FOTD -- May 07, 2010 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image is the same scene as yesterday's, with the slight difference that it was rendered with the inside set to the color number zero instead of 'bof61'. As a result, all the parts of yesterday's image that were made of 'inside' stuff have gone totally black, leaving a scattering of dots, which become the outline of a Mandelbrot set when seen from a distance. This explains the name, "Skeletal Minibrot". Though yesterday's image rated a full 8, today's image is a virtual repeat, and therefore rates no more than a 6. I don't particularly like repeats, but sometimes they do happen. The calculation time is a zippy 19 seconds, almost exactly the same as yesterday's. The trip to the FOTD web site at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> where the finished image is posted, may not save any time, but it will avoid all the hassle that goes with setting up and run- ning the included parameter file. Thursday was a perfect day weatherwise, at least here at Fractal Central, where we had total sun and a temperature of 75F 24C. The fractal cats must have agreed, for when we gave them their morning exercise with their favorite toy, a toy bird on a string attached to a stick, they started leaping like year-old kittens. Cassie finally caught the bird in mid air and 'killed' it. My day was fair enough despite a minor flap during lunch with FL, who still feels my attitude toward the world is too negative. The next FOTD, a very deep and slow one, will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and anger solves nothing, but sometimes it sure feels right. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Skeletal_Minibrot { ; time=0:00:19.29-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=recip passes=1 center-mag=-4.668/0/5.694761 params=-0.0035/-6/\ -0.014/-5/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=1125 inside=0 logmap=5 symmetry=xaxis periodicity=6 colors=000BD57FA5GF2HK8KMCMPIPSMRVRUYWW`_Xg`Yi_Zf_\ _h``eaagbbicckddmeeoffqhgsjhulivnjwpkxrlytmzvnzyoz\ zpzzpzzpzzpzzpzzpzzpzzqzzqzzqzzqzzqzzqzzqzzpzzozzo\ zzzKzzJzzIzzHzzGzzFzzEzzDzzCzzBzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz2zz2\ zz2zz2zz1zz1zz1zz1zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ 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=========================================