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From the sketchbook... (1 Viewer)

...glad the sketches were enjoyed, again thanks for nice comments to all. Been out chasing glaucous Gull today, again without success, it's now frequenting a Grey Seal enclosure at feeding time! Wil try later in the week, got some nice mammal shots as compinsation for the dip..

This caught my eye tonight, Gyr Falcon, had been in care, this photo taken on release, at which point the beast weighed an incredible 1700g!

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http://www.artportalen.se/birds/gallery_imageinfo.asp?imageid=197363
 
Glaucous Gull

Finally caught up on this beast yesterday afternoon. Been chasing this one around for months. Clever boy has been turning up every day at feeding time at the Grey Seal enclosure at Skansen zoo here in the city, 2pm. sharp every day since new years for a menu of fresh herring! The keeper eventually ID'd the bird and broke the news....
Not sure about the proportions on the preening bird, though sometimes you have to trust what you get down on paper. Very happy with the other, canvas beckons for a simple large portrait, love the delicate markings in the covert's of these birds...

Edit; I have added new sharper images today to replace last nights slightly out of focus shots, which also changed the order in case anyone thinks they are going mad!
 

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sheer beauty - I've always wanted to reconnect with one of these - the only one I've seen was flying away along the tideline at Black Rock Sands, at the same time the Ivory Gull was flying back in. So you can imagine which one got more attention!
 
Well done Alan - these first winters are the finest, I think. The preening bird is beautifully seen - congrats all round. When I lived on Shapinsay, I once had 4 in my field at the same time (the same field as the snowy owl when I didn't live there!) - can't imagine seeing that again.
 
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colleenc said:
beautiful, the first one is esp graceful...do we have these on this side of the pond Alan?
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A simular species at your northern climes, Glaucous Winged Gull. An extreme rarity here in europe and treated as a separate species, there is one in Denmark at the moment as it happens...http://images.google.com/images?hl=sv&rls=com.microsoft:sv&q=glaucous+winged+gull,+1st+winter,+photos&lr=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=18-wS9jOD5L5-Ab71fizCw&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBIQsAQwAA
 
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Painting again at the minute. Top canvas will be a Glaucous Gull, the bottom one an as yet undecided subject on water, have lots of sketches that might grace this one, current runners being Black Throated Diver, Eider Drake, Goosander or Goldeneye. Still at the whacking lots of paint on stage...
Note the broken off paintbrush handle, a rebellous statement of intent, also the unkempt hair, an absolute must whilst painting in my opinion. Just out of frame a glass of red wine and an incredible mess of paint splashes on the floor, which are in fact life threatening should I not get them cleaned up before Linda returns home....
 

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Progress on both here...

Painting both at the same time at the minute.

Glaucous Gull will be a simple portrait directly from the sketch posted a few days ago..

Have plumped for a drake eider for the second canvas...
 

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