Tethered

I'm glad this weird bird is chained to the roof! He's a steam punk sculpture that has been put on on the roof of the new tearooms built on the beach here. Its a wind vane with old blades from electric fans built into the tail and the neck.

Three good things;
1. Life is always interesting in Oamaru.
2. A builder came round to look at making a wind shade wall at one end of our deck where the cold south wind whistles round.
3. Frozen strawberries for our breakfast smoothie.

[Simply Amanda]

Oh wow, how very cool, especially with your editing.

[Beryl Lloyd]

What a punky bird !! great capture and editing !!

[Kerri]

Awesome shot

[Judith Greenwood]

Oh he's rather splendid. We put solid gates up and have reduced the breeze on our patio a bit - just thinking it needs an entire building to make it habitable this week though!

[katy]

Quite the unique vane! Interesting shot! good eye to see it and interesting processing too!

[Margo]

Very creative

[Tony]

Nice capture of that weird creation. Very artistic but difficult to describe.

[Pat Knowles]

This is a really great sculpture weather vane....it seems to have a life & character of its own.......well recycled by some clever person. That looks a tearoom to visit because I expect the inside is great too!
The wind break sounds a very sound idea!

[Graeme Stevens]

Fantastic shot and processing

[Pam Knowler]

Well spotted - it's so unusual! Lovely processing! I had to smile at your cold south wind - ours is always a cold north wind!

[Daisy Miller]

Lovely capture of this unusual wind sculpture.

[Denise]

What an interesting piece.

[KWind]

It's very detailed and elaborate! Nice shot!

[John]

Fascinating sculpture and a bit bizarre, too.

[Khawbecker]

Great capture. It does look like it's about to take off.

[bkb in the city]

Great find

[Gena Pegg]

Oh this fabulous Maggie. WOnderful processing and what a super fun capture!! fav for me!

[Maggiemae]

@happypat The tearooms is not finished yet - they were painting the inside when I took this photo! Its a, "watch this space!" event!

[Maggiemae]

@tonydebont "is it a bird, is it a plane' sort of thing!

[Maggie]

What a super piece of arty crafting, Love that steam-punk look.

[Margaret Obey]

I love the processing. What a great find

[Dione Giorgio]

I knew it was a wind vane as soon as I saw it. A very creative and artistic piece. Brilliant shot.

[Joyce]

WOW I really like this. What a clever piece of design and a great capture

[Rona]

Great texture and colours, my son would love this :)

[richard saffold]

some one has a good imagination.

[Gillian]

What a great idea for a wind vane. Fabulous piece of art.

[Rosie White-Hlouveraki]

Looks like something out of a kids movie!

[Mark Prince]

Strangely beautiful in a weird way. Great shot

[Jen Hudson]

This is really creative, love it's beak. Nice shot. Are your winds cold, never think of it being cold there.

[summerfield]

talk about reusing and recycling!

[Kitti Nelson]

Fav - this is a stunning piece of art and an awesome image - love the processing too.

[Darlene]

Great shot and love your processing. Are you shooting in 3D or HDR?

[Irene]

What a great bird. Good find and great shot

[Stephanie Swift]

Very strange, but with its own beauty. Nicely captured and processed.

[Bev]

Very interesting and cool capture. It's quite creative and artistic and useful. Cool processing. I'm glad it was chained too. He looks quite mean!

[Sandy]

Interesting sculpture, well captured. It makes for a very artistic composition. Do you live at the beach all year round?

[Maggiemae]

@skstein Our town of about 13000 is centred around a harbour, Sandy. Big sailing ships used to come in here in the 18th cent but now just little fishing boats.