;     Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 10:38:17 -0400
;     From: Jim Muth <jamth@mindspring.com>
;  Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 18-09-02 (Difficult to Color [5])
;       Id: <1.5.4.16.20020918103929.2ba7ca10@pop.mindspring.com>
; ---------
; FOTD -- September 18, 2002 (Rating 5)
; 
; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:
; 
; Today's image came on with much fanfare.  When I saw it in thumb-
; nail size, I expected another 8-rater.  But when the time came 
; to apply the color, things did not go as planned.  Try as I 
; might, I could not get the colors to go onto the image smoothly. 
; The reason is that the iteration count of the bands jumps around 
; haphazardly, making smooth coloring almost impossible.  In the 
; end, I decided to let nature take its course and let the image 
; appear in its natural form.  To remind myself of the coloring 
; problems, I named the image "Difficult to Color".
; 
; The formula behind the image takes plain Z and adds 12 times as 
; much 1/Z to it before adding 1/C.  The resulting figure is a 
; large fan-shaped bay edged by many tiny round mandel-shaped 
; bays.  Today's image is located in one of the arms of a many-
; pointed star associated with one of these small bays.
; 
; The render time on my machine of 1/100 second short of one full 
; hour is excessive for such a mediocre image, which I can rate no 
; higher than a 5, but as always, relief is at hand at the FOTD 
; web sites in the form of the completed image, which will soon be 
; ready for download.  The two FOTD web sites are located at:
; 
;           <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>
; 
; and at:
; 
;           <http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html>
; 
; The weather here at Fractal Central on Tuesday was so close to 
; perfect that the minor shortcomings can be ignored.  The cats 
; were happy, and that's all that really matters.  For humans who 
; might be curious, the temperature reached 82F 28C under partly 
; sunny (or was it partly cloudy) skies.
; 
; Another day has now begun -- one that promises to be a near 
; repeat of yesterday.  If all goes well, the cats will be happy 
; again, and if the work goes well, I'll be happy.  Until next 
; time, which will arrive on Saturday the 20th, take care, and be 
; liberally conservative with your fractals.
; 
; 
; Jim Muth
; jamth@mindspring.com
; 
; 
; START PARAMETER FILE================================

Difficult_to_Color { ; time=0:59:59.99--SF5 on a P200
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  formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1
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  GvyJwzLxzOyzQzzTzzVzzYzz_ }

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