Rita, why don't you search on the web for pictures of flamingos, cut and paste the texture from photos till you have a reasonably large, say 300 by 300 picture, then go into materials editor and use the picture as a texture. reverse the uh, transparency or whatever it is, the first black white button over the second window in the picture editor thingie. That will give you brighter colors. Play with reflection and transparency and the dte until you get something that looks right. apply it to one of the objects to see how it looks, and when it looks good go to the material editor, users, and just click add to add it to your materials.

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