Spies by mtdana
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To NarieFah's question Caleya replied, "a Myth no longer!"
Then she spun and let loose an arrow that skipped over the tree tops. Immediately the air was filled with crows, they scattered and flew into other trees. Caleya scowled at them saying, "and now I see these spies have been watching us and no doubt passing the news to our enemies! How could I have been so blind to have missed all these signs!"
NarieFah's shock slowly turned to horror as she realized why the Red Dragons were coming. "They want to destroy the egg, just as they did a thousand years ago!" She looked at Caleya, who with tormented eyes just nodded.
"Caleya, we can't let them! There must be something we can do to protect the egg from the Red Dragons. Maybe we should hide it and pretend we are fleeing like the Orcs. They will chase us and we can lead them away. Then we can..."
Caleya interrupted, "a very brave course but these fireworms are cunning and not so easily fooled. We would not get far before they flamed us and we can't hide the egg from there magic."
NarieFah was desperate to do something, she felt responsible because she had found the egg. She pleaded, "but Caleya if we can even just delay them from finding the egg, the Great Eagle friend said more help is coming."
Caleya replied, "Yes, there is still some hope in those words. But these fireworms are close and I wonder if the promised help is already too late.
Scene setup and rendered in Octane Render 2.17. Figure setup in DS4.7, Postwork in Photoshop CC. It seems crows are always portrayed as agents of evil. I fell into that trap here and used that stereotype. But researchers say crows are very social and live in extended family groups where older siblings will share in the care of the younger birds. Crows will take 2 to 4 years to mature so they need a lot of watchful eyes. They can be rascals but they are not evil. This scene was rendered with a panoramic camera and then projected to this view using the photoshop filter Flexify by Flaming Pear. For the arrow a standard camera was used so it would look straight. Thank you very much for viewing and for previous kind words, comments and favs - I very much enjoy reading them!!! (Zoom for larger image) Credits Character: June by SissyB (June at Content Paradise) Character: MDD Eirwenn by Maddelirium DAZ Crow Tower by Stonemason Sky: On arTair Landing by Didi_mc Previous Chapter - Just A Myth.
Scene setup and rendered in Octane Render 2.17. Figure setup in DS4.7, Postwork in Photoshop CC. It seems crows are always portrayed as agents of evil. I fell into that trap here and used that stereotype. But researchers say crows are very social and live in extended family groups where older siblings will share in the care of the younger birds. Crows will take 2 to 4 years to mature so they need a lot of watchful eyes. They can be rascals but they are not evil. This scene was rendered with a panoramic camera and then projected to this view using the photoshop filter Flexify by Flaming Pear. For the arrow a standard camera was used so it would look straight. Thank you very much for viewing and for previous kind words, comments and favs - I very much enjoy reading them!!! (Zoom for larger image) Credits Character: June by SissyB (June at Content Paradise) Character: MDD Eirwenn by Maddelirium DAZ Crow Tower by Stonemason Sky: On arTair Landing by Didi_mc Previous Chapter - Just A Myth.
Comments (35)
giulband
WOW !! Fantastic scene, great lens effect and POV !!!!
pchef
Nice camera angle, beautiful scene and well done with the Arrow. The crows are beautiful
Kerya
Crows are intelligent and have a sense of humour ... Great scene and I do hope they get help fast!
Jean_C
These two courageous elves are in great difficulty, and if the crows are really spies for their enemies, they had to worry about! Superb view with a great pov on the scene, beautiful details as the orcs fleeing, excellent work!
0rest4wicked
Fantastic lighting, DOF, and a great read!!!
byteline
WOW, this is very beautiful. Excellent done! I like it!
Hendesse
Fantastic scene, excellent perspective and details and the story behind it is really exciting. Outstanding work!
miwi
Fantastic scene,excellent done,super story,love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MineFujiko
Beautiful arrow head and trail effect!
Platinum_Ice_Dragon
This is exceptional work my friend
eekdog
Awesome work on story and image my friend. Wow!
soffy
What a beautiful view and scene,love the zoom,wonderfully done***
JenniferRehnay
Very cool perspective!! I love how the main characters are so far away. Really makes you take your time and look all over the image.
Leije
Super POV on the action scene, showing the crows and the orcs faraway, excellent image and gripping story !
caty77
At start, in the Greek myths, crow is white. He was one bird of Apollo; but the crow gave a bad new to the god (one princess loved by Apollo get married with a prince) and the god taken vengeance on the bird, giving a dark feathering. From this action, crow was look like bad bird. But we saw many bad crows in Lord of the Rings, and this allowed the bad reputation of bird too ^^ Wonderful pov for the scene, because by this we follow the arrow between fast crows. And we see an Orc running far away in the horizon... Have a good day!
Cyve
Marvelous image and fantastic composition... WOnderfully done my friend !!!
T.Rex
There are a lot of crows where I live and I see daily how they interact and how smart they are. YouTube has a lot of good videos on crows. Sad to see them get such a bum rap, but it depends on whose side they are on. I like your series. Keep up the good work! :-)
Navi
Wow, great perspective, and PoV on that arrow (we can almost hear it :), excellent render ! (btw, i'm not going for a TitanX unfortunately, the next PC should get either a 970 or 980, didn't decide yet).
jeroni
Wonderful and very creative work
me72nl
your art is as skillfull as your story telling, great chapter and render
rhol_figament
A murder of crows, pesky things... ;) Enjoying your art and the story, although I may be secretly cheering for the Red Dragons...
starship64 Online Now!
Great story, and a beautiful scene.
rbowen
Wonderful work and story!!!
VEDES
SUPERB CREATION ONCE AGAIN!!!!!!!
UteBigSmile
Looks simply very well done - Wish you already a marvelous Sunday!!!
danapommet
I like the spectacular panoramic view , watchtower and awesome sky. I always thought that it was the Ravens that were the bad guys!
ia-du-lin
beautiful scene, great pov
flavia49
outstanding POV and wonderful image
Adriana_Madrid
Fantastica imagen!! Felicidades!!
jpiat
Great colors and composition. The limited size of the terrain is obvious here
mtdana
When the series is over I'll post a image of the terrain if anyone is interested.