ARTHUR BISHOP
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I love the sketch of the Hobby
Hi Ed,
personally, as this is an information piece rather than a 'real' picture, I think I would go with the map. It just gives a nice graphic feel to the whole thing leaving it uncluttered for the plumage detail (which is brilliant by the way) to take centre stage.
Woody
I really like the composition sketch for these shanks, would have been proud to have done it myself, as for digipainting, to me it's a valid art form (as is photography btw - as long as there's a passion in it, there's an art), using a laptop without a mouse like a right hander, whereas I'm left-handed, this is the best I can do with paint!
Hi Ed,
personally, as this is an information piece rather than a 'real' picture, I think I would go with the map. It just gives a nice graphic feel to the whole thing leaving it uncluttered for the plumage detail (which is brilliant by the way) to take centre stage.
Woody
got an e-mail with early reports that based on 2007 survey, Spoonies seem to be down to <100 breeding pairs now from the previously shocking <350 estimate. Time for a drink I think...
I'm not particularly a 'graphics' orientated person, but these are really superb - Very sad about decline in Spoonbilled Sands - heard it was a desperate shortage of food, but perhaps it's loss of habitat too?
Tim- Spoonie causal factors actually not that well understood and me not expert, but from what I have read and heard seems in particular to be very poor winter survival especially of young birds (very few of the recently leg-flagged birds have returned). That is assumed to be due to galloping habitat loss/impoverishment but could also be that they are wintering somewhere unknown with heavy netting etc..
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Definitely no quitting while the output is this good, such a daring use of (I assume it's half your lunch with assorted pens again).