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Unenlagia fishing at dawn

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I've had this sitting around for ages, so I took a small break the technical drawings to finish it off. It was supposed to be "fast" since I didn't have to do much with the animal's silhouette, but the water and background took a while to get right anyhow.

Unenlagia is here interpreted as a somewhat less specialized dromaeosaur than its relatives Buitreraptor and Austroraptor, one that could fish (obviously) but perhaps spent more time on mixed small game. And at least somewhat crepuscular in habitat...

Edit: Oh, and I should probably say something about the art. It was taken with a Nikon D2 on a recent trip to South America...just kidding, it's one of those new-fangled digital paintings; it was started in Photoshop CS5 but finished in the CS6 beta. The silhouette was based on a pencil sketch I did for my ABC Dinosaurs book.

I used only the standard round brush (no custom brushes) since I was going for a photographic look, but I did vary the edge strength and transparency of the brush a lot, and used a Wacom tablet for greater stroke control.
Image size
5992x3598px 5.01 MB
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
Shutter Speed
1/512 second
Aperture
F/8.0
Focal Length
1200 mm
ISO Speed
200
Date Taken
Dec 28, 2006, 4:40:13 PM
Sensor Size
43mm
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An incredible job still today.