Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

The soon-to-appear FOTD web site is making great progress.  With today's image, I will try to return to the usual every-day schedule of FOTD's.  I make no promises however -- not in this world where the unexpected can always go wrong.

Normally, not much can be done with quintic minibrots.  They tend to all look the same.  But when calculated with the FinDivBrot-2 formula, the quintics can really come to life.  Today's scene shows one of these quintic minibrots doing a good deal more than would be expected from it.

The parent fractal is a corrupt Mandelbrot set, well on the way to becoming an order-5 Mandeloid.  Today's scene is located in a tiny spurious valley on the negative X-axis.

The name "Pentagon Parameters" is little more than a play on words.  The rating of a 7 might be a little excessive, but so what?  Tomorrow, I might decide the image is worth only a 5.

The image may be seen and appreciated by running the included parameter file.  The running time of a mere 30 seconds will make the task a minor one.

The image may be accessed without the need for calculation at the currently active web site at:

http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html

The original FOTD web site may still be accessed at:

      http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/

The address of my own web site will be announced in a matter of a day or two.

Thursday proved to be very unpleasant here at Fractal Central.  Heavy clouds filled the sky, while the temperature hovered around 39F +4C and a misty drizzle fell most all day.  The forecast is for several inches of wet sloppy snow overnight and on Friday.  The fractal cats were unconcerned with outside conditions, and spent the day wishing they could have the excitement the old fractal cats had when they spent their days back at Old FC, exploring the holly hollow at the bottom of the yard.  (Actually, the two pairs of fractal cats never met.)

The day of the humans on Thursday was once again busy, mostly with ironing out the pesky problems that keep arising on the new FOTD web site.  The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours, or maybe 48 hours if unexpected problems arise.  Until next time, take care, and if two people dream they are observing the Statue of Liberty, is it the same statue image they are experiencing?

Jim Muth
jamth@mindspring.com


START PARAMETER FILE=======================================

PentagonParameters { ; time=0:00:30.26-SF5 on P4-2000
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  formulaname=FinDivBrot-2 function=recip maxiter=400
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  gtzfqzfozflzfFzADzBCzBBzC }

frm:FinDivBrot-2   { ; Jim Muth
z=(0,0), c=pixel, a=-(real(p1)-2),
esc=(real(p2)+16), b=imag(p1):
z=(b)*(z*z*fn1(z^(a)+b))+c
|z| < esc }

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