FOTD -- November 20, 2004 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: The next formula in line in our tour of the escape-time formulas of Fractint is the 'manzzpwr' formula. This formula raises Z to the power of the previous Z and adds Z raised to a user-defined power before adding C. One would think that this would produce some very interesting images, but when I began work with the formula, I was almost immediately disappointed. The first thing I found is that when the formula calculates, it truncates the fractional parts of values entered as the exponent, (not that I expected fractional values to make much of an improvement). Then I realized that the formula produces little beyond an endless series of bits and pieces of perturbed Mandeloids. I did stumble upon traces of a few distorted midgets, which appeared to be mildly interesting, but not being in the mood to determine critical points, I let these midgets go without further investigation. I soon came to the conclusion that, if I were to get anything of FOTD value from this formula, I would have to do it myself. So I took the image that results when the exponent is set to -12, rotated it -90 degrees, chose an appropriate cropping, and began trying the different inside and outside options. The 'atan' option seemed to work best with both the inside and outside parts of the scene. After a few minutes of working with different color palettes, I found today's image. It kind of reminds me of a carnival tent sitting on a hill, so I named it "Monster Carnival". Since I thought I did a pretty good job with the coloring, I rated the image at a 7. The render time is a very fast one minute, so the overall worth comes in at a very impressive 835. The crazy carnival tent, if that's what it is, may be viewed by running the included parameter file or by downloading it from the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Clouds that hung around all day Friday here at Fractal Central were offset by the failure of the predicted rain to arrive, as well as the light winds and unusually mild temperature of 63F 17C. The cat duo approved by staying out in the yard for three hours. The high point of the day came when Tippy went for a squirrel, causing the squirrel to drop his nut and scamper up a tree, from where he scolded loudly. This morning is starting mild and damp, with showers in the area. I fear the good day for the duo will not be repeated. Unless some unexpected work arrives, I will have a day of peace and relaxation. The next FOTD fractal will appear in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and I hear it's all right to start eating carbs again. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Monster_Carnival { ; time=0:01:20.80--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=manzzpwr passes=1 periodicity=10 center-mag=1.34097/0/0.3257576/1/-90/-1.2337353361\ 1470521e-014 params=0/0/-12 float=y maxiter=1500 bailout=10000 inside=atan outside=atan logmap=yes colors=000RVASVASVBTUBTUBUUCUUCUTDVTDVTEVSEURETQFS\ PFROGQNGPMGOLGNKFMJELIDKHCGGBDFBFECGDDHCDIBEJAEKCF\ MDFNEGOGGPHHQJHRKITLIUNJVOJWPKXRKYSLZTL`VMaWNbYNcZ\ Od_OeaPgbPhcQieQjfRkhRliSnjSolTpmTqnUrpUsqVsrXtrVt\ rUtqStqRtqQtpOtpNtoLtoKuoJunHunGumEumDumCulAul9vl7\ ul8uk9tkAtjBtjCsiDsiDrhErhFrgGqgHqfIpfJpeJpdKodLoc\ MncNnbOnbPmaPmaQm`Rl`Sl_Tk_UkZVkYVjYWjXXiXYiWZiW_h\ V`hV`gUagUbgTcfTdfSeeTcdUbfSdgQdiObkM`lK_nHYpFWqDV\ rBTs9Rt6Rt7Qu7Qu7Pu7Pt7Ps7Or7Or7Nq7Np7No7Mo7Mn7Lm7\ Lm8Ll8Kk8Kj8Jj8Ji8Jh8Ig8Ig8If8He8He8Gd8Gc8Gb8Fb9Fa\ 9E`9E_9E_9DZ9DY9CY9CX9CW9BV9BV9BU9AT9AS99SA9RA9QA8\ QA8PA7OA7NA7NA6MA6LA5KA5KA5JA4IA4IA4HC5HD6HE7HF8HG\ 9HHAHIAGJBGKCGLDGMEGNFGOGGPGGQHFRIFSJFTKFULFVMFWMF\ XNFYOE_PE`QEaREbREcSEdTEeUEfVDgWDhXDiXDjYDkZDl_Dm`\ DnaCobCpbCqcCrdCseCtfCugAwhCvgDugEtgFsfGsfHrfIrfJr\ fKqfKqfKpfKpfKofKofKnfKmf } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================