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The Trek 2000 trip to Madagascar with the Rainforest Foundation.
Andringitra National Park.
Guinea fowl and a sleepy pig in a village farmyard.
Chinese blessings intricately woven into two entwined metallic snakes that form the character "吉” (Auspicious) display at The Shoppes @ Marina Bay Sands for the Chinese New Year festival.
I made these paste papers in a class given by Susan Kristoferson, a noted paper artist who currently resides in Alberta, Canada.
Unfortunately, the day was windy and wet and we had to dry our papers outside, so sometimes they got smeared. :(
The map is a portion of an old National Geographic map. I liked this olive green over a map background a lot.
Shaded with clear acrylics and then again with MIG enamel washes.
I damaged some paint on the helmet and made it into a ding - the oozing MIG Engine Oil is quite appealling as Martian Fluid.
Celebrate great dads and offer them an edge-to-edge printed metallic card holder with artis 2100U printer.
Ask for sample at bit.ly/artisJetSampleRequest
Metallic Typography
Steampunk inspired number board. Industrial elements and Neo-Victorian ornaments combined in photoshop.
My favorite of the three. View large to see the hairs on his legs.
Explanation of Names
CALOPTERYX: from the Greek "kalos" (beautiful) + "pteron" (wing or feather)
MACULATA: from the Latin "macula" (a spot) - a reference to the white spot near the tip of the female's wing
(source: bugguide.net/node/view/601 )
Showing off the VersaCAMM VS printer - perfect for proofing, comping or mocking up your silver metallic package designs.
Just taking the gear out during lunch, not been using it enough and wanted to play with some different PP techniques.
5DmkII + Sigma 50mm f/1.4
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I think we need a little more angles of this species, so I'll download these two. Here that odd black stripe on crown and neck is visible.
Photographed at Tandayapa Bird Lodge, western slope N Ecuador, Aug 2005.
A female (thanks for the confirmation, Christina). The males have abdomens with yellow and black bands. Also known as Sweat Bees.
It is on a Grindelia (Gum Plant) along the S.F. Bay shoreline.
MLK Shoreline RP, Oakland, CA
Metallic Starling
Aplonis metallica
January 14th, 2023
Brinsmead, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Canon EOS R5
Canon RF 100-500mm F4.5-7.1L IS USM lens
One of my favourite species from Far North Queensland, the fantastic Metallic Starling.
These incredibly coloured birds migrate from New Guinea to Far North Queensland each year for the wet season to breed. They construct large communal nests in specific trees, with some locations housing hundreds of nests all together. As you can see in this image, the nest are built right on top of each other & can cover the whole tree, like a sprawling high-rise of Metallic Starling apartments!
As you can imagine the noise (& sometimes smell!) is something else! There are often squabbles amongst neighbouring birds & sometimes they will try & steal nesting materials from one another! It can be quite chaotic.
Amazingly, each year these birds return to the same trees they have nested in previously to breed & raise their young, before heading back to New Guinea.