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Published: 2005-02-23 14:46:11 +0000 UTC; Views: 1683; Favourites: 33; Downloads: 163
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Here it is. No additions or subtractions, all Crow. Beautiful even in death, proud for eternity.Edit- resize to fit desktop
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Wow - that's the thing I like to do the best! So kind of you to notice - Lighting around my house is just as weird as that in my gallery
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Well youve nailed it
Oh youre welcome, i love your stuff!
And if the lighting is as weird in your house as is in your works that would be pretty eerie living there xD
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but if it was a very dark room, didnt you use any light? I have some jars with animals I am photographing, but the lights on the jars keep returning
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The light (flashlight) was above the crow, who was in a 30 Liter Fish Aquarium. Jars are not easy to photograph, which is why I have aquariums of many different sizes (4 - 150 Liters). Flat glass, dark room, one light.
Good luck!!
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Almost like a greek statue honoring an ancient god. Crows have it going on, even after death and feather removal.
Thank You for your appreciation!!
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your quite welcome luv ^_^
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That is uncannily spooky..the skin has such an amazing texture to it @_@
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Hey, welcome to the other side!! Thanks for your comment, as stinky as this crow was she was beautiful to look at. And the skin of pretty much every bird I have seen looks just like the crow's.
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Aw, it's all bald.
There is a sort of dark beauty in this one, especially with the lighting... and I like the texture of the skin.
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Yeah, I tried the feathered look in "Savior". Black feathers just don't work well in front of the camera.
I guess he came into the world bald, that might be a fitting end. And he STILL has his primary feathers, they just were beyond the frame of this photo....
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Reminds me of a Sancho Panza-ism:
"Naked I was born, naked I shall die," or something like that.
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that is really cool, especilly where the feathers connect to the wing- i was imagining much more rot going on, but it looks pretty in a very unusual way like this. hooray for the elegance of death.
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I've learned the secret to defeathering and defurring animals without rot settling in - a really cold bucket of water.
Wow, that was just about the weirdest thing I've ever said to somebody.
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how long does it take for the fur or feathers to fall off like that? or does is vary quite a bit?
lol, it's not that weird of a thing to say
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of course it's not weird. I love questions like that! Feather and fur drop depends directly on
1) The condition of the animal when I find it (how rotten - time since death)
2) Temperature of the water in the bucket I'm soaking it in (I soak to keep maggots away)
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i'M HunGry... aWW.. damn... This Looks s0 much like a nIce, Big, JuiCy TurKey DiNNer...
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Looks can be deceiving - twenty days floating in warm water in a bucket creates a special kind of sauce
On the optomistic side, I'm sure that he she is VERY tender.
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Looks a bit like a plucked chicken. Nice shadows on the skull and wings.
Interesting how the eye sockets on birds look so large when you see their skeletons, yet their eyes seem a lot smaller when they're alive.
Cerulean
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She was very chicken-like from some angles; I would imagine even an ostrich would be. Thus the primary flight feathers were left in - hope the 'gooseflesh' wasn't too distracting. Imagine what plucked owl eye sockets would look like!! Thanks for the comment...
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I dig it
You have such a good eye for displaying these amazing creations. Like something from the depths of Hell, but in a beautiful and mesmerizing way. I always enjoy visionaries like yourself who can take something that is considered 'morbid' and make it look so lovely and ethereal.
...I know, I know... you're probably getting tired of all the 
Maybe if you posted something that SUCKED once in a while...
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I just show things the way they are, I think you perceive them as beautiful as I do. Only at DA do I get support for things such as this; I am rather ignored at places like GFX.
No, attention never gets old, you appear to be my #1 fan on DA at the moment, and I not only appreciate it but use it as fuel to stay motivated!! I usually will push myself to finish something if I think someone out there actually looks forward to it...
I don't have a really good feel for what does or doesn't suck; quite often I am surprised by DA response. I spent literally one hour tops on the dragon skull, and people mobbed it. Crap. It's always like that, which is why I fight the urge to try to create for an audience. You just never can tell.......
I'm sorry if I've bored you with all this
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bored, never. It's always interesting to hear what you have to say and see what your devious mind has created. 
I'm glad feedback keeps you motivated, as I am always psyched to see new pieces of yours in my watch box. You rock.
Seriously, I can't understand why your work isn't more widely accepted. I'm always shocked when you say that, as it never fails to blow me away. It is very VERY hard to pick a favorite, but I still can't stop thinking about several of them... such as 'Choir Practice', 'If Puppies Came From Eggs', 'Savior', the dragon skull, and the amalgam of vertebrae and skulls above your TV whose name escapes me at the moment (sorry). You not only deserve recognition and praise for your creations, you deserve to be making assloads of cash for them if that ever be your desire.
They may seem ordinary to you because they are a part of your world which you see and live in everyday, but to the rest of us it is a perspective on Nature rarely seen except in dreams and nightmares, and a true product of inspired vision. You have commented on several that you didn't spend much time on them, and imho I think that's what makes some of the simple ones really great... they sprang from inspiration/intuition, not from meticulous planning and design. (not that planned works aren't great, of course... you know what I mean.) You are a true channel of creative energy, and we are all lucky to have artists such as you in the world.
Now it is I who must apologize for boring you
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Bore me anytime!!
I have rarely met someone so articulate. I envy your skill!
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I know you are, but what am I?
Hee hee, I haven't had the opportunity to say that to someone for ages. I am Soooooooo immature.
Thankyou and a big 
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what is maturity anywa?. Is it something we really want to achieve?
Your most welcome
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i love those textures, and that eye! *dies*
will be using this for inspiration in my latest ceramics for sure... i love eyes!
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You sound like that chick in "The Crow".
I respect that.
Seems like we enjoy similar visual stimulation, glad to oblige.
And You're not on my watch list because................no reason, I'm apparently just a 'tard.
Thx fur the 
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strange mintysma fact= i've never seen the crow...
'i love eyes' is a take on Father Ted, 'i love egg!'... do you get father ted in america?
mmmm, visual stimulation!
i need more stimulation please!
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No Father Ted here......
Hang onto your butt, my next simulus will be an artificial being created from random raccoon bones. Wheeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!
See the Crow at some point. Just so that you can say that you did.
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creepy and fascinating. I actually like this one quite a bit... it's almost inspiring in a morbid fashion.
maybe also because I found the fact funny that there were tons of dead squid behind our school from Marine biology disecting them.
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You inspired my new journal! Go and look! Hee Hee....
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wow... stunning...
in reply to your journal post, i used to have a photo of a mutilated, 2 day old rabbit kit in my gallery. the mother tore off three of its limbs and eyelids. very eerie, and recieve many negative responses (such as "OMG UR SICK!!!")
anyhow, i admire you for uploading this, and happy to see some positive responses (so far, anyway.)
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Yeah, I have submitted stuff like this at other sites and have gotten some very odd reactions; mostly I'm just ignored tho. I think it's a credit to the open-mindedness of DA that people are so accepting of this kind of material. i DO try to be respectful......
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Wow...the water must be cold, its got goose bumps, or should they be called crow bumps
great work dave love the shadows
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Thanks, I guess I'll have to warm the tank next time. It's the least I can do, considering the sacrifice of the model
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...Looks like a pelican chick I saw once...
Xbalanque
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Excellent, like some statue in an ancient alien necropolis.
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YES!!!!!!! THANKYOU!
i couldn't have said it better myself. And you have just guessed the theme for a deviation I am putting together right now.....
Great minds think alike. And so do ours.
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Fuck yeah! Can't wait to see that one
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She almost looks as though she's in ecstacy...Beak partially open, eyes closed, wings thrown back (love how you left in some of the flight feathers!). A very lovely piece, as always!!
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Glad you like, plenty more shots where that one came from....may incorporate them into deviations in the near future.
Couldn't get the flight feathers out, now am glad I didn't. Would've looked too....chickeny. Wait till you see the other side of her face!!
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I'm not sure if I should be giddy with anticipation or revolted by my own delight taken from a dead and plucked bird carcass.
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Giddily Revolted or Revoltingly giddy. Carcasses rock.
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That's a hard decision because they both seem to apply...
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This is a really fascinating piece of photography that I would never have known was a crow. The reason being because I have never seen underneath the feathers of one and you always expect them to be black. It mustve taken forever to remove EVERY feather too!!
..and to quote something youve already said as a comment "50 gallon aquarium, weights and restraints added to control buoyancy" << now THATS dedication
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Thankyou so much, I only removed the feathers I could yank out.....most of the primaries remain. More crow images will appear in future manipulations, this is just to introduce my latest "character". The photoshoot yielded nearly 20 great images, almost unheard of for one of my photographic forays.
And yes, when I want a subject to look a certain way I will spend hours working on it....
Thx as Usual, Chuck!!
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No problemo! I look forward to seeing more Crow masterpieces. Such a magnificent bird is one of my fav. animals!
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