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Message: <blockquote data-quote="delia todd" data-source="post: 1552472" data-attributes="member: 18346">It would be great if we could get an Opus  Topography article and I thought the talented artists in here would be the best people to approach to try and forward this project.The pictures we think would be most useful (though you may have more ideas) areBasic whole-bird shapes:PasserineWaderDuckGullRaptor(For the passerine, maybe the bird could become a mix of several, for example the head of a reed bunting with wingbars of a blue grosbeak, or maybe even the entire wing of a Pallas's Leaf-Warbler so that both wingbars and primary extension can be pointed out)(It may be that we need pictures of side-views, rear views and perhaps underneath (raptor in flight comes to mind))Close-ups of:Heads - to show different adornments.. eyestripes, wattles, etc etcWings - to show Primaries, secondaries, wing bars etcBeak typesFeet typesAt the moment we are looking for the drawings, so it doesn't matter if you don't know how to 'label' the different areas - others are prepared to do that.These are just some of the ideas the Opus Editors have batted around, as I said earlier, maybe you have some more and better ideas.It was <a href="http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=1505170#post1505170" target="_blank">this thread</a> that started it all off, and I thought, where better to direct them but to an Opus article which would show everything.D</blockquote>