Creature Comforts Are Airborne
Photographs copyright: DAVID McMAHON
What do you do when you're suddenly confronted by a fire-breathing dragon? Don't panic. Don't retreat. Don't call for the emergency services.
Grab your camera. Fire off the first shot to blind the marauding, fierce critter.
Then work out the best way to capture the sight of the dragon's wingspan.
I encountered this fella in a shop in Langkawi, Malaysia, earlier this month. But before I reached for my camera, I first asked the lady in charge of the shop if I could take photographs. She immediately gave me permission and nodded when I asked her if the dragon was really a kite.
I'd like to build a kite like that one day. But I think my plans are up in the air.
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My dad used to "help" us build kites when we were children...his were what Mama called "highly decorative messes" but fly they would! Daddy rightly assumed she was just jealous!
ReplyDeleteSandi
Bet the Authorbloglets are still groaning re the last line :-)
ReplyDeleteFabulous kites, what great colours to brighten a winters day here!
You didn't buy it for the Authorbloglets, then?
ReplyDeleteI would love a kite like that!
ReplyDeleteFantastic for critters - you really do use your imagination and some artistic license! Excellent shot.
(I also love your courtesy to shop owners and people and that you blog that - great example of the gentleman you are. And only right too that we seek permission to capture other people and their belongings on 'film'.)
That's a gorgeous kite. Would love to see that one in the air.
ReplyDeleteWonderful shot ..
ReplyDeleteAnd guess what I just started reading?
:-Daryl
Now that is a kite! I bet the bloglets loved it!
ReplyDeleteI like dragons. Better to befriend one than try to kill it and fail. I have red dragon kite hanging in my entrance way.
ReplyDeleteThat is one heck of a kite! Way cool.
ReplyDeleteI'll say that's a kite! What fun it would be running down the beach.
ReplyDeleteGreat dragon, great storyteller.
ReplyDeleteThat first shot is just beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThey make such a beautiful job of their kites ... I would be too scared to fly it and loose it. It would probably stay as a decoration in my shop/house until "the right kid" came along to fall in love with it and take it away to whatever fate it is destined for.
ReplyDeleteDavid, that kite is just gorgeous! And I'm a dragon lover. So after reading your yearning to build such a kite I wondered how hard it was. Turns out there are so many different ways to put together a dragon that it would take a year just to decide which style and approach to use. Then I found something better than a dragon kite. I found a photographer's kite. David, go here and do this! I double dog dare you to take an kite aerial photograph.
ReplyDeleteNothing like a good challenge!
Cheers!
Lee
That is one amazing kite!
ReplyDeleteWoW! That be RED!
ReplyDeleteThat's an amazingly awesome kite! I love the colors and ferociousness of it's expression. Great Camera Critters share!
ReplyDeleteIt's windy here, so we do have kite racing. Nothing as exotic as this beauty. I would love to see your interpretaion of a kite. With your gift for tangents, wordplay and lateral thinking I'm sure it would be
ReplyDeletea visonary beast.
Absolutely stunning kite, and great photography, as always. I'd love to have a kite like that one, but then I would have to release it into the air and trust the winds. Hard for me to do.
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Wow..that is some kite...
ReplyDeleteDavid: A fight to the finish but it looks like you won when you made these great captures.
ReplyDeleteWhoa what a huge kite! I have seen and flown much smaller ones. :)
ReplyDeletethese kites are amazing to see in the air.
ReplyDeleteChina creates AMAZING AMAZING kites! Old men will fly themin TianMen Sqy=uare - it is brilliant to watch!
that's a gorgeous kite!
ReplyDeleteVery cool kite. My BIL would love it. He has a fondness for all things dragon.
ReplyDeleteThat's quite lovely. I had a couple of long, Asian kites as a child, but certainly nothing so lovely as that!
ReplyDeleteA kite my wife might like.
ReplyDeleteOh WOW! That's the most beautiful kite I've ever seen! Aileni said I'd like it, and he was right. It's red, too!!!
ReplyDeleteA scary, scary kite!
ReplyDeleteGreat post David, see my critter.
ReplyDeleteOh my, can you imagine that kite in the sky? He looks so real!
ReplyDeleteHow beautiful! Definitely the most colorful entry this week! :)
ReplyDeleteHave a great day!
Another awesome shot!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!
ReplyDeleteNow that's a kite! Wow that is sure beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWe have a dragon kite at the Kahshe Cottage but nowhere near as grand as this one is! As usual, your post made me smile David!
ReplyDeleteHope you get a chance to visit my Camera Critters - I posted 2 this week. Here and Here
Hahaha. I've been gone long enough to roll my eyes again!
ReplyDeleteI would LOVE a kite like this! Next time you see one, buy me one!