Western Grebe by Ken _Gilliland
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No AI - This artwork was created entirely by hand or with traditional digital tools.
Description
Here's a test render of some updates I'm working on for my Waterfowl series. In the background are a couple American wigeons and a Coot.
The Western Grebe breeds from British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Minnesota south to southern California; sparsely in Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado. They winter along the Pacific Coast from southeastern Alaska to California, on the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Texas, and on large river systems in the West.
The mating display of the Western Grebe is spectacular, with both members of a pair paddling vigorously and churning across the surface of the water in an upright posture. Sometimes many pairs in a colony display simultaneously.
Rendered in Firefly without any postwork. Models include Nerd3D's Splash Tool and my Waterfowl v4 and Big Cypress Habitat sets.

Comments (4)
Interesting info and well done natural looking scene!!!
Very nice well done
wonderful!
This image really pops!