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Thank you. Here's the finale; a two-story phoenix. All of this is metal wire framework with colored fabric over it, and lighted internally. Amazing art form.
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Yes, the sunflower shot was one of those that I wish I had taken. Mrs. B has an eye for composition.
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Those are great shots! Are those lanterns made out of colored paper? I've never seen anything quite like that before. I though you photo was a photoshop creation at first.
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In the lantern festivals I've seen, they are colored fabric over metal rod and wires, with lights inside. I managed to get into one site while it was under construction...
These included thousands of tiny vials of colored water:
These lanterns at the show:
Some of them are incredibly intricate and beautiful:
It's a Chinese art, and an amazingly beautiful one. If you ever get a chance to see one, take it. They are much more beautiful when you see them for real.
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Thanks! Those are beautiful. Years ago I saw the Fires Festival in Spain. They made sculptures out of paper mache, some of them three stories high, then they burned them all on the last day of the festival. Those were beautiful too but not lit from within like these lanterns.
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You think running with the bulls is crazy? Here they create all these giant paper torches and light them all off at the same time at the end of the festival. They have them all over town, on every public square, etc It's something to see.
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