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roof in Okinawa
Posted by akarui (Kagoshima, Japan) on 30 July 2008 in Lifestyle & Culture.
Shisa is a kind of lion dog which is suppose to protect the house.
If you want to know more about them and there origin here is a link:
http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/6330/Shisa.html
Thank you very much for all your comments.
You can see the same picture in bigger size and better resolution on my new blog.
MadScientist from Düsseldorf, Germany
Fabulous! Every house should have one! :-)
Lovely colours too!
30 Jul 2008 8:09am
Lorraine from Canada
If I've even see a case of beauty and the beast, this is it! It's wonderul, great, great compo Olivier :)
30 Jul 2008 12:04pm
Daryl from Amagasaki, Japan
Like the vivid colours, nice contrast with the roof details!
30 Jul 2008 2:32pm
Graham Russon from Cape Town, South Africa
Cool shot, the colours are breathtaking. Nice one.
30 Jul 2008 3:46pm
Dwight from Carlisle, United States
1st I like the composition of the image, but I see the shutter speed is 1/640 w/ ISO @ 80 so this capture is midday, correct. Also was there a breeze, the flowers seem to have some movement. I only mention these items because I like the image very much, a couple hours earlier or later, in my opinion would have brought out more detail. But, alas most of the time we capture an image is the only time we can. Neat Image
30 Jul 2008 6:09pm
@Dwight: Thank you very much Dwight. It was raining a few minutes before and the weather was clearing behind, taken before 11:00 am. Not a perfect picture, you are right.
Evelyne Dubos from Le Mans, France
J'ai vu ce genre de petites poteries sur des toits au Pérou mais c'était des sortes de taureaux, je posterai peut-être un de ces jours la photo que j'ai prise. C'est dommage, elle se détache pas trop du toit, on distingue difficilement mais la compo et les couleurs vives concourent à l'intérêt de la photo.
30 Jul 2008 8:34pm
Kelela from Upland, United States
Beautiful colors; lovely contrast against the roof. Good eye you have!
2 Aug 2008 2:37am
Canon PowerShot G9
1/640 second
F/3.5
ISO 80
17 mm