you're stuck here, but I'm not by vankrey

you're stuck here, but I'm not

A Japanese crow sitting on top of Byodo-in in the famous green tea town south of Kyoto called Uji. This temple is particularly famous for being on the 10 yen coin, but it's a very unique temple with a heavy influence from Chinese architecture and dates back to the mid 11th century.

This time around, I waited for the crow to do something interesting and I think I may have caught it here. The crow puffed up itself in a way that mimicked the gold-plated Phoenix, as if to say "I can look just like you, and I can fly away anytime I want!"

Check other photos from Picture Japan 2014, @jyokota http://365project.org/jyokota/365/2014-06-14 and @taffy http://365project.org/taffy/365/2014-06-14
FAV! What a fantastic capture! What's funny is that the Phoenix can poop but the crow did not.
June 14th, 2014  
Whoohoo!!!! You've done such a creative shot for showing off those amazing gold phoenix birds. And I love your caption. What a fun day!!
June 14th, 2014  
@jyokota funny about the poop! Should it have a gold tinge?
June 14th, 2014  
@taffy thanks Taffy, it's been so fun talking shop with you with such amazing sites. Thanks for all your feedback.
June 14th, 2014  
haha! great counter-balance.
June 14th, 2014  
@blueberry1222 thanks Krista. It was one of those serendipitous moments!
June 14th, 2014  
brilliantly captured - :)
June 14th, 2014  
What an amazing shot. I love your title of this photo. I follow Taffy and she is linking your photos.
June 14th, 2014  
What a great capture!! And funny!!
June 14th, 2014  
Excellent capture- you caught the perfect moment.
June 15th, 2014  
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