autofantasia's photos with the keyword: animal

Not the best of shots as it was taken through glass in poor light and at the limits of my new lens, which is why I've had to tweak it somewhat. Still, I thought it worth sharing for amusement value if nothing else. This cheeky and clever little squirrel is a fairly new, but increasingly regular visitor to our garden and obviously thinks the feeding station has been put in place for its own personal use!

The griffin, griffon, or gryphon is a legendary creature considered to be an especially powerful and majestic animal which people believed could be found guarding treasure and priceless possessions. Most representations of griffins depict them with the body, tail, and back legs of a lion; the head and wings of an eagle; and an eagle's legs and talons as its front feet. However, some older illustrations show the griffin to have both the front and hind legs of a lion as seen on this statue, which I came across in Harrogate recently. It was one of a pair sat atop the entrance pillars to one of the buildings I passed close to the town centre.

Another 'nearly ran' for last week's Sunday Challenge , for which the theme was cats - real or otherwise . This is based on a shot of the one and only real cat I came across that week, but which has obviously been run through the 'processing room' on the way to posting to create a painterly effect. You'll find a copy of the original image in the Notes. Also for Sight and Sound ... youtu.be/VBdSqk78nHw youtu.be/Ga3I5DTIA-E