White Rhinoceros In Summer Sun
by Sharon McConnell
Title
White Rhinoceros In Summer Sun
Artist
Sharon McConnell
Medium
Digital Art - Digital Art, Photography, Photo Painting
Description
Original wildlife art by Sharon McConnell features the White Rhinoceros.The photo was taken at The Wilds, a nature preserve in Cumberland, Ohio. I added digital texture and photo painting to achieve the finished painted canvas appearance.
The white rhinoceros or square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) is the largest extant species of rhinoceros. It has a wide mouth used for grazing and is the most social of all rhino species. The white rhinoceros weighs slightly more on average than a hippopotamus despite a considerable mass overlap between these two species. It has a massive body and large head, a short neck and broad chest. The head and body length is 3.7 to 4 m (12.1 to 13.1 ft) in males and 3.4 to 3.65 m (11.2 to 12.0 ft) in females, with the tail adding another 70 cm (28 in).
On its snout it has two horn-like growths, one behind the other. These are made of solid keratin, in which they differ from the horns of bovids (cattle and their relatives), which are keratin with a bony core, and deer antlers, which are solid bone. The front horn is larger and averages 60 cm (24 in) in length, reaching as much as 150 cm (59 in) but only in females. The white rhinoceros also has a noticeable hump on the back of its neck. Each of the four stumpy feet has three toes. The color of the body ranges from yellowish brown to slate grey. Its only hair is the ear fringes and tail bristles. White rhinos have a distinctive broad, straight mouth which is used for grazing. Its ears can move independently to pick up sounds but it depends most of all on smell. The olfactory passages which are responsible for smell are larger than their entire brain. The white rhinoceros has the widest set nostrils of any land based animal. The white rhinoceros is quick and agile and can run 50 km/h (31 mph).
Copyright 2017: Photograph artwork by Sharon McConnell; all rights reserved.
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Contest Winner! - 1st Place in "King Of The Jungle"
- Sept. 13, 2017
Honored to be feature in these fine art groups:
The Artistic Aperture
- July 18, 2017
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- July 18, 2017
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- July 19, 2017
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First Friday Gallery Group
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Canon Full Frame Cameras
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- July 20, 2017
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- July 21, 2017
Lady Photographers And Artists
- July 21, 2017
Our 4-Legged Friends
- July 21, 2017
Animals And Birds In The Wild
- July 28, 2017
Midwest USA And International Scenery
- Aug. 2, 2017
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- Aug. 4, 2017
Cafe Art
- Aug. 11, 2017
10 Plus
- Aug. 27, 2017
Save The Rhino
- Oct. 23, 2017
500 Views 1 Image A Day
- May 1, 2019
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- May 23, 2019
FAA Portraits
- May 24, 2019
1000 Views
- Aug. 20, 2019
ABC Group/C is for Critter
- 02/2021
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- 02/2021
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July 18th, 2017
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Lisa Soots
Sharon, congratulations on being the featured artist in the Camera Art Group. Your work is incredible. This guy is so beautiful! l/f
Alex Mir
Congratulations, Sharon! Your outstanding Rhinoceros Digital Art is now featured in the 100 Favorite group! L/F/Ig