Tuesday, September 8, 2009

The Black Cat of Craigdarroch

 
The Black Cat of Craigdarroch
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The Challenge theme this week at the Three Muses Wednesday Challenge site is "Moonstruck" .
Title:   The Black Cat of Craigdarroch
 The How:   PSE 2 
Layers:   9 plus writing 
Source Photos:   The sky is one I took on a dark and stormy night here in Calgary, I  also took the photo shown here  of Craigdarroch Castle, a turn-of-the-last-Century coal-baron's mansion in Victoria, the capitol city of British Columbia, Canada the Summer of 2008.  The cougar/black panther is a popularized royalty free image seen frequently in different panther collection alblums on the net..
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Inspiration:   Cougars are known to frequent even the populated lower mainland of  Vancouver Island, and sightings have been reported for years. Amoung the reports, occasional sightings of one in the environs of the  Craigdarroch Castle grounds is quite common. What is not commonly seen is the Black variety of Cougar that I portray here; and which seems to me to fit in well with 
a magical  moonlit night sighting
by a meandering moonstruck young laddie !
OCHch! 
...do ye ken

17 comments:

  1. Oye ken! This has to be seen in close up to be savoured. It is magnificent! Deliciously dark and mysterious. Kudos to you.

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  2. OMG! This is eerie, haunting and mesmerizing! Your layers are awesome and the result is outstanding! Gorgeous! Hugs, Terri

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  3. Fantastic piece- really mysterious and yet stately. I feel like the cougar is the guardian of the castle- stunning!

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  4. Wow! This is a majestic piece of art, cobbled together from some very dark and intriguing pieces. I agree with Bev that everyone should enlarge it to take in all the details. The black cougar looks much more menacing in larger size and the spooky castle looks even spookier. I love the name you have given your picture. I would love to hear it enunciated in an authentic Scottish accent.
    Hey, I visited a couple of remote national parks on Vancouver Island. Nobody told me there were cougars lurking!!
    Fantastic work, Wildgoose.

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  5. positively, nothing short of, 100% stunning!!

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  6. Wow Miss WildGoose what a treat this is. You have achieved beauty, majesty and a wonderful eeriness. Great job.

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  7. Wow, what a fantastic and mysterious piece of art you've created!!

    Linda

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  8. You MUST have know how i love sceneries !!
    No ?? Well i do !
    Especially the DARK ones.
    And telling a little story behind the image !
    So interesting to read!
    A big aplause for your entry !

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  9. This is very impressive!
    Stunning work.

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  10. Wow, I especially love the big cat! Great dark piece. Love the depth to this piece!!

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  11. This is stunning and fantastic! Your work is always great! I like the black cat too.

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  12. Thanks, everyone, for the great comments!
    Really like the idea of this fine, great cat as being the castle's guardian...would that we all had a magical protector like him!

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  13. Hauntingly beautiful, serene and spooky all at once and I think the cat is still watching me, I keep looking over my shoulder.

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  14. This is stunning ! It looks fabulous, really love it :D

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