This is Dojogirl’s second Paint Shop Pro homework assignment. She decided she wanted to use images with animals in them this time. The elk is courtesy of Doug Prouty, and the photo was taken in Yellowstone Park.
This is an exercise in learning to rotate images, so the poor elk is experiencing some strange gravity effects, so to speak! As last time, if you click on the thumbnails you’ll see the original size images Dojogirl made.
The elk is also sometimes called the wapiti. Its scientific name is Cervus canadensis or Cervus elaphus. Elk of this type are native to North America and Asia. In Europe the Alces alces are called elk. They are the only animals in the Cervidae (deer) family that are bigger than the Cervus canadensis.
Elk live in forest and forest-edge habitats, and they are grazing animals. They eat grasses, plants and leaves, and tree bark.
The meat of the elk is healthier than beef or chicken: it is both leaner and higher in protein. While elk are hunted for food, their conservation is not a problem. Elk are ranked in the category of least concern. Male elk shed their antlers each year. In parts of Asia they are used in traditional medicines.
For homeschool resources on elk, you can refer to Wikipedia or the Encyclopedia of Life. Colouring pages and penmanship worksheets featuring elk and other members of the deer family can be had at DLTK’s First School.
Another part of the lesson was to put a picture frame on an image. These come with the PSP software, or you can learn how to create and save your own (that’s a bit more advanced, I think!) Dojogirl liked the frames so much she chose one for each of her starting images!
The lovely lioness was photographed at the San Francisco Zoo by John Resanovich. Her photo was also used to create a mirror image of an original. These functions are all pretty much automatic operations in Paint Shop Pro, by the way. Just find the right menu and command, and click. Some fine tuning is possible, as well. So you could free rotate an image by 64°, for example, instead of by 90°.
Lion homeschool materials are also available at DLTK’s First School, and at Wikipedia and Encyclopedia of Life. Lions belong to the genus Panthera of the Felidae (cat) family, which also includes tigers, jaguars and leopards. Lions are classified as Vulnerable and tigers are Endangered. Both fall under the larger category of threatened animals, under the IUCN Red List used to describe the conservation status of plants and animals. Jaguars are Near Threatened, which puts them in the “lower risk” category. Only leopards, of the four big cat species in the genus, are considered to be of Least Concern.
Image Sources:
Prouty, Doug. bigelk2.jpg. July 2005. Pics4Learning. 13 Apr 2008 <http://pics.tech4learning.com>
Resanovich, John. lioness12.jpg. December 2007. Pics4Learning. 13 Apr 2008 <http://pics.tech4learning.com>
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