While on an automotive theme for a moment, I was thinking this morning after posting the alfa rainbow shot about the sad demise of the hood ornament. One supposes it's likely due to the prevalence of vandalism these days, and perhaps a cost consciousness among manufacturers in a less-than-gilded age, but the little sculptures that used to mark a marquee are now few and far between. Winged Victory on the Rolls Royce, the tri-pointed Mercedes star, even the gnarled ram's head of Dodge. And of course, the lithe and ferocious silvery cat of Jaguar. Makes the sighting of one such as this from a Jag reposing in a Toorak street in Melbourne all the more wistful. With the 5D Mk II at 105mm and f5.6 and 1/250 sec.
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