;     Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 23:53:24 -0400
;     From: Jim Muth <jamth@mindspring.com>
;  Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 20-05-07 (Fractal Test [4])
;       Id: <1.5.4.16.20070519235752.2b9f9816@pop.mindspring.com>
; ---------
; 
; FOTD -- May 20, 2007 (Rating 4)
; 
; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:
; 
; The FOTD seems to be slipping.  I could rate today's image no 
; higher than a humble 4, which actually is a bit below average.  
; I made almost no effort at all to find and color it.  The name 
; "Fractal Test" demonstrates this fact.
; 
; The formula behind the image is Z^(1.2)+C as it appears at 
; ground level of the logarithmic ladder.  Actually today's image 
; lies at -3.14159... of the ladder, since the number PI is the 
; actual ground level.  I could make a slight change in the 
; MandelbrotBC2 formula to set the ground level at PI, but if I 
; did this, the old parameter files would no longer calculate 
; correctly.
; 
; The image itself shows a Mandeloid midget that lies in the chaos 
; that exists on the north side of the main bay of its parent, 
; which is little more than an egg-shaped oval with a pimple on 
; its south end.  There is little to say about the image, so I 
; will say only that it reminds me of a greenish shield.
; 
; The calculation time of 2-1/4 minutes on the P4-2000 machine and 
; 7 minutes on the P200 may be bypassed by going to the FOTD web 
; site at:
; 
;        <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>
; 
; and viewing the image there.
; 
; Sunny skies in the morning gave way to cloudy skies by afternoon 
; here at Fractal Central, but the temperature reached a very 
; pleasant 70F 21C.  The new Fractal Cats, whose lives are not 
; nearly as adventurous as the lives of the old fractal cats, 
; spent the day examining a garden beetle that somehow got into 
; the kitchen.
; 
; My day was rather busy.  But if all goes as planned, tomorrow 
; will be much slower.  The next FOTD will appear in 24 hours, 
; give or take a few hours.  Until then, take care, and where does 
; yesterday go?
; 
; 
; Jim Muth
; jamth@mindspring.com
; jimmuth@aol.com
; 
; 
; START PARAMETER FILE=======================================

Fractal_Test { ; time=0:02:17.31-SF5 on P4-2000
  reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm
  formulaname=MandelbrotBC2 passes=1
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  _6B`8Da9FbVQjSPePN`MMXJLS }

frm:MandelbrotBC2   { ; by several Fractint users
  e=p1, a=imag(p2)+100, p=real(p2)+PI
  q=2*PI*floor(p/(2*PI)), r=real(p2)-q
  Z=C=Pixel:
    Z=log(Z)
    IF(imag(Z)>r)
      Z=Z+flip(2*PI)
    ENDIF
    Z=exp(e*(Z+flip(q)))+C
  |Z|<a }

; END PARAMETER FILE=========================================
; 
;