;     Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 09:08:50 -0500
;     From: Jim Muth <jamth@mindspring.com>
;  Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 29-11-02 (Venus Fly-Trap [7])
;       Id: <1.5.4.16.20021129091058.29dfb0a6@pop.mindspring.com>
; ---------
; FOTD -- November 29, 2002 (Rating 7)
; 
; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:
; 
; The parent of today's image rather closely resembles a rocket 
; flying east.  The rocket is a large one, requiring several 
; outzooms to shrink it enough so that it fits onto the screen.  
; Today's midget is located near the tip of the southern fin of 
; the rocket, in an area on the verge of fractal evaporation.
; 
; I named the picture "Venus Fly-Trap".  I gave it this name when 
; the eight prominent elements surrounding the midget reminded me 
; of the fly-catching leaves of a Venus fly-trap plant that I once 
; kept as a kind of floral 'pet', feeding it assorted insects 
; until it could eat no more.  No flies are visible in today's 
; image, though I am certain they are there, hiding in the lush 
; growth of fractal mayhem.
; 
; The iterated expression behind the image adds 0.7 parts of 
; Z^(1.25) to 0.45 parts of Z^(-1.25), then adds 1/C instead of C. 
; The escape radius has been reduced from the M-Mix4 default of 
; 100 to 40, though I doubt that the reduction makes more than a 
; tiny difference in the resulting fractal.
; 
; The rating of 7 continues my current spate of above-average FOTD 
; images.  But I wonder how long the above-average images will 
; continue, considering that in two days I will begin a month-long 
; special of odd Julibrot slices and 4-D chatter.
; 
; The 9-minute render time is a bit slow, but the image is worth 
; the time spent.  And as always, the pre-rendered image file is, 
; or soon will be, available for download from Paul's site at:
; 
;           <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>
; 
; and from Scott's site at:
; 
;           <http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html>
; 
; With a temperature of 36F 2C, the weather Thursday here at 
; Fractal Central was quite chilly, but ample sun and lighter 
; winds gave the dynamic cats a reasonably comfortable half-hour 
; in the yard.  In the evening a treat of left-over turkey made 
; them forget any discomfort they might have experienced.
; 
; This morning I find myself with a backlog of work, so I guess 
; it's time to get busy.  The next FOTD will appear in 24 hours.  
; Until then, take care, and enjoy today's fractal.
; 
; 
; Jim Muth
; jamth@mindspring.com
; jimmuth@aol.com
; 
; 
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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,
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z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c,
|z| < l }

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