hemisphere, think warm; otherwise, think cool. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Happy_Old_Year { ; time=0:01:16.66-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=recip passes=1 center-mag=-1.4967859509/+0.7705568913/51173/1/50/0 params=1/-1.5/0.3/-6.5/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=700 inside=0 outside=tdis logmap=53 periodicity=10 colors=000ZQYXQYWPZVPZTP_SP_RP_kSPlRRmQTnPUoOWoNYp\ MZqL`rKbsJcsIetHguGhvFjwElwEmvFnuGntHosIorJpqJppKq\ oLqnMrmNrlNskOsjPtiQthRugSufSveTvdUwcVwbWxaXxcYveZ\ uf_th`siarkbqlcpndnpemqflsgkthjviiwjhtkdrk`pkXnkTl\ lPjlLhlHflEgiFgfFgdGgaGgZHgXHgUIgRIgPJgMJgJKgHKgEL\ gBLg9Mg6Mg3Ng1Ni3Mk5Mm6Mo8Mq9MsBMuCMwEMyFMuENqENmE\ NiENeDOaDOYDOUDOSHQQKRPNTNQUMTVLSXLSYLS_LS`LSbLRcL\ ReLRfLRhLRiLRjKQlKQmKQoKQpKQrKPsKPuKPvKPxKPyKPzTYv\ afsiopimmikkiiiigfiedicbia_i_YiZWiXUiVRiTPiRNiPKiN\ IiLGiKEgLHfMKeNMdOPcPRbQUaRX`RZ_SaZTcYUfXViWWkVXnU\ XpWYfYZX__Oa`Eca5d_7eZ8eX9fWAfVBgTCgSDhREhPGiOHiNI\ jLJjKKkJLkHMlGNlFOjHMhIKfKIdMGbOE`QCZRAXT8VV6TX4RZ\ 2P_1S`7VaDYbI`bOccTfdZiddleioforftogrlgpihnfhlcija\ iiZjgWjeUkcUkaZl_clZhmXmmVrnTvnRzoPzoOzpUzq_zrezsb\ zt_zuXzvUzwSzxPzyMzzJzzHzzEzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz } 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=========================================