FOTD -- May 04, 2010 (Rating 8) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: I must be on a roll, or at least on a skip. The well-above- average images seem to be coming without effort. I thought today's image would be a total loss until, out of curiosity, I applied the 'tdis' option to its outside parts and found today's bubbling basin. After a bit of color tweaking, I named it "Bubbles of Delight". The most incredible thing about today's image is that it has no parent fractal. No, the image is not the parent fractal itself; it is merely a tiny section of its invisible parent fractal. When viewed at the default magnitude of 0.67, today's image becomes nothing more than a few circular iteration bands with no open inside parts. It is only at a great magnitude that things of interest appear. The rating of an 8 seems about right. The calculation time of 33 seconds is certainly right. The trip to the FOTD web site at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> may not be quite as fast, but it will eliminate the need to set up and run the included parameter file. Monday here at Fractal Central had a split personality. The morning brought heavy clouds and heavy rain showers. But just after noontime the rain suddenly ended, the sky magically cleared and the sun blazed forth, leading to an afternoon of gentle breezes and a temperature of 81F 27C. The fractal cats paid little attention to the outside conditions. In the summer months, they need no sun to keep them comfortable. My day was about average -- dull but average. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and don't get stuck with stickers. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Bubbles_of_Delight { ; time=0:00:33.15-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=recip center-mag=-0.1993777649475212/+0.6939975274725773\ /4e+009/1/132.5/0 params=1/7/-1/-6/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=1500 inside=0 outside=tdis periodicity=6 colors=000OjHLcOJXVGP`EIgBBn94tF8mLCfRF_XJTbNMgQFc\ OG_NGWLGTKGPIHLHHHFHEEHzkzzvzzrzznzzjvzdrvZmpUhjKc\ eA`U9O0AA0BA0CAcLJwTQrUZmVfhWzdXze`zeczfgzfjzfmz_n\ zUozco`zpYmpWMmzzmWzmWzmWLmzzcXzcXzcYzcYKUYKUZKUZK\ KZKKZJK_JK_JK_JK`JK`JK`IKaIKaIKaIKbIKbIKbHKcHKcHUc\ HUdHUdHUdHUdGUeGUeGUeGUfGUfGUfFUgFUgFUgFUhFUhFchEc\ iEciEciEcjEcjEcjCclDckDckDckDckDckDckDckDckzmkzmkz\ mkzmkzmkzmkzmkzmkzmkzmkzmkzmkzmkzmkzmkzmkzwkzwjzwj\ zwjzwjzwjzwjzwjzwjzwjzwjzwjzwjzwjzwjzwjzzjzzjzzjzz\ jzzjzzjzzjzzjzzjzzezzfzzfzzfzzfzzfzzfqzfpzfpzfozfn\ zfmzfmzglzgkzgjzgizgizghzggzgfzgfzgezgdzgczhczhbzh\ azh`zh`zh_zhZzhYzhXzhXzhWzhVziUziUziTziSziRziRziQz\ iPziOziNziNziMzjLzjKzjKzjJzjIzjHzjHzjGzjFzjEzjRziQ\ zjQzjQzjPzjPzjPzjOzjOzjOzjNzjNzjNzjMzjozAnzGmzMlzS\ kzYjzcmzgpzkrzouzsxzwzzzuzqpzikzafzTazLYzDazZezs_z\ qUzpPzoJzmEzl8zk3zjAzfGzb } 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=========================================