OH MY! you mean someone carved this from and in the tree??? That is an amazing find!!! I would have danced around with total happiness!! Or is it a "doll" of some kind that someone set there? Either way, it is really a great pic...thanx so much for posting it!!

Hi Verena, thank you for your nice comment on this picture. It's a kind of doll that someone set there in the tree....and yes, I did actually dance around with total happiness ;-)) Unfortunately I found him very late that day. The daylight was nearly gone, the CF Card of my camera was full and the little pirate was quite high above me. So I quickly checked the pics taken before, deleted two or three of them to get a liitle space, went on my toes and raised my arms as much in the air as I could to shoot him as frontal as possible... That's the story.... and believe me... I was nervous all the way home until I saw the result. I'm glad you like it, this pic was quite difficult to take...

Being quite short I can well appreciate your efforts here. I'm still trying to figure out if I feel welcome or leary though. I guess he is indeed looking out past me so maybe I should just say ahoy, thanks, and head for the reservation desk.

I get kinda scared of things like that, but this is a well done picture and I think this is very unique. Two thumbs up!!!