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Oil on canvas, 2007, gift to Brother.
Digital Art: Entirely done with the computer mouse. Elderly Native American woman weaving a traditional basket. / / Note: All my digital art work is executed entirely with my mouse and Photoshop Elements’ brushes. It takes hours of concentration, patience and self control. Especially when the mouse wants to go right and you need it to go left! When this happens , I reluctantly leave my office and go for a stroll in my garden. / That usually takes care of the problem and then, I get back to work :)
Yes, it’s real name is Crab-Like Spiny Orb-Weaver! :) This is the back of the spider; its head is pointing down. Photo taken in Lutz, Florida.
pencil. Sometimes dreams are hard to follow, but we feel compelled nevertheless. We don’t always get our choice and have to go along with someone else’s desires. In our dreams we may recieve information both a blessing and a burden. I tried to give the impression that there were orbs of light floating down from the swan’s wings into the web and the dreamer with her hair compelled towards the spirit realm. The other figure, a swan maiden, is at peace in her silence and devotion. From Hall of the Moon; Journey done, I roam, till woods of home I find. / I clear the room of my home within the loom. / Swept corners, ceilings to floors, set aside my broom. / Prepared, I sit within my home upon the stone. / My mind, heart, eyes, Their tools, so Vor is shown. / Ready now, soon Dawn will break upon my door / To bring me back beneath the sun evermore. / Knowing I must leave and cannot stay, / I waken and wash to meet the day. Sitting by the side of the tides of my mind, / I remember the weaving,and faith I find. / So I know I have to go. / The light is lit, my way to show, / To go along till turns I know.
This beauty is a very shy, sweet girl!! Orb Weaver / East Greenbush, N.Y. / August 2008 / Generally, orb-weaving spiders are three-clawed builders of flat webs with sticky spiral capture silk. The building of a web is an engineering feat, begun when the spider floats a line on the wind to another surface. The spider secures the line and then drops another line from the center, making a “Y”. The rest of the scaffolding follows with many radii of non-sticky silk being constructed before a final spiral of sticky capture silk. The third claw is used to walk on the non-sticky part of the web. Characteristically, the prey insect that blunders into the sticky lines is stunned by a quick bite and then wrapped in silk. If the prey is a venomous insect, such as a wasp, wrapping may precede biting.(wiki) Milkweeds are an important nectar source for bees and other nectar seeking insects, and a larval food source for monarch butterflies and their relatives, as well as a variety of other herbivorous insects (including numerous beetles, moths, and true bugs) specialized to feed on the plants despite their chemical defenses. Milkweed is named for its milky juice, which contains alkaloids, latex, and several other complex compounds including cardenolides. Some species are known to be toxic. (wiki) / /
Orb Weaver / East Greenbush, N.Y. / August 2008 / The orb-weaver spiders (family Araneidae) are the builders of spiral wheel-shaped webs often found in gardens, fields and forests. Their common name is taken from the round shape of this typical web. Orb-weavers have eight similar eyes, legs hairy or spiny and no stridulating organs. The family is cosmopolitan, including many well-known large or brightly colored garden spiders. There are more than 2,800 species in over 160 genera worldwide, making this the third largest family of spiders known (behind Salticidae and Linyphiidae). / / The oldest knowns true orb-weaver is Mesozygiella dunlopi, from the Lower Cretaceous. Several fossils provide direct evidence that the three major orb weaving families, namely Araneidae, Tetragnathidae and Uloboridae, had evolved by this time, about 140 million years ago. They probably originated during the Jurassic (200-140 million years ago). All three families very likely have a common origin. (wiki) / /
Male Speke’s Weaver / Speke’s Weaver, Ploceus spekei, is a familiar songbird. / This species nests in colonies or occasionally singly. The nest, is woven in trees, is spherical with a short entrance tube opening sideways or downward / Photograph taken in Pillansburg National Park / TOP 10 IN A CHALLENGE: Animal Photography / TOP 10 IN A CHALLENGE :Indeginous to East and South Africa / WINNER OF A CHALLANGE IN THE GROUP: Weekly Theme Challenges – Yellow
Weaver Bird – South Africa / Photograph / September 2008
Here is the piece I mentioned from which The Furnace was cropped As mentioned this was a piece I created for educational use. Please feel free to work with and learn from the params. Remember that the artwork in its original form is otherwise copyright but you may create original pieces based on the techniques herein – and a credit would be nice as well as a link to your work would be appreciated in return for the share The params didn’t copy across to well for this on RD due to their css formatting but you can grab them here fir not Weaver and forge params I will shortly have them up on my site for download too: http://www.zooreka-art.com Gotta get better first though
A Golden Palm Weaver bird building its nest. Mombasa, Kenya, This was part of a colony located within the grounds of the Voyager hotel, just outside the main reception. Caon 400D / Canon 100- 400mm at 400mm / ISO 400 / 1/100 sec / F 5.6
Collaboration Image taken with mobile phone camera by Skye and post-processed in Corel Paintshop Pro by me. Title inspired by Gary Wright song. / Group Features ‘Alternative Process and Experimental Photography’ – April 2009 ‘Feminine Intent’ – April 2009 ‘Shapes & Patterns’ – April 2009 ‘Outsiders’ – May 2009 / ... Top Ten Winner in the ‘Music Challenge’ in the ‘All Things Black’ group – July 2009 Top Ten Winner in the ‘Weave Patterns’ challenge in the ‘Shapes & Patterns’ group – August 2009
taken a few short yards from Seen Every Season.
they are very busy nesting and building in january. / also build their nests close to human traffic for protection against snakes etc.
Golden Palm Weavers make a nest of thin palm leaves woven into a hollow ball. These birds are not over-fussy as to where they build their nest and will pick a convenient tree that takes their fancy even if its very close to a house. The set of weaver photographs shows the male of a pair that built their nest in a shaded part of the garden of the house we were staying in at Kilifi on the Kenyan coast north of Mombasa – the pink tone to some of the shots is from the wall of the house. As with most birds, the male did all the work while his mate perched on a nearby branch supervising operations. At one point during the two-day construction process, she came to inspect and clearly wasn’t satisfied since she kicked the nest to the ground, forcing the male to start all over again. She did, however, bring him the odd juicy caterpillar from time to time. The male seemed tireless in his efforts, working from dawn to dusk, flying in with one palm leaf after another. Some didn’t fit the bill so he flew away with them again. The completed nest was a tight green ball that quickly went brown on the third day as the leaves dried out. Canon 1D MkII with Canon 300mm f2.8L IS lens ISO 400 f3.5 1/1250
Golden Palm Weavers make a nest of thin palm leaves woven into a hollow ball. These birds are not over-fussy as to where they build their nest and will pick a convenient tree that takes their fancy even if its very close to a house. The set of weaver photographs shows the male of a pair that built their nest in a shaded part of the garden of the house we were staying in at Kilifi on the Kenyan coast north of Mombasa – the pink tone to some of the shots is from the wall of the house. As with most birds, the male did all the work while his mate perched on a nearby branch supervising operations. At one point during the two-day construction process, she came to inspect and clearly wasn’t satisfied since she kicked the nest to the ground, forcing the male to start all over again. She did, however, bring him the odd juicy caterpillar from time to time. The male seemed tireless in his efforts, working from dawn to dusk, flying in with one palm leaf after another. Some didn’t fit the bill so he flew away with them again. The completed nest was a tight green ball that quickly went brown on the third day as the leaves dried out. Canon 1D MkII with Canon 300mm 2.8L IS lens; ISO 400 f3.2 1/800
Golden Palm Weavers make a nest of thin palm leaves woven into a hollow ball. These birds are not over-fussy as to where they build their nest and will pick a convenient tree that takes their fancy even if its very close to a house. The set of weaver photographs shows the male of a pair that built their nest in a shaded part of the garden of the house we were staying in at Kilifi on the Kenyan coast north of Mombasa – the pink tone to some of the shots is from the wall of the house. As with most birds, the male did all the work while his mate perched on a nearby branch supervising operations. At one point during the two-day construction process, she came to inspect and clearly wasn’t satisfied since she kicked the nest to the ground, forcing the male to start all over again. She did, however, bring him the odd juicy caterpillar from time to time. The male seemed tireless in his efforts, working from dawn to dusk, flying in with one palm leaf after another. Some didn’t fit the bill so he flew away with them again. The completed nest was a tight green ball that quickly went brown on the third day as the leaves dried out. Canon 1DMkII with Canon 300mm f2.8L IS lens; ISO 400 f3.2 1/500
Golden Palm Weavers make a nest of thin palm leaves woven into a hollow ball. These birds are not over-fussy as to where they build their nest and will pick a convenient tree that takes their fancy even if its very close to a house. The set of weaver photographs shows the male of a pair that built their nest in a shaded part of the garden of the house we were staying in at Kilifi on the Kenyan coast north of Mombasa – the pink tone to some of the shots is from the wall of the house. As with most birds, the male did all the work while his mate perched on a nearby branch supervising operations. At one point during the two-day construction process, she came to inspect and clearly wasn’t satisfied since she kicked the nest to the ground, forcing the male to start all over again. She did, however, bring him the odd juicy caterpillar from time to time. The male seemed tireless in his efforts, working from dawn to dusk, flying in with one palm leaf after another. Some didn’t fit the bill so he flew away with them again. The completed nest was a tight green ball that quickly went brown on the third day as the leaves dried out.
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The Australian garden orb weaver spider, or Eriophora transmarina. These spiders make their intricate “wheel” shaped webs in the early evenings when the sun goes down. the often place them near lights, or between trees where insects are likely to fly. Resting in their web only at night, they sit head down. They retreat to a hiding spot in the daylight hours, with one leg on the web, in case a daytime flyer gets trapped. Facinating creatures, I spent alot of time watching, and feeding these in my backyard as a kid. Not dangerous spiders, only cause about 4 hours of localized pain if bitten. Shot in my backyard in Noosa Heads. Canon 50D, 800mm (400mm + 2x Tamron), flash fired to get the shutter speed required to dampen the moon brightness.. Available Large if you dare!! Hehe :)
Acrylic on stretched canvas.
Newest work.Collab with my friend: http://night-fate.deviantart.com/ / I hope you enjoy.
Done with a wacom pen and pad. / This is for the Halloween Challenge What spells cast to this man / A time weaver who takes the youth / Watch out on Hallows eve. / Time weaver may say ,its time / for you today. / MUSIC
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