;     Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2003 11:00:55 -0500
;     From: Jim Muth <jamth@mindspring.com>
;  Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 06-12-03 (Fractal farworks [5])
;       Id: <1.5.4.16.20031206110235.0d5f4190@pop.mindspring.com>
; ---------
; 
; FOTD -- December 06, 2003 (Rating 5)
; 
; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:
; 
; Today's image is a kind of freak.  To begin, it is an 
; 'evaporated' scene in a fractal created by a formula that I 
; invented at random, using nothing but alternating 1's and 4's.  
; In addition, the 'all-inside' picture has been rendered with the 
; inside=fmod option, with the proximity set to 0.24177, a setting 
; that is rather critical.
; 
; The resulting image consists of dark zig-zagging arms 
; highlighted by points of fiery brilliance.  But strangely, the 
; brilliant points exist only in the upper two-thirds of the 
; image.  The lower third is a dull black and blue.
; 
; Near the center lies the ubiquitous midget, appearing much like 
; an exploding skyrocket.  This fireworks effect inspired the name 
; "Fractal Farworks".  The mis-spelling is intentional, 
; representing both the infinitude of the universe of fractals and 
; the way the word is pronounced here in the local area.
; 
; After meditating on the image for several minutes, I could find 
; no reason for rating it higher than the 5 which I assigned it.  
; The render time of the parameter file is a moderate 6 minutes, 
; which can be cut significantly by downloading the completed 
; image from:
; 
;           <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>
; 
; or from:
; 
;           <http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html>
; 
; With snow and sleet falling all day Friday and the temperature 
; hovering around freezing, the fractal cats had as pleasant a day 
; as possible, sitting on their shelves by the windows, watching 
; the birds outside scrounging for food.  Their day ended with a 
; treat of tuna.  Snow is still falling this morning, with around 
; 1 foot 30cm on the ground.  I guess the cats will have a repeat 
; day.
; 
; As for me, I'm simply going to relax and watch the snow.  In 
; between snowflakes I might find a fractal.  And if I do, which 
; is a near certainty, the fractal will appear as tomorrow's FOTD. 
; Until then, take care, and then take more care.
; 
; 
; Jim Muth
; jamth@mindspring.com
; jimmuth@aol.com
; 
; 
; START PARAMETER FILE================================

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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==================================
;