Amazonian Discovery by CavalierLady
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UF3, Apophysis, PSP
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In the deepest jungles of the Amazonian forest lives the rare Sisyphopa Bird. A distant cousin of the Bower Bird, who builds an elaborate nest of twigs on the ground to attract his mate, this rare and beautiful bird builds its nest high in the canopy of the rain forest. The beauty of their foliage is legendary, and native tribesmen wander deep in the forest in the hopes of finding any rare and greatly admired fallen feathers for use in their ceremonial headdresses. The Sysyphopa bird is rarely, if ever seen, as it dwells mainly in the forest canopy. Once, a tribesmen who did not return home from his feather hunting excursion was feared to be lost, or killed by wild animals. When a search party was organized, he was eventually found standing transfixed, as if in a trance, staring up into the trees. The rare sight of a Sisyphopa Bird who had flown lower than normal to catch a particularly enticing bug for its dinner, left the astonished man so taken with the beauty of its foliage, that all he could do was to gaze up towards the highest branches of the trees, hypnotized and mesmerized by it's beauty and waiting for just another glance of the bird with the beautiful feathers.
Our scientific team sent an experienced climber up the nearest tree with a camera. Sadly, the noise of the nearby monkeys alerted any and all nearby animals of the intruder, and all the nesting Sisyphopa birds bolted. To date, no photographs have been taken. But our experienced climber was astonished to find high in the canopy, a dense group of nests built in their favorite latcarfemalf trees, and she was able to take some photos. Our scientific team was delighted to study these photographs and determine that the male Sisyphopa bird sacrifices his most luxuriant and brilliantly colored gold and aqua colored tail feathers to construct a nest of his own design to attract a female. All the nests have a high curving arc made of his best tail feathers and always facing east, to catch the first warming rays of the sun. Most of the nests already had eggs, except for one, who's somewhat inadequate nest must not have passed muster with his intended mate, for alas, it was still empty. We share with you here, one of the photographs taken of this group of nests of the beautiful Sisyphopa Bird.
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Thanks very much for making it past the thumbnail,
and thanks for putting up with my touch of silliness today. :)Maria
Comments (62)
zzzzra
Wow what a complex image ! Everything is full of detail, even the sky is well done. Great job !
patmartj
Charming fantasy
redbeard
A most astonishing discovery! The nests are indeed lovely, the special plumage and weaving makes them distinctly beautiful. A most amazing photo and great story to go with it!
miwi
Great story for a excellent image, love it !!!!!!!!
KITCHAOS
outstanding work Maria! everything about it is wonderful...I want to see the Amazon!
Sophies
What a talent you have.This is so fantastic beautiful.
SimonKane
Lovely Maria! Great colours and background.
peejay
What a charming and beautiful picture
TheRingess
I love the silliness.
thomaniac
I'm very impressed. absolutely wonderful composition, details and colors. guess i will never reach something like that sigh
RodolfoCiminelli
Excellent and very creative fantasy Maria....!! Beautiful combination of flames....!!
Trixi
What a wunderful image. I like this a lot.
MrPsiquedelico
WOW u never cease to amaze me!!! this is awesome V
rocserum
a wonderful creation, excellent postwork and a phantastic story. RS
RNGOERNER
Wonderful fractal composition and story! Have you ever considered doing children's literature? Most charming and excellent!
kareldg
Very original work. Good fantasy and I like it how you used the several Apo's for this creation.
missouri
Oh how lovely!
VDH
Wonderful image! Perfect symmetry!Very well done!
Cinamon
This is wonderful, Maria. The pearly eggs, the feathered nests.. lovely foilage, great shadowing technique, and of course, the story was the icing on the cake.
kimpe
Such beautiful work. Very well done!
Fractelaar
Beautifull use of your flames in this design Cool postwork Big compliment Very nice done
jandunne
A thing of beauty and a joy forever! V
Pannyhb
Just like "National Geographic"!!! It's really beautiful, Maria - and the story was fun while I waited for the picture to load :))))
Caboclo
Ah! I felt surprised, until I thought that Sisyphopa existed. Good job. :-)
classyladytwo
Beautiful Maria excellent story one complimenting the other gorgeous work **
fractalinda
What an enchanting story and image! Both are fantastic. I love the hazed over background- very nice depth of field effect. Wonderful trees, and the nests and eggs are so beautiful. A wondrous and sublime composition..and just outstanding!
Snow_Angel
Oh this is really a wonderful image Maria! Very beautiful indeed and a really fascinating writing on these birds! Excellent composition V :)
WeeLaddie
A shaggy dog story if ever I heard one :-) (But so enchantingly spun). That's a wonderfully imagined fractal, and beautifully constructed.
kansas
A most beautiful image. Lovely fantasy story. Anything that furthers beauty and our imaginations is what this world needs.
dream12
Ooooooooo!! This is simply gorgeous! So much detail. So much depth. From the background to the nests. It's all awesome. And the story was lovely. -hug-