Friday, August 5, 2011

Filoplume

I don't think the back of the head is quite the usual placement for a filoplume, but this feather does possess a slender, hairlike shaft & few barbs, & since it's growing on an oddment, I get to put it wherever I like! :-P

Photoshop with text from Hegner's College Zoology, 1920.

6 comments:

  1. Very cool. I like the text in the background!

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  2. I've gotten lost in your blogs for quite a while this morning. Beautiful work! Love it!

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  3. Oh, these intricate "oddments" (artments!) warm my heart! : )

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  4. Thanks, folks, your comments warm MY heart! <3

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  5. More warmth from me!!! Yes, artments, as Nicola calls them, I like it!

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