Cardinal in the flower garden photoart III
by Debbie Portwood
Title
Cardinal in the flower garden photoart III
Artist
Debbie Portwood
Medium
Digital Art - Digital Art - Photography
Description
Bright red male Cardinal is hard to miss perched atop the decoritave metal bird feeder pole. I have added several layers of texture,flowers,photoshop brush plants and decorations to creat a wonderful wall hanging or greeting card...........(Wikipedia - Cardinals, which make up the family Cardinalidae, are passerine birds found in North and South America. They are also known as cardinal-grosbeaks and cardinal-buntings. The South American cardinals in the genus Paroaria are placed in another family, the Thraupidae (previously placed in Emberizidae). These are robust, seed-eating birds with strong bills. The family ranges in size from the 12-cm (4.7 inches), 11.5-gram (.40 oz) Orange-breasted Bunting to the 25-cm (9.8 inches), 85-gram (2.99 oz) Black-headed Saltator[verification needed]. They are typically associated with open woodland. The sexes usually have distinctive appearances. The Northern Cardinal type species was named by colonists for the male's red crest, reminiscent of a Catholic cardinal's mitre. The "buntings" in this family are sometimes generically known as "tropical buntings" (though not all live in the tropics) or "North American buntings" (though there are other buntings in North America) to distinguish them from the true buntings, whose family does contain North American birds, but they are referred to as American sparrows (unrelated to Old World sparrows), juncos, and towhees rather than buntings. Likewise the grosbeaks in this family are sometimes called "cardinal-grosbeaks" to distinguish them from other grosbeaks. The name "cardinal-grosbeak" can also apply to this family as a whole.)
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June 23rd, 2012
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Comments (11)
Dave Farrow
Debbie you certainly are a diverse and highly prolific artist. Your works are simply stunning and your color schemes are endless and beautiful....it would be impossible to select a favorite....Dave
Debbie Portwood replied:
Thank you so very much Dave! I have so mu h fun with my photos and all these ideas floating around in my head! :D
Tessa Fairey
Oh Debbie this is just so beautiful!. What a wonderful composition you have created with the textures flowers and Cardinal! v/f