The Puzzle by ShadowWind

Photography • Architecture • posted on Aug 22, 2004

Open full image in new tab Zoom on image

Hover over top left image to zoom.
Click anywhere to exit.

Members remain the original copyright holder in all their materials here at Renderosity. Use of any of their material inconsistent with the terms and conditions set forth is prohibited and is considered an infringement of the copyrights of the respective holders unless specially stated otherwise.

Description

This is the Tree of Life. In it's branches and surrounding garden are 320+ animals. It is quite the puzzle to find them all, and unfortunately one photo is only a small amount of them, but how many can you find? A little history to answer DarkElegance's question. The Tree of Life was carved from real wood by many different artisans at Disney Imagineering. But like all good jigsaw puzzles, each piece was really not seen by the others until they were fitted on to the steel internal mesh that surrounds the 3D theatre in it's base. That structure is actually modelled after an offshore oil rig which goes to show you that artists are certainly imaginative. The Tree of Life Gardens also contains many more of the 320+ animals and the queue line for it's Tough to be a Bug gives the waiters much time to find them. I had a hard time figuring out what category this goes in. Maybe we need a sculpture one. I put it in architecture, because it is, but it's not. :) The Tree of Life is the centerpiece to Disney's Animal Kingdom taken on my trip there in February taken with my Olympus C740UZ digital. I would have maybe cropped it a bit on the right side to even it out, but wanted to give the chance to see the animals on the side too. Thought you might enjoy this. Didn't get much time to render this week, but if you haven't already check out The Paint and Render Club. My life is back into hectic mode again, I've given up on trying to predict it anymore.

Comments (76)

)

ilona

12:11PM | Mon, 23 August 2004

Its incredibly beautiful... amazing shot!

)

Corwin13

12:45PM | Mon, 23 August 2004

Beautiful very well photographed teamwork!

)

j-art

1:19PM | Mon, 23 August 2004

a very impressive photograph - thanks for sharing, i didn't know such a thing exitsts...

Zarabanda

2:39PM | Mon, 23 August 2004

Incredible image, thanks so much for sharing!

)

Elfenone

3:42PM | Mon, 23 August 2004

This is just outstanding.. I love this tree and it appeals to that spritely nature inside of me.

Michelle A.

4:04PM | Mon, 23 August 2004

Been there....seen it in real life.... it is a beautiful work of art....

zxcvb

4:24PM | Mon, 23 August 2004

Beautiful photo of a stunning sculptural , very well done:-)

loba73

5:47PM | Mon, 23 August 2004

Beautiful!!! Awesome work!!! =0)

)

romanceworks

6:55PM | Mon, 23 August 2004

Wow, fantastic pic of the Tree of Life. We took some, too. And your info about it is really fascinating. Super photo. :o) CC

)

Digimon

10:21PM | Mon, 23 August 2004

Thank you for sharing!! That is the most amazing thing I've seen in a long time!!!

)

SophiaDeer

2:07AM | Tue, 24 August 2004

Bravo!! You have captured the beauty and magic so well!

HobbyHopper

6:33AM | Tue, 24 August 2004

Wow, wonderful picture. I like this very very much.

HebeDreams

11:01AM | Tue, 24 August 2004

Wow! Fantastic picture. Amazing details. Just marvelous! :)

)

Mikan

1:58PM | Tue, 24 August 2004

Super cool!!!! yeap - sculpture!!! Vote

)

davidoblad

5:13PM | Tue, 24 August 2004

Most excellent photo. Correct catagory. I'll check this out next time in the magical kindom. Dave :^)

)

Cyve

8:05PM | Tue, 24 August 2004

Stunning photo and amazing sculture ... very very great shoot here ... I love it !

Nilla

9:28AM | Wed, 25 August 2004

This is one awesome image! I have yet to get to that part of the park! Excellence my friend! :)

)

squeeka

4:26PM | Wed, 25 August 2004

Wonderful photo hon! I'm going to have to take a trip to Florida I think :P This is beautiful and I think I'd like to see it in person! Thank you so much for sharing it with us! hugz&cuddlz~jen :)

BrasilGirl2004

9:54PM | Wed, 25 August 2004

I keep losing count! I love this picture much!

terra-man

3:22AM | Thu, 26 August 2004

Nice shot of an imposing piece of art! Got to see that for myself :)

)

jcv2

7:49AM | Thu, 26 August 2004

Stunning shot of this wonderful peace of wooden art! Wow! Very impressive!

)

MINTY1974

9:02AM | Thu, 26 August 2004

You know, if you look really carefully at that tree I swear you can see animals in it LOL! Thank's for sharing this image mate. It's such an amazing piece of artwork. I just about have the patience to model a sphere let alone carve something like this LOL!

)

ariaans

1:21PM | Thu, 26 August 2004

wowwwwwww, wonderful!!!! Made me think right away at some sandcastles I saw... Thanks for showing!! Beautiful picture!!

Deadly_Whisper

10:43AM | Fri, 27 August 2004

Wow, amazing pic! looks wonderful!

)

DennisReed

11:01AM | Fri, 27 August 2004

Awesome construction and magnificent capture! Bravo, and thanks for sharing the additional information!

)

leda_moon

12:09PM | Fri, 27 August 2004

This is awesome!!,Thanks for sharing,this is wonderful!!V

Ethesis

8:58AM | Sat, 28 August 2004

Really sharp, wish I'd seen the original. Reminds me of those old advertisements for the better ink jet (where when you get the high resolution look you see things like the swim suit is painted on, or hidden people in the tree or such). Great framing on the photograph.

)