Cocoon

Nikon D100, Nikkor 85mm f1.8D

This is a Chinese lion in its plastic shipping cocoon, waiting to be awakened and brought to life by its dancers.

I saw this lion's head all by its lonely self, on the ground in a corner of the same alley from my previous picture post. It had a luggage tag on it from SFO, which told me that it had just arrived in town, apparently just in time for the parade.

--WT