marici - 摩利支天

what a cool statue. I really like the look on thier faces.

The faces are so expressive! I like the tight framing of this image.

Great detail on this - I really like it.

Thanks Faustina, Micki and Craig!!
I like its cartoon-liked face. :-)

A Venezia in piazza San Marco c'è una statua ( http://paoloclik.splinder.com/tag/venezia ) che ricorda un po' la tua....
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Imagine that: 摩利支天 Buddhist God of War. One usually associates that religion with compassion. Ah, but the Kamakura shogunate had reasons to want to promulgate a warrior-friendly approach to Buddhism.

An image filled with movement and drama. Again, Tetsu, your masterful use of light and shadow, and, in this case, focus (crisp and blurred) creates a hypnotic image that one can gaze at almost indefinitely.

Thanks Paolo!!
I saw your website and found the similarity. :-)

Thanks Percy!!
Wow!! You are much better on deities than me!!

Love the strength expressed by the faces and enhanced by the way you cropped the picture.

Thanks DeRAVIz!!!

perfect framing, simple as that!

Thanks Kris!!

Very nice.

Thanks Patrick!!!