FOTD -- June 30, 2003 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's trip into Fractal Land takes us to the parent fractal created by subtracting Z^(1.1) from Z^(-1.1) and adding (1/C). This parent fractal should more properly be called the parent fractals because the entire parent consists of two similar sized Mandeloids sitting side by side. The Mandeloid on the right is fairly intact, with all its bays and valleys, while the one on the left is only half there. Its main bay, along with other accessories, is missing. Today's image is located in the East Valley area of the intact Mandeloid on the right. I named the image "Washboard" when I noticed the square ribbed effect around the central midget. This ribbed effect is due entirely to the unavoidable discontinuities in the image. It is a good example of discontinuities leading to a positive result. And BTW, a washboard is an object that was used to wash clothes before we had washing machines. The image rates a 6, which is just the slightest above the average of all my fractals. If I had compared it to only the FOTD fractals, it would rate around a 4. I really should broaden my rating system, since nearly every FOTD image rates between a 4 and a 7. But doing so would distort the record. Perhaps I'll shift to a 0-to-100 scale and rate my images as though they were a school test. We'll see what I think about the idea. With a render time of 5 minutes, (and a rinse time of 3 minutes) the washboard cycle is a fast one. Downloading the completed image from one of the FOTD web sites: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> <http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html> is even faster. Except for being a bit too warm for comfort, Sunday was a near perfect day here at Fractal Central, especially for cats. The rain held off, and the warm sun, gentle breezes and temperature of 88F 31C gave them a most enjoyable day in the yard. Of course, at their age, enjoyment for cats means sleeping as much as possible. Today is promising to be a repeat. With a little bit of luck, the duo will have another great day. And with a bit more luck I'll finish the day's work by noon, leaving lots of time to find the next FOTD. Until that next FOTD appears, take care, and the meaning of life could be encoded in a fractal. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ Washboard { ; time=0:05:10.88--SF5 on a p200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+0.01267188732830007/-0.352921833830621\ 70/3.316742e+009/1/107.5/0.000111833820926623972 params=-1/1.1/1/-1.1/0/0 float=y maxiter=1000 inside=0 logmap=95 periodicity=10 colors=000WhwW_uWQsWFoW6nW0lW0jW0hW0eW0aU0YS0UQ0QP\ 1PN6LL9HJDDHH9FL8DSBD_FBeHBlL9nN9xQ8sU8zW6z_6zaLz_\ Yx_zlYz_YzPYzaoznzwzziwzeszcqzQnzFlz3hz0fz0cz0az0Y\ z0Wz0Sz0Qx0Ns0Ln0NQ0N008D00eH0zN0zS0zW0za0zf1zj6zo\ 9zsDzl9zf6z_1zU0zN0zH0z90z30z00W000z6zw0zcFlJf6NaF\ QYNSUUWQaYNhaHocDwf9zh6zl1zn0zc3zS8zHBo6Fe0JU0H_0F\ c0Dh0Dl0Bq09u09x08z06z03z03z01z00z00z09z0Hz0Pz0Yz0\ ew0lo0uj0zc0zY0zU0zS0zQ0zP0zNDjWfUejeSnoHqz6uz0xz0\ Pz00z00o00c00Q80DF00N00U30SB9SHLSPWSWeSaoShzSozSuz\ SnzLhzDcz6Wx0Qs0Ln0Fj0Hl0Hl0Hn0Jn0Jo0Jo0Lq0Lq0Ls0N\ s0Nu1Nu3Pw6Pw8Px9PxBUzFYzHczJfzNlzPozQszSDqjSFWe0J\ U0DLB8BS30j00z00z00z00z10z90zF0zN0zS0w_0ue0ql0oq0n\ o0lo6njDoeLq_SsU_sPfuJnwDux8zz1zz0zx6zzFzzNzzWzzcz\ zlzzszzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzqzzzzzzzczzFzz00zz0zz0zz0zz\ 0zz0zz0zz0zx0zq0zl0zf0za0zW0zQ0zL0zF0z90z30z0Yze_z\ caz_azYDzs0zz0zzzzzzzzzzx } 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==================================