Monday, December 29, 2008

Like A Chinese Painting

Curl-Crested Aracari
Pteroglossus beauharnaesii

Photographed 20 November, 2008
Tambopata Forest Reserve
Madre de Dios, Peru
(Identification made by Alan T.C. Lee of the Tambopata Macaw Project)


A Cold Bird in A Snowy Tree
By Chen Jen, 1985
Painted in the style of Li Di (1100 -1191)

Art meets photography at Birdfreak.com

9 comments:

  1. Chele1:35 PM

    I need to send my mother your blog addy so she can check it out. She would love this entry.

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  2. mick2:34 PM

    Great photo - and very much like a painting!

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  3. Kyle3:54 PM

    Nice shot of the aracari for BPW! I also enjoyed reading your recent posts on your Peru trip. Sounds like a wonderful experience!

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  4. Mary8:20 PM

    Exotic birds framed so nicely, Tim. Just lovely!

    Mary

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  5. Arija12:28 PM

    Great shot and I love the painting.
    I love the (supposed) simplicity of Chinese painting.

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  6. Anonymous6:47 PM

    Definitely a painting. What beauty you find out there in the world!

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  7. Kathie Brown10:38 PM

    Love it when birds meet art and vice versa! I like that word, "Aracari".

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  8. Alexander Santillanes7:36 PM

    Great comparison! I love how shots of the wild can sometimes meld into pattern like that. -X

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  9. Anonymous7:22 PM

    Perfect for sure . . . and would be a great painting if painted!

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