Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Thar Be Monsters

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This is the same dragon as in Sunday's post, old Mr. Dinner Plates, this time illuminated at night. In the background we see the Climatron, the Missouri Botanical Garden's remarkable geodesic dome that contains four different climate zones. The beast sits in a reflecting pool, normally filled with water lilies, now given over to a man-made version. The wind died and the pool became like glass late in the evening, perfect to catch the moment when the dragon began to belch smoke.

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8 comments:

cieldequimper said...

My favourite up to now. The reflection is incredible!

Birdman said...

Pretty perfect night image.

Wayne said...

It's a cool looking dragon. Vancouver has one of those botanical garden domes too, I didn't realize it wasn't unique.

Stefan Jansson said...

This is a good one.

William Kendall said...

Exceptional shots!

Jack said...

Your first photograph is really good.

Olivier said...

la premiere photo est magnifique, superbe reflet

Jilly said...

Just love these two photos, Bob with the reflectionand the smoke. Brilliant!