The Falconer. by LBJ2
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The Falconer.
A repost from my former gallery, because i really like the image and the subject myself.
Inspiration for this render and composition...
Came from browsing some photos i took in a eagle sanctuary, back in 1998.
The portraying of a very special team. A falconer and her Bird of prey.
A fantastic teamwork, which always fascinated me.
It is an ancient art of hunting wild prey, with a trained predator.
For the bird of prey, I selected the Peregrine Falcon(Daz Eagle2+texture expansion)
The Perigrine falcon...is the fastest animal on earth, exceeding the 200MHP speed limit #:oD.
A rather small bird. Only weighing about 2 pounds, with a Wingspan of 35-40 inches.
When sky-diving during hunt... it exceeds 200MPH speeds. You need a Ferrari to follow it.#:o)
It's wing shape is so amazing..that engineers sucessfully copied it...
And in that way made jet fighter aircrafts go faster. So actually the military abuse the technology, from one of God's creations...#;oD...with the purpose of using the unique and brilliant wing anatomy.
For evil causes.. war. #:o)
The Falconer is a special personality too. It is a bit of a lifestyle to be a Falconer.
A teamwork between a human, and a predator, based on mutual, trust, love, friendship, hard
work, and training.
Just a short description of how the Peregrine Falcon hunts:
It sky-dive... and hit the target with it's chest-bone.
It takes a very solid chest-bone, as you can imagine... but also precise 200MPH navigation.
A collision with more than 200 MPH. That strike the target to the ground. The target is often
killed, in the collission with the chest bone.
Anyway.. Wikipedia.org has a lot of great information about this.
I only saw the hunt for real a few times. Even if Denmark is a small country, with only approx. 6 million citizens. We have 2 Eagle sanctuaries.
Run by a fantastic man named Frank Wenzel and his daughter.
Frank Wenzel have worked with falconery for more than 30 years.
If interested, you can read a bit about him on
Click here to see www.eagleworld.dk
Here is a lot of fantastic videos from one of the danish eagle sanctuarys. All videos are taped between 1970-2009.
Here you can see on videos, how they train the largest eagles in the world:
Click here to see www.eagleworld.dk video gallery.
There is also an english version of his website.
I visited both danish eagle sanctuaries a few times. And it was one of the most fantastic
experiences i ever had. Seeing a Falconer and the Peregrine Falcon work for real, is highly
recommendable. An experience you'll never forget.
LMDesign - Elodie for V4 from LMDesign. A masterpiece in modeling and texturing.
Richardphotos - Background picture - Wide Open Texas Skies- Fantastic photos shots from a master lens.
Comments (38)
photostar
Glad to see this one re-posted, Lars. The lighting and golden tones are amazing and really highlight the entire render.
EnaR
Beautiful render, great poses ;o))))))))))))))))))))
Faemike55
Great work and outstanding information! thank you for the repost!
UteBigSmile
Outstanding work Lars, love that red tone in your image (thanks also for the info)! fav Have a great day, Ute
lyron
Excellent image. Fantastic work!!!
ledwolorz
Amazing scene and work.
lior
A so wonderful scene! excellent render!
moonbunnie
Beautiful colours and atmosphere here!
pops
Lars an amazing image you did here. Your posing is wonderful Wonderful and interesting subject matter. Braxo my friend
stick
Great image Lars, thanks for the info very informative.
magnus073
Lars it is easy to see why you have such a passion for this as the image you created shows that so well along with the fantastic dedi you wrote. Now you have me wanting to check out the links and video you mentioned :)
Zazou
WOw ! SPlendid !!
moonrancher
Beautiful render.
bakapo
the lighting and coloring are excellent in this. I love the proud poses of both characters. the bird is really impressive.
ladyinblack
I remember this gorgeous work of art and am so glad you brought it back to your gallery.... it is one of my favorites. Wonderful poses and setting and beautiful lighting :)
3x3
wonderfull lighting and render Lars x f!
JeffersonAF
Very beautiful image.
renecyberdoc
very interesting background facts,and of course well posed and the dedication to the flying ones is obvious.excellent work.
DennisReed
Superbly done Lars!
emmecielle
It must be a truly exceptional experience to see a Falconer in action with his falcon! I've never seen! A great composition, Lars! The atmosphere is fantastic! :)
giovanino
wonderful image!!!!
jocko500
so well done
Lunastar
Lars this image is just stunning. Thank you for the lesson as well.
Richardphotos
excellent the second time around.always a pleasure to see your work
Minda
hi lars, This is amazing scene your lighting is terrific and the pose are perfect.awesome work as always!!
NetWorthy
VERY nice, good to see something from your old gallery again Lars! I especially like the "sunrise" effect of the lighting. Excellent job!
ShadowsNTime
Ah! I remember this one Lars:-) Just as lovely this time. Its always a pleasure to see your work and read your words. Its my understanding that the peregrine falcon has a nest downtown here and the eggs are protected by the city which I think is just awesome! When maintenance was here the other day we were out back and saw one of them riding the currents above, I took a couple shots but he was too far away:-( P.S. My camelia bonsai did not make it:-(
amota99517
Outstanding work! Love the atmospheric lighting.
Jay-el-Jay
A well done image of this ancient sport.
tofi
Lars!! This is stunning! So many varied moods and feelings come to me when I look at this... just so much to take it.. overwhelmingly beautiful and magical! A most interesting topic of discussion, to enhance a deeper understanding of the composition itself... the attire, and the very lighting seem to give it that ancient artistic look; most appealing and original!