A wooden figure stands, watching the bay at Pu`uhanua O Honaunau National Historic Park, Kona, Hawaii.
Shrine Inside Santa Maria della Consolazione
By Roman standards this small shrine inside Santa Maria della Consolazione is pretty unimpressive but when we peeked inside the church the lighting on the statue gave it a truly holy feel.
Statue in Piazza del Campidoglio
My friends and I were pass through Piazza del Campidoglio in the late evening when I captured this image of one of the statues in the piazza. Â We walked by it earlier that day but the statue was in the shade so the lighting was very cool and flat. Â The evening sun cast its warm, hard light on the statue in a way that made for a much better photo. Â I considered converting this image to black and white or even just desaturating the colors. Â Eventually I decided I liked the warmth and intensity of the colors just the way they were recorded by my camera.
The Agony
The Largest Praying Mantis I've Ever Seen
This enormous praying mantis prop stands quietly waiting for next year’s Mardi Gras parades.  The prop is approximately 12′ – 15′ tall.
Finishing Cyclops
An artist at Blaine Kern’s Mardis Gras World studio puts the finishing touches on a cyclops prop. Â This one-eyed giant will likely ride one of the 2013 Mardis Gras floats in New Orleans, LA.