Paul Lagasi
02-06-2014, 01:01 AM
The ROM (Royal Ontario Museum) is taking its collection of extinct birds out of storage to commemorate the opening of the museum, which coincided with the demise of the Passenger Pigeon. They have 153 stuffed extinct specimens and are allowing the public to view them for the first time in 34 years.
On Sept 1, 1914 — just 5½ months after the Royal Ontario Museum opened to the public for the first time — a bird named Martha passed away at the Cincinnati Zoo.
In the same article it is said that a US non-profit group known as Revive and Restore will remove DNA from one of the specimens and attempt to bring the Passenger Pigeon Back.....now wouldn't that be cool
There is one bird that I would like to see brought back from extinction, I have only seen this bird in a few museums but it is so colorful.
I tried to emulate a few of Dave's images I remember ...... it is a totally fabricated image, the body is from the London, Natural History Museum, the feet from a parakeet image I had and the background from Arizona.
I applied a painting effect and overlayed it with a B & W line drawing. I adjusted the opacity. Added a burnt edges action.
Ciao for now
On Sept 1, 1914 — just 5½ months after the Royal Ontario Museum opened to the public for the first time — a bird named Martha passed away at the Cincinnati Zoo.
In the same article it is said that a US non-profit group known as Revive and Restore will remove DNA from one of the specimens and attempt to bring the Passenger Pigeon Back.....now wouldn't that be cool
There is one bird that I would like to see brought back from extinction, I have only seen this bird in a few museums but it is so colorful.
I tried to emulate a few of Dave's images I remember ...... it is a totally fabricated image, the body is from the London, Natural History Museum, the feet from a parakeet image I had and the background from Arizona.
I applied a painting effect and overlayed it with a B & W line drawing. I adjusted the opacity. Added a burnt edges action.
Ciao for now