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Wow -- so excited to see the waterfall at the top of top twenty -- what a way to start the weekend!
Close friends of decades are in town for a women's weekend in the city so we have had a wonderful day together including both the Art Institute and a river tour, so LOTS of photos from today. This fellow is one of my favorite artifacts at the AIC, and today I finally took a photo I liked of it.
Thank you for putting the waterfall on TT - so appreciated!

[Graeme Stevens]

Love it - instantly appealed

[Gosia]

Very cool.

[Marnie]

Dunno what it's meant to represent, but I like it a lot.

[Issi Bannerman]

Beautiful image. Great DOF.

[Babs]

Congratulations on the top of the TT. Very well deserved.
I could imaging this creature outside my house standing guard.

[Richard Sayer]

I like this a lot... but what's the story behind it?

[sally agnew]

Love the dof :)

[Delwyn Barnett]

I can see why this is a favourite artefact - lovely. Is there more than one of him or is it a reflection?

[Joan Robillard]

Funny

[elkehochban]

Fabulous! Nice use of dof.

[Taffy]

@dkbarnett Thanks! Yes, there were two in the display case, so that's what you see in the background.

[Lou Ann]

Awesome photo, of course! Congratulations on your TT photo too.

[gloria jones]

Neat image with great focus and detail

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Cool shot and so interesting looking.

[Lisa Pouncy]

Very interesting object xx

[bkb in the city]

Nice shot

[☠northy]

A very striking image!

[carol white]

Great focusing, he looks rather ferocious

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

This is coolly disconcerting. I like the angle you've used, and the shallow dof, they make him and his chum look like some sort of fledgling Hydra - scary!

[Ukandie!]

Love it!

[Tom]

Great focus

[Karly]

Love your composition of this guy - great shot!

[alia_801]

Ooh I love it too! I can't decide if it's a bird or a lizard though! Great pic, and congratulations on the TT too!

[Denise (lyndemc)]

Great composition, DOF, tones, everything!

[Lynda McG]

Love it! Fav

[Walks @ 7]

Fabulous capture of a extremely cool dragon or serpent or???Fav!

[Richard Hickey]

Stunning picture.

[eDorre]

Amazing focus! And that face!

[Annie D]

oh what a great piece - love it

[Elizabeth]

This is a cool image of and a great piece of art!

[Yao RL]

Beautiful presentation and close shots for viewers to appreciate.

[Sally Ings]

Very cool looking artwork. Enjoy the time with your friends

[Rachel]

I love the dof and the tones.

[*lynn]

so interesting... wonderful focus, light, DOF ...fav

[Leslie]

what a wonderful capture .

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Interesting character. I'm sure he warded off a few evil spirits in his day. Well captured!

[Janet]

Great shot! Love the AIC!

[haskar]

Great dof. Fav...

[Chris Johnson]

He looks kind of surprised! Haha. Awesome shot with an amazing shallow DoF!

[Corne Lourens]

Love the focus

[Steve Angell]

Lovely shallow DOF.