;     Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 11:01:05 EST
;     From: JimMuth@aol.com
;  Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 15-12-02 (Midget in a Nebula [7])
;       Id: <1a5.dba3f5e.2b2e0141@aol.com>
; ---------
; FOTD -- December 15, 2002 (Rating 7)
; 
; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:
; 
; I rather admire today's image, with its elements half obscured 
; by illuminated haze.  It reminds me of one of those nebulas in 
; space, where stars are being born.  Because of this resemblance, 
; I named the image "Midget in a Nebula" and rated it at a 7, a 
; rating that, in my opinion at least, is fully justified.
; 
; Yes, I realize that December was supposed to be a month without 
; a quadratic midget.  So I lied -- so what!  Today's image is a 
; good fractal, one well worth having the honor of FOTD bestowed 
; upon it.
; 
; Most of the image consists of bof60 inside fill.  The generating 
; expression combines various portions of Z^(1.8), Z^(-0.8), Z, 
; and Z^(0.8) before adding 1/C.  The work was done by my unused 
; MandelbrotMix3 formula, which combines 4 different powers of Z 
; but leaves it to the fractalist to work out a critical point to 
; enter as the real(p5) parameter.  Because of the work involved, 
; and because the images are not that much better than those 
; created by the M-Mix4 formula, I rarely use the M-Mix3 formula.
; 
; The render time of 17 minutes is a bit slow.  Time may be saved 
; by downloading the finished image from:
; 
;           <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>
; 
; or from:
; 
;           <http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html>
; 
; Saturday was blustery here at F.C., but there was enough sun to 
; warm it to 47F 8C, which pleased the fractal cats, who managed 
; to enjoy an hour of yard time chasing the few sunbeams that 
; filtered through the holly trees.  A treat of chicken in the 
; evening completed a pleasant day for the fractal duo.
; 
; Well, I made it through yesterday's shopping, and I'll likely 
; make it through today's also.  Then, when the day is done, I'll 
; concentrate on the next FOTD.  Until tomorrow, take care, and 
; when is a fractal not a fractal?
; 
; 
; Jim Muth
; jamth@mindspring.com
; jimmuth@aol.com
; 
; 
; START PARAMETER FILE================================

Midget_in_a_Nebula { ; time=0:17:19.20--SF5 on a P200
  reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm
  formulaname=MandelbrotMix3 function=recip passes=1
  center-mag=-0.34313191980537870/-0.226238684265287\
  00/3.398512e+008/1/-45/-3.34391089214236548e-007
  params=0.4/1.8/2/-0.8/-1/1/2/0.8/1.1003729163945/0
  float=y maxiter=1800 inside=bof60 periodicity=10
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  Cs2Rr9SlETgJUbNVYSVTWWN`XIeYDiZ8nZ3rcBigJ`lRSpZJtf\
  BsgErgGqhIphKohMniPniRmjT }

frm:MandelbrotMix3 {; Jim Muth
z=real(p5), c=fn1(pixel), a=real(p1), b=imag(p1),
d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), g=real(p3), h=imag(p3),
j=real(p4), k=imag(p4), l=imag(p5)+100:
z=(a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f))+(g*(z^h))+(j*(z^k))+c,
|z| <=l }

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