Up Up and Away
by Janette Boyd
Title
Up Up and Away
Artist
Janette Boyd
Medium
Digital Art - Photo/texture/digital
Description
Photo of turkey trying to get off the ground, taken at Woolaroc (woods,lakes,rocks), a wild animal refuge, created by Frank Phillips of Phillips 66 fame, near Barthesville, Oklahoma. Original texture by FAA Artist, Jai Johnson, called, "OvertheAutumnTreeline" was added using Corel Paintshop's blending and brushes to create final digital painting..
***Top Finisher in FAA Contest, "Poultry Perfection" 11/04/15
Featured by the following FAA Groups:
*Painting Cafe
*Pleasing the Eye
*Big Sky of Art
*Glimpse of Autumn
*Daily Texture Art
*Images That Excite You
*Poetric Poultry
*The World We See
Up Up and Away
While the turkey you cook for Thanksgiving has never been airborne, wild turkeys can fly. Apparently not fast or high enough, however. Hunting by early Americans brought the wild turkey population to a low of just 30,000 birds back in the 1930s. Conservation efforts since then, including the release of pen-raised birds back to the wild, has restored the population to about 7 million today.
Wild turkeys feed on the ground, which may have something to do with the myth that they can't fly. The have to fly, however, because they roost in trees at night. Some accounts say they can soar up to 55 mph for short bursts.
http://www.livescience.com/32229-can-turkeys-fly.html
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September 3rd, 2015
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Comments (7)
Anita Faye
Janette, welcome to Poetic Poultry where your fantastic turkey portrait is featured! Glad to have you with us!
John Bailey
Congratulations on being featured in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Janette Boyd replied:
Thank you, John, for the feature! Always apprexciate being selected for your group.
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