Friday, September 25, 2009

Giant Salmon



Sky Watch Friday.

This giant salmon statue is at a small park beside the Rakai River, Ashburton, where many giant fish are caught. he looks good against the blue sky.

26 comments:

Jim said...

So you have BIG things in New Zealand too.
Sydney - City and Suburbs

SandyCarlson said...

That is one hum-dinger of a fish. About the size most fishermen claim to have caught!

Regina said...

Beautiful capture!

Amrita said...

Wow what a prize catch!!!

Redzlan aka Tabib said...

I though that salmon jumped out of the sea.

Sunny said...

The one that got away!
Great picture.
Sunny :)

Gunilla said...

Great shot. That fish is a fisherman´s dream to have caught.

Have a great weekend

Gunilla in Sweden

A Daft Scots Lass said...

Didn't know you got a Salmon THAT size...heeehee

Nessa said...

That is such a great picture. A real fish story.

My name is Riet said...

That is a great photo. Great fish too

Eaglesbrother said...

Wow !!! enourmus Salmon steaks to be had there..lol
Wonderful photo of Salmon against the Blue sky.

Bob
aka Eaglesbrother

rainfield61 said...

It must be an icon for this famous place.

Anonymous said...

That's the fish of some of the fish stories that I have heard!

EG CameraGirl said...

That sure is a BIG fish.

ayamlin said...

Hi!
Thank you for your kind comment on my blog:)
Oh, it's really big salmon.
I like salmon:)
by the way I haven't been to New Zealand! I wanna go there to snorkel someday.

Stephanie V said...

And I thought we had big salmon here on the West Coast! Nothing like that here. He does look very real.

eileeninmd said...

Cool statue! It does look nice with the pretty blue sky. Thanks for sharing your skies.

Shammickite said...

Shame he's not real, he'd be a tasty dinner!

Elyse said...

wow, that is cool!

thank you for stopping by my "cottage"

happy fall
xo

claude said...

Amazin a salmon in the sky !

This Is My Blog - fishing guy said...

Glennis: That was a neat capture of the statye against the blue sky.

Sakura said...

Ohh!
Such a great fish!
Thank you for sharing it with us!
Best from the other corner of the world
:)

Oman said...

if that is real i am sure it will feed a lot lol. have a nice day.

roughterrain crane said...

Nice jump!!

Marja said...

Seen that one lots of times Love all these great symbols and signs in NZ

Unknown said...

It really does look good, looks like it's enjoying its moment up there in the sky. :) Thanks for the visit Glenis. Good to see you around.