Shadows surround one of many colourful elephant characters scattered around Melbourne.
They celebrate the 150th anniversary of Melbourne Zoo.
A joyful trumpet
A zany street character
Craving attention
Welcome to the shadows of Shadow Shot Sunday!
Your hosts are:
Magical Mystical Teacher
Rose (chubskulit)
Gemma Wiseman
Shadow quote on Dawn Treader's blog:
Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing.
- Edmund Burke
May the sunlight and shadows always be with you!
What a fun, colorful shadow shot for the day!! I love it!!
ReplyDeleteHah! Great shadow and haiku!
ReplyDeleteHow delightful! How colorful! How FUN!!!!I want that in my neighborhood!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a fun, whimsical capture Gemma!
ReplyDeleteand attention she shall receive. what an awesome way to pay tribute to the zoo.
ReplyDeleteLove this photo! I've seen decorated horses and cows - this is a first!
ReplyDeleteGreat haiku as well!
The most beautiful elephant I've seen.
ReplyDeleteThis pachyderm has a smile - the art makes us all smile :)
ReplyDeleteI love this elephant - I took a photo of it (and lots of the others!) when we were in Melbourne in September!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun sculpture to have at the zoo! We've seen squirls and pigs in towns all around...but never elephants! Love it!
ReplyDeletelove this joy-filled elephant!
ReplyDeleteWhat a cheerful little fellow!
ReplyDeleteHe does look like a happy elephant ;-)
ReplyDeleteHe's craving attention and he is getting it!
I love this elephant and it's surrounding shadows!....:)JP
ReplyDeleteGemma,
ReplyDeleteSorry I've caused problems on comment section. I'm also trying to get my photo to show up with my comment. I don't know why it doesn't show up. I guess I should just comment as Norma Ruttan. thank you for fixing the problem!
Elephants are unforgettable! :) I've posted.
ReplyDeleteSuper shot!
ReplyDeleteSuch a cool and zany elephant. Thanks for sharing and hosting.
ReplyDeleteI love the way cities have these colorful animal statues. I have seen them in in different areas of Florida and Georgia with turtles and dolphins and in Kentucky with horses.
ReplyDeleteThe elephant is so colorful and full of fun faces. Love it!
Great elephant decoration. I saw decorated elephants in Paris and Amsterdam and they were on auction for a good purpose. Looks it is going around the world.
ReplyDeleteNice one!
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting.
love him/her .. here we have Cows ..
ReplyDeletethis is a cute elephant !
ReplyDeleteOMG--Instant smiles------Awesome!
ReplyDeleteJohn
The elephant is so gorgeous! I have a Pig from Cincinnati I shot a few years ago. I love these fun pieces of art in all the different cities.
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute sculpture! Love all the color.
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