The thumb almost approaches an ideogram, the main image is brilliantly done. Who knows what phantoms lurk in Marconi's garden. Orson Welles knows (hehe): "The Shadow not only kept millions of listeners glued to their radios for over 25 years, but he also ushered in a new era of pulp heroes with over 325 adventures recorded in his self-titled pulp magazine. Created by Walter B. Gibson, The Shadow was radio's most famous mystery man who dominated the airwaves during Radio's Golden Age. The Shadow became one of the most recognized and well known radio programs of all time, running from July 31, 1930 through December 26, 1954. The Shadow In 1930, successful pulp fiction magazine publisher Street and Smith wanted to get into the emerging radio market. Adapting stories from their pulp magazine, Detective Stories, they created the radio series initially called The Detective Story Hour for CBS. The narrator, played by James La Curto and then Frank Readick, was referred to only as 'The Shadow'. Response for the mysterious voice was overwhelming, and Street and Smith with writer Walter B. Gibson quickly launched a pulp fiction magazine defining this new super crime fighter. The Shadow would become one of the most enduring pulp heroes, lasting for 325 novels, 285 penned by Mr. Gibson himself, and over 17 years, marking one of the most successful pulp publishing successes. The Shadow Lost Shows On the radio, The Shadow continued to play only the role of narrator until 1937 when the Shadow commanded the lead in fighting crime over the airwaves. A young, 22 year-old actor named Orson Welles, won the audition to become the voice of the Shadow in the new expanded format. Although the famous Shadow laugh continued from the earlier Frank Readick era, Welles' enthusiasm and talent helped propel the radio series to become the highest rated dramatic program. With Bill Johnstone and Bret Morison picking up the cape over time, the broadcast run lasted an astonishing 25 years with as many as 15 million weekly listeners enjoying the mysteries and learning the lesson that 'the weed of crime bears bitter fruit... crime does not pay!' Hollywood assisted The Shadow, his radio alter ego Lamont Cranston, and radio sidekick Margo Lane in making the jump to the silver screen with four movies in total: The Shadow Strikes (1937), International Crime (1938), Invisible Avenger (1958) and the 'highly stylized' remake The Shadow (1994) starring Alec Baldwin. Pulp fans recall that The Shadow's true identity from the magazines was Kent Allard. The Shadow pulp novels reappeared in the 1970s, with paperback reprints from publishers Pyramid, Jove and a few others for a handful of stories. And, throughout the years, the Shadow continued to be a main topic of fanzine articles and pulp history pieces culminating with numerous fan websites on the Internet today. Some readers here may only recall Alec Baldwin's Shadow from eleven(!) years ago. But as you can see, the man who had 'the hypnotic power to cloud men's minds so they cannot see him' started about 75 years ago and crisscrossed through every major storytelling format from the 20th Century." [http://www.vintagelibrary.com/pulpfiction/characters/TheShadow.php]

"...It is Thursday night, July 31,1930. The time is 9:40 PM. Radio listeners tuned to CBS hear the first appearance of "The Shadow" as James La Curto portrays the part in the Detective Story Hour. Street and Smith publishers sponsored this show (which lasted about a year), along with their magazine series The Shadow, A Detective Monthly. In September 1931, The Blue Coal Radio Revue, starring Frank Readick, Jr. (who was the star in the later Detective Story Hour shows), continued the adventures of "The Shadow". The show remained an hour long, but was heard on Sundays at 5:30 PM. For a short time, lucky CBS listeners were able to hear The Shadow on both Thursdays and Sundays. In October, 1931, the 9:30 Thursday slots were taken by Love Story Drama or Love Story Hour (sponsored by Street and Smith), which also had portrayals of The Shadow!..."

You are such a bad-ass. Well done!

You see things in such a way that most do not.... Thanks for sharing & great shot Pal!!

Beautiful capture.

Superbly hidden in the vegetation ! I love this one, and this other giant bubble. A superb serie.

Damn! That's where my lollipop went! Hehe...ya know....it's the reflection, not so much the "Shadow" that makes this one work for me...something unreal about it? Very cool image!

Since when do radioactive snails come in such lovely colors? Very interesting. Orson Welles would be pleased. :0)

I love it! VOTE

wowwww

Genially seen... like a lot !

wowwww, fantastic image and very good composition of color and contrast !!! Very good done my friend... Good day and kiss ;)

Great series interesting information by Hopalong and your addition, didn't know all the trivia, wow how interesting, great shot in this series:):):)

text for Twopynts & Hopalong....TEXT !

Hey I wouldn't mind one of these lurking in the shadows of my garden. Those leaves look great up close.

Brilliant shot. Almost looks like a rum-ball drop, but they don't grow on bushes. LOL!! HUGS!!!!!

thanks for making me look the way I should

I think they landed. Beautiful work. Aloha

Oh marvelous image. It does look a bit like an alien craft. lol. I love seeing one in the shadows of all those beautiful plants. Excellent !!!!!

Looks like somebody lost their peppermint/butterscotch candy in the pond here...looks quite yummy...nicely done Kort! Aloha!

Beautiful pic...just love it!!!

"...less interesting, less relevant, less mysterious..." None of the above! Exotic and fascinating, thanks for sharing.

Fascinating...love the shiny 'texture'.This has a wonderful mysterious atmosphere to it.Very creative and well-seen,Kortalouche.Love the quote,too!-M :^)

wow, looks fantastic, excellently done!!!! :=)

It does look like a big hand twisted sucker hiding in the woods??!!!! LOL!!!! excellent image!!!!!!