Borrowing shamelessly from Noel Fean's excellent idea (and excellent photos), Wurmlinger Kapelle / Wurmlingen Chapel as a silhouette.

They do say plagiarism is the sincerest form of flattery...

I remember "borrowing" a dress like this from my Mum in my early teens.....

Tenryu-ji Temple holds one of the most beautiful water gardens in the Arashiyama district of western Kyoto. It belongs to Rinzai school Zen Buddhism and was founded by Ashikaga Takauji, the founder of Ashikaga Shogunate, for the memorial service of Godaigo emperor, in 1339. This water garden was deigned by a garden designer and zen monk, Muso Soseki, who had a profound influence upon religion, culture and politics of the time.

The angle of the photograph is a classic one. The Sogen pond is precious in a sense that it still maintains original features when Muso created the garden. The pond reflects trees and Arashiyama mountain behind, creating much sense of spaciousness. It is called borrowing scenery, shakkei, and is one of the most prominent techniques of garden landscaping in Kyoto.

I'm borrowing Cheryl's fashion size Amanda for a few days. She's Pale Tan. Raccoondoll Gene is Mocha Skin. I made the wig.

At my cousin's house, borrowing my uncles EOS Rebel. Looks great!

Also inspired by titolians first walker.

This composite is the last shots the 1Ds I was borrowing for this trip took before the battery died. I wanted to show the calm of Mono Lake and the magic that happens when light first hits parts of the tufas with this shot.

This is a composite blend from 3 different exposures.(manually) in Photoshop CS3 beta.

'First Light at Mono Lake' On Black

Borrowing medcal science from nature, these muscles flex to contract and expand the pupil to let in or block light for sight, is the main principle behind aperture control in your cameras lenses.

A shot taken in the Ashmolean restaurant whilst just getting used to the Olympus E-M1 mkII that I was borrowing for last weeks OlympusUK / Photojabber Oxford photowalk.

Click here to see more photos from this event, and another Circus themed Olympus event I took part in last year : www.flickr.com/photos/darrellg/albums/72157668964025297

From Wikipedia : "The Ashmolean Museum (in full the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology) on Beaumont Street, Oxford, England, is the world's first university museum. Its first building was erected in 1678–83 to house the cabinet of curiosities that Elias Ashmole gave to the University of Oxford in 1677.

After a major redevelopment, the museum reopened in 2009. In November 2011, new galleries focusing on Egypt and Nubia were unveiled. In May 2016, the museum opened new galleries of 19th-century art. "

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Quick couple of photo shots at work.

A fellow photography friend who is also a rep for one of the companies we deal with came to visit me at work.

We had a brief conversation about a couple of photography stuff. He showed me his new lens that he is "borrowing" from his daughter, a Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 VR lens. What a great lens that is.

I had a few minutes testing the lens (see the one photo) I also demonstrated my old "vintage" Helios lens to him. Hence this photo.

Using the Helios 44-2 2/58 Soviet lens (from 1975).

Critique is welcomed.

Thank you all very much for your visits, favs and comments.

solanum mauritianum

This is an alien invasive plant and it is growing everywhere. Yet nobody seems to care to take it out anymore. It used to be controlled but not anymore.

Sources say this plant could also be hazardous to your health and that some people even goes so far as to smoke the leafs of this plant.

More information on this plant I photographed. (look at the Bugweed)

www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/351-bugweed-solanu...

southcoastherald.co.za/135676/10-worst-alien-invasive-pla...

Also from the website:

"These IAPs may no longer be grown anywhere in South Africa. If they are in your garden, they should be removed and destroyed immediately. Trade in these plants is prohibited."

Alternative common names:

bugtree, flannel weed, woolly nightshade (English); luisboom, groot bitterappel (Afrikaans); uBhoqo, umbanga banga (isiZulu)

A shrub or small tree up to 4m high covered with whitish-felty hairs. Dull green leaves that are velvety above and white-felty beneath which emit a strong smell when bruised. Purple flowers in compact, terminal clusters on densely felty stalks up to 10cm long all year round. Spherical berries which start off green and turn yellow, in compact terminal clusters. Hairy leaves and stems are a respiratory tract and skin irritant. Unripe fruits are poisonous.

Spider Rock

Sunset

Sonnenuntergang

Canyon de Chelly National Monument (/dəˈʃeɪ/ də-SHAY) was established on April 1, 1931, as a unit of the National Park Service. Located in northeastern Arizona, it is within the boundaries of the Navajo Nation and lies in the Four Corners region. Reflecting one of the longest continuously inhabited landscapes of North America, it preserves ruins of the indigenous tribes that lived in the area, from the Ancestral Puebloans (also known as the Anasazi) to the Navajo. The monument covers 83,840 acres (131 sq mi; 339 km2) and encompasses the floors and rims of the three major canyons: de Chelly, del Muerto, and Monument. These canyons were cut by streams with headwaters in the Chuska Mountains just to the east of the monument. None of the land is federally owned. Canyon de Chelly is one of the most visited national monuments in the United States.

Etymology

The name Chelly is a Spanish borrowing of the Navajo word Tséyiʼ (or Tsegi), which means "rock canyon" (literally "inside the rock" < tsé "rock" + -yiʼ "inside of, within"). The Navajo pronunciation is [tséɣiʔ]. The Spanish pronunciation of de Chelly [deˈtʃeʎi] was adapted into English, apparently modeled on a French-like spelling pronunciation, and is now /dəˈʃeɪ/ də-SHAY.

History

Canyon de Chelly long served as a home for Navajo people before it was invaded by forces led by future New Mexico governor Lt. Antonio Narbona in 1805. In 1863, Col. Kit Carson sent troops through the canyon, killing 23 Navajo, seizing 200 sheep, and destroying hogans, as well as peach orchards and other crops. The resulting demoralization led to the surrender of the Navajos and their removal to Bosque Redondo, New Mexico.

Description

Canyon de Chelly is entirely owned by the Navajo Tribal Trust of the Navajo Nation. It is the only National Park Service unit that is owned and cooperatively managed in this manner. About 40 Navajo families live in the park. Access to the canyon floor is restricted, and visitors are allowed to travel in the canyons only when accompanied by a park ranger or an authorized Navajo guide. The only exception to this rule is the White House Ruin Trail, however this trail has been closed until further notice since March 2020.

The park's distinctive geologic feature, Spider Rock, is a sandstone spire that rises 750 feet (230 m) from the canyon floor at the junction of Canyon de Chelly and Monument Canyon. Spider Rock can be seen from South Rim Drive. It has served as the scene of a number of television commercials. According to traditional Navajo beliefs, the taller of the two spires is the home of Spider Grandmother.

Most park visitors arrive by automobile and view Canyon de Chelly from the rim, following both North Rim Drive and South Rim Drive. Ancient ruins and geologic structures are visible, but in the distance, from turnoffs on each of these routes. Deep within the park is Mummy Cave. It features structures that have been built at various times in history. Private Navajo-owned companies offer tours of the canyon floor by horseback, hiking or four-wheel drive vehicle. The companies can be contacted directly for prices and arrangements. No entrance fee is charged to enter the park, apart from any charges imposed by tour companies.

Accommodations for visitors are located in the vicinity of the canyon, on the road leading to Chinle, which is the nearest town.

The National Monument was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 25, 1970.

Climate

According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Canyon de Chelly has a cold semi-arid climate, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Canyon de Chelly was 105 °F (40.6 °C) on July 2, 2002, July 14, 2003, and June 21, 2016, while the coldest temperature recorded was −32 °F (−35.6 °C) on January 2, 1919.

(Wikipedia)

Der Canyon de Chelly [ˈkɛnjən dəˈʃeɪ], Navajo: Tséyi’ [tséɣiʔ] (deutsch: Felscanyon) liegt im Gebiet der Navajo-Nation im Nordosten des US-Bundesstaates Arizona. Die nächstgelegene Ortschaft am Westende des Canyons ist Chinle.

1931 wurde der Canyon de Chelly National Monument und trägt seither den Namen Canyon de Chelly National Monument. Es steht unter der Verwaltung des National Park Service, das Land gehört jedoch nicht ihm, sondern den Navajo. Der Name „de Chelly“ ist abgeleitet von „Tséyi’“, was in der Navajo-Sprache „Felsschlucht“ bedeutet.

Das Canyon de Chelly National Monument umfasst eine Gesamtfläche von rund 340 km2. Die drei Haupt-Canyons sind der Canyon de Chelly mit etwa 43 km, der Canyon del Muerto mit 29 km und der Monument Canyon mit 16 km Länge.

In den Canyons befinden sich zahlreiche Zeugnisse menschlicher Siedlungen, die auf eine erste Besiedlung bereits vor etwa 4500 Jahren hinweisen.

Landschaft

Das Colorado-Plateau entstand vor etwa 60 Millionen Jahren, als sich das frühere Becken ein erstes Mal hob, um sich später zum heutigen Plateau zu erheben. Während sich das Land hob, gruben sich die Flüsse immer tiefer in den Fels. Eine zweite Hebung, die Defiance Uplift ereignete sich etwa 10 Millionen Jahre später. Der Canyon de Chelly wurde durch Flüsse aus den nahen Chuska Mountains gebildet, die sich während der langsamen Hebung in über zwei Millionen Jahren in den roten Sandstein des Colorado-Plateaus gegraben und so die bizarre Canyonlandschaft geformt haben.

Am Ausgang, wo sich die Canyons vereinen, sind die Felswände nur wenige Meter hoch, im Innern der Canyons erreichen sie zum Teil eine Höhe von über 300 Metern. Der Chinle Wash, der durch den Canyon fließt, führt nur im Winterhalbjahr Wasser, im Sommer ist das Flussbett oberflächlich ausgetrocknet. Der Talboden der Canyons liegt auf rund 1600 Metern ü. M.

Sehenswürdigkeiten

Zwei Straßen führen entlang der Ränder der Canyons, der North Rim Drive am Canyon del Muerto und der South Rim Drive am Canyon de Chelly. Die Aussichtspunkte entlang der Straße bieten Ausblicke in den Canyon und auf einige der Pueblo-Ruinen.

Ausritte, Wanderungen, Fahrten per Geländewagen oder Camping im Canyon sind ausschließlich mit Genehmigung und mit Führung möglich. Ohne Begleitung zugänglich ist allein der White House Trail.

Canyon de Chelly

Spider Rock – zwei etwa 240 Meter hohe Felsnadeln sind das Wahrzeichen des Canyon de Chelly. In der Mythologie der Navajo sind die Kuppen der Wohnort der Spinnenfrau (Spider Woman). Nach den Stammesmythen brachte sie den Menschen die Kunst des Webens bei und wird dafür noch heute verehrt, sie soll aber auch kleine ungehorsame Kinder verschlingen. (Die weißen Gipfel sind der Überlieferung nach die Gebeine der Kinder).

White House Ruin – eine kleine Siedlung, gebaut vor etwa 1000 Jahren zur Zeit der frühen Pueblo-Kultur. Sie besteht aus zwei Teilen, einem am Fuß der Felswand und einem zweiten einige Meter darüber in einer Felsnische gelegenen. Die Außenmauer des oberen Hauses besteht aus weißem Stein, daher der Name. Ein zwei Kilometer langer Weg führt vom Aussichtspunkt White House Overlook zur Ruine hinunter.

Canyon del Muerto

Ledge Ruin – ein zweistöckiges Pueblo, welches vor rund 900 Jahren errichtet wurde.

Antelope House Ruin – erbaut etwa im 12. Jahrhundert. Im frühen 18. Jahrhundert bewohnten Navajo die Siedlung. Felszeichnungen aus dieser Zeit, die Antilopen darstellen, gaben der Siedlung den Namen.

Mummy Cave Ruin – war seit Beginn der Besiedelung bis circa 1300 bewohnt und ist eins der größten Pueblos im Canyon.

Siedlungsgeschichte

Die Siedlungsgeschichte der Canyons lässt sich in fünf Kultur-Abschnitte einteilen.

2500 bis 200 v. Chr.

Archäologische Funde zeigen, dass bereits um 2500 v. Chr. Menschen an diesem Ort lebten. Es sind die bisher ältesten Zeugnisse menschlicher Besiedlung auf dem gesamten Colorado-Plateau. Aus dieser Zeit gibt es noch keinen Anhalt für Siedlungen, die auf eine sesshafte Lebensweise deuten. Offenbar waren dies kleine nomadische Gruppen, die den Canyon zeitweilig als Ausgangspunkt für Jagd- und Sammelstreifzüge nutzten. Als Unterkunft dienten kleine Lager unter Felsüberhängen, Zeichnungen an den Wänden dieser sind mit die wichtigsten Zeugen dieser ersten Besiedlung.

200 v. Chr. bis 750

200 v. Chr. folgte die Kultur der Basketmaker. Sie lebten in kleinen Gruppen, waren ebenfalls Jäger und Sammler, verfügten jedoch auch über Kenntnisse im Ackerbau. Aus dieser Zeit sind die ersten festen Siedlungen bekannt. Wie ihre Vorgänger nutzten sie die Felsüberhänge als Wohnstatt und auch sie hinterließen Zeichnungen auf den umgebenden Wänden.

750 bis 1300

Aus der Kultur der Basketmaker entwickelte sich die Pueblo-Kultur der Anasazi. Etwa ab 750 wurden hier die ersten größeren Pueblos zu Füßen der Felswände gebaut. Was den Anstoß zu dieser Bauweise gab, ist noch unklar. Vielleicht genügte der Raum unter den Felsüberhängen nicht mehr für die wachsende Zahl der Menschen, vielleicht war es auch einfach die Nähe zu den Feldern.

1300 bis 1700

Zu Beginn des 14. Jahrhunderts verließen die Anasazi den Canyon de Chelly. Trockenheit, Übernutzung der Felder und sicher auch Auseinandersetzungen mit anderen Völkern waren wohl die Ursache. Auf der Suche nach Gebieten, die bessere Lebensbedingungen boten, zogen sie weiter nach Süden und Westen.

An deren Stelle kamen andere Stämme, vor allem die Hopi in diese Gegend. Aus der Geschichte der Hopi ist bekannt, dass diese das Land nur zeitweilig nutzten, etwa für Ackerbau und als Jagdrevier im Sommer.

Zum Ende des 16. und Anfang des 17. Jahrhunderts kamen die Navajo, die sich in ihrer eigenen Sprache als Diné für „Menschen“ bezeichnen, von Norden her auf das Colorado-Plateau. Wie ihre Vorgänger nutzten sie den Grund der Canyons und das Land der Hochebenen. Ackerbau, Obstanbau und Viehzucht waren die Grundlagen ihres Lebens. Kleine Siedlungen von Hogans, den traditionellen Wohnstätten der Navajo, entstanden.

1700 bis 1868

Um 1700 nutzten Angehörige der Navajo den Canyon als Ausgangsbasis für Raubzüge gegen weiter östlich gelegene Pueblos. Hauptsächliches Ziel ihrer Überfälle war es jedoch, ihre mittlerweile als Sklaven behandelten Stammesangehörigen zu befreien. Ende des 17. Jahrhunderts kam es zwischen den Navajo, weiteren Stämmen und den spanischen Siedlern vom Rio Grande zu kriegerischen Auseinandersetzungen. Im Zuge dessen bot der Canyon mit seinem verschlungenen Verlauf und Felshöhlen einen Schutz wie eine Festung. Die Navajo errichteten Steinwälle an den Wegen und legten in Verstecken Nahrungsvorräte an. Dennoch drangen die Spanier, Ute und US-Truppen in den Canyon ein und hinterließen ein Bild der Verwüstung. Bei einem eintägigen Kampf wurden 115 Navajo getötet. Der Schauplatz dieses Kampfes heißt seitdem „Massacre Cave“.

1863 begann unter der Führung von Colonel Kit Carson ein Kriegszug gegen die Navajo. Carson und seine Truppe zogen von Osten in den Canyon und trieben die Bewohner zum westlichen Ausgang. Viele wurden dabei getötet oder gefangen genommen. Wenig später kehrte Carsons Truppe noch einmal zurück und zerstörte alles, was nach dem ersten Angriff noch übrig geblieben war. Die Gefangenen wurden zu dem 300 Meilen entfernten Fort Sumner in New Mexico gebracht, ein Marsch, der heute „The Long Walk“ genannt wird (Nur 4000 von ursprünglich 9000 Gefangenen überlebten den Marsch). 1868 wurde zwischen den Navajo und den Weißen ein Vertrag geschlossen und nach fast 5 Jahren in der Reservation konnten sie endlich in ihre Heimat zurückkehren.

Noch heute leben Navajo-Familien in den Canyons, betreiben Landwirtschaft und Schafzucht.

Trivia

Der Canyon de Chelly diente 1969 als Kulisse für den Western Mackenna’s Gold mit Gregory Peck und Omar Sharif in den Hauptrollen.

(Wikipedia)

Yoda wants to know if he can get royalties. :D

Borrowing my wife's clothes

I'm borrowing my mom's little point and shoot film camera just for the memories

(EXPLORE 04-06-16)

AS I DREARILY OPENED MY FRONT DOOR THIS MORNING - LOOK WHO WAS ON MY DOORSTEP - LOOKING STRAIGHT AT ME.

NO ZOOM USED - A WONDERFUL CLOSE ENCOUNTER.

I DON'T LIVE IN A RURAL AREA -HE/SHE LIKELY LIVES IN THE PARK NEXT DOOR - AND YOU KNOW HOW SOME PESKY NEIGHBORS COME BORROWING SUGAR.

I RAN (WELL,,,WALKED FAST) FOR MY CAMERA AND THERE HE/SHE WAS....STILL WAITING FOR A "CUP OF SUGAR". TALK ABOUT BEING DOMESTICATED!

NEXT WE'LL BE HAVING COFFEE TOGETHER!! :-)

- SNOWSHOE HARE

The snowshoe hare one of our commonest forest mammals, is found only in North America.

Well-adapted to its environment, the snowshoe hare travels on large, generously furred hind feet, which allow it to move easily over the snow. The snowshoe hare’s ears are smaller than most hares’. The ears contain many veins, which help to regulate body temperature.

A seasonal variation in fur color is another remarkable adaptation: from grey-brown in summer, the fur becomes almost pure white in midwinter.*

* you can see on the image how this one is changing colors from "snow white to brown" a sure sign of Spring. here :-)

MANY THANKS FOR YOUR VISITS AND KIND COMMENTS.

BLESSINGS

~BARB

Cyanistes caeruleus

At Lochwinnoch RSPB reserve earlier this week. Really liking the bokeh I was getting from the Sigma 500 f/4.5, wish I could afford one of my own rather than just borrowing it.

shot taken at Mirpur Cantonment, with a Sony cybershot DSCWX9

thanks to Alavi for borrowing me that.

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Do not use this photo anywhere without my explicit permission.

Kindly contact me via email : tabriz.haidary@yahoo.com

Borrowing a page from UrbanExposureCPL's playbook, I took some city night shots using a little bit of flash. I definitely need to work on my technique.

Anyway, I also have to plug this really cool place a friend of mine introduced me to: it's called metamatic:taf, and is a super cool combination art space / bar. The bar is set in a beautiful outdoor courtyard, with the art displayed in the various rooms of the surrounding building. Here is their flickr page showing some of the work that has been on display there.

More Athens Journal / Slice of Life

Are you bothered by appropriating the ideas of others? I know I feel guilt at borrowing someone's imagination and passing it off as my own.

As an act of penance I've looked into my own past, got down on the hard floor, and reflected on my

own shortcomings.

A prototype of this seasonal composition was shot in haste; lit by the harsh light from a west-facing window. Without a great deal of contrivance — except for my sneaking off with this curious Japanese ceramic bowl/platter/thingy — I've collected a sample from the garden, found an uncluttered, meditative space, and a Speedlite.

Left to right: chunky and red is a ripe padron pepper, behind it aji amarillo, that brown beauty is a ripe poblano, below it a cluster of Aleppo peppers — the source of pul biber — hiding a few immature Espelette peppers — victims of the raging north westerlies — then finally the alarmingly chrome yellow of aji limon. Missing from the frame are the raisiny sweet and mild aji panca — yet to ripen to their rich brown colour.

This light is not flat. I approve. The shadow, reflection and contrasts are real. The kit? Some of it is enumerated in the EXIF. There's a white ceiling, a pale grey wall behind — it's Highgate on the colour chart — a hand held off-camera flash on the end of an annoyingly short Canon OC-03 cord, the flash elevated about 60⁰ and perpendicular to the subject — as best as can be approximated while holding a flash in one hand, a camera in the other and trying not to topple forward thereby making sambal oelek of the subject and breaking Cook's ceramic thingy.

One day, I might recall all the remote business with my Speedlites. Not today. Nor tomorrow. When more penance is required? Maybe.

Engaeus disjuncticus. Burnie, Tasmania.

Thx to J. for borrowing her cameras... They are quite nice!

I'm being punished after borrowing one of Stacey's dresses. I'm wondering how this can get any worse.

Cardiff Bus are borrowing Bristol VR/Alexander 360 (WTG 360T) from Cardiff Transport Preservation Group for the summer, to work additional journeys on normal service route 6 'Baycar' from the city centre to Cardiff Bay on weekends.

The very smart VR, now in Cardiff tramways livery is photographed on the first weekend of additional journeys, Saturday 15th July 2017 at Wales Millenium Centre. When was the last time a VR worked a normal stage service in Cardiff I wonder?

One may be excused for borrowing cliches from the realm of popular utterances. Then, that is how it does feel when you see sights such as this in real life.

A perma frosted river slam bang in the midst of tropical coconut trees in Bangalore.

This is Bellandur in Bangalore, a place notorious for foul smell, skin rashes and breathing troubles and a prime spot of ecological disaster.

Bellandur Lake is the largest water body in the plateau that is Bangalore. The terrain made it a huge reservoir which cheked the flow of water from the Koramangla and Challaghatta valleys and then slowly discharged it into the Pennar river that flows into Andhra Pradesh and Tamilnadu.

Till the 1980s it was a ecologically sound lake with fishing, irrigation of crops and potable water being drawn from it. The city population exploded in the late 1980s when it became the hub of IT business. Houses and offices sprung up everywhere at a frenetic pace. The income and cash flow generation was enormous. Money flowed everywhere. Business flourished, more people came in. In a few years time, the lake lost its potability, its fishing and its pristine beauty. The clear water became a turbid black pool with hyacinth growing wild.

The storm water drains which used to bring in the excess rain waters into the lake became channels of sewage that the residential and commercial buildings discharged unfiltered into the waterways. The lake just died a quick death. The overpowering stench of hydrogen sulphide and allied sulphur & phosphorus compounds infused the atmosphere all around it. A stench that we in India are familiar with where letting pollutants freely into the eco-space is not regarded as a danger.

Today the lake is about 700-800 acres big and is overgrown with hyacinth and weeds and it has two outflow channels that takes its polluted waters downstream. The public works departments have made two spillways which are narrow and it is here that on rainy days the lake water generates lather and foam that rises up many feet high and it piles up. The rustling wind over the lake ever so often raises large suds in the air and they keep on floating up like soap bubbles in a child’s play toy. At times the foam covers the bridge over the spillway and people have perforce to pass through it.

It is from one of these places that this photograph has been shot on a post rainy day in July 2016.

In the year 2016, we still have this problem and looks like will continue to have it in the near future as well. It is to do with how things are done in India. The Sewage treatment plants filter and throw the water into these water bodies. Even if you consider this as a clean and not a reprehensible act, then you must know that almost 50 percent of these plants do not even work and untreated sewage goes straight in. Secondly the number of STPs are not enough. The government of Karnataka expresses it inability by quoting lack of finances.

The situation is the same as governments in India have always expressed. Take urban transportation. UN, World Bank and a whole host of other nations and institutions had always been willing to fund a metro system in Delhi etc but the government would not take the money as such projects did not have kickbacks and opportunities for contractors to generate bogus bills as a tight fiscal discipline was always a pre requisite for such grants. So it took decades for the Indian government to agree to have the metro system.

That is how the cookie crumbles in India and I guess people in Bangalore as well as the ones living alongside the holy Yamuna river must wait for some succour and common sense to prevail in the corridors of the government where one day they may agree to being funded under a tight fiscal control.

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For this girl, I didn't order stock wig or clothes so she is borrowing clothes from Owl Haru.

Helping Alana out of her dress and feeling excited about wearing it. I think she would look better in this dress I'm wearing here.

Minneapolis, MN

I’m doing a “photobooth” type of thing for a wedding reception tonight, and am borrowing a ringflash to use for it. I wanted to test it out before the reception (I’d never used one before, but have always loved the look of it!) so Casey and I shot with it for about 15 minutes last night after I did new headshots for her. I absolutely love it! I’m now tempted to buy a ringflash for myself…what do you think? :) It was a ton of fun to shoot these…Casey & I spent pretty much the entire time laughing!

Many more on my blog! :)

Canon 5D Mark II, 85mm f/1.8. ABR800 at 1/2 power, triggered with CyberSyncs.

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DMC-G2 - P1040334 21.5.2011 fotobearbeitung

Winter trees have a character all of their own!

Sorry William Wordsworth for almost borrowing your famous words!

And the whole appropriation - of a found photo, set in a new context through a secondary photo session - is obvious.

One may be excused for borrowing cliches from the realm of popular utterances. Then, that is how it does feel when you see sights such as this in real life.

A perma frosted river slam bang in the midst of tropical coconut trees in Bangalore.

This is Bellandur in Bangalore, a place notorious for foul smell, skin rashes and breathing troubles and a prime spot of ecological disaster.

Bellandur Lake is the largest water body in the plateau that is Bangalore. The terrain made it a huge reservoir which cheked the flow of water from the Koramangla and Challaghatta valleys and then slowly discharged it into the Pennar river that flows into Andhra Pradesh and Tamilnadu.

Till the 1980s it was a ecologically sound lake with fishing, irrigation of crops and potable water being drawn from it. The city population exploded in the late 1980s when it became the hub of IT business. Houses and offices sprung up everywhere at a frenetic pace. The income and cash flow generation was enormous. Money flowed everywhere. Business flourished, more people came in. In a few years time, the lake lost its potability, its fishing and its pristine beauty. The clear water became a turbid black pool with hyacinth growing wild.

The storm water drains which used to bring in the excess rain waters into the lake became channels of sewage that the residential and commercial buildings discharged unfiltered into the waterways. The lake just died a quick death. The overpowering stench of hydrogen sulphide and allied sulphur & phosphorus compounds infused the atmosphere all around it. A stench that we in India are familiar with where letting pollutants freely into the eco-space is not regarded as a danger.

Today the lake is about 700-800 acres big and is overgrown with hyacinth and weeds and it has two outflow channels that takes its polluted waters downstream. The public works departments have made two spillways which are narrow and it is here that on rainy days the lake water generates lather and foam that rises up many feet high and it piles up. The rustling wind over the lake ever so often raises large suds in the air and they keep on floating up like soap bubbles in a child’s play toy. At times the foam covers the bridge over the spillway and people have perforce to pass through it.

It is from one of these places that this photograph has been shot on a post rainy day in July 2016.

In the year 2016, we still have this problem and looks like will continue to have it in the near future as well. It is to do with how things are done in India. The Sewage treatment plants filter and throw the water into these water bodies. Even if you consider this as a clean and not a reprehensible act, then you must know that almost 50 percent of these plants do not even work and untreated sewage goes straight in. Secondly the number of STPs are not enough. The government of Karnataka expresses it inability by quoting lack of finances.

The situation is the same as governments in India have always expressed. Take urban transportation. UN, World Bank and a whole host of other nations and institutions had always been willing to fund a metro system in Delhi etc but the government would not take the money as such projects did not have kickbacks and opportunities for contractors to generate bogus bills as a tight fiscal discipline was always a pre requisite for such grants. So it took decades for the Indian government to agree to have the metro system.

That is how the cookie crumbles in India and I guess people in Bangalore as well as the ones living alongside the holy Yamuna river must wait for some succour and common sense to prevail in the corridors of the government where one day they may agree to being funded under a tight fiscal control.

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match your helmet thanks for borrowing it me 😁 Woohoo Friday and no work so a nice lie in this morning. Which is a good thing as I didn't get in until well after midnight, and due to a torrential downpour somewhat wet into the bargain. Really lovely time was had as well, up until the drenching at least. Have a great weekend everyone 💋

My nephew Albert looking handsome borrowing some hair from my daughter.

Borrowing a couple of spare parts from a F-15C this rather grubby F-15E Strike Eagle departs Nellis AFB for a sortie.

Amirah borrowing from the FR girls closet. I was pleastantly surprised this fit her pretty well.

Colmore Gate, Bull St, Birmingham

Seymour Harris 1992

Photowalk borrowing H's camera

Poor Wataru. There's going to be a lot of headshots until his proper body arrives. (Because the one he's on is both too short and small in the shoulders). At least he gets a cute hat for his troubles.

Wataru (Licht 2.5 SD GouDan borrowing an SDGrG body)

Lugar: El Paraíso, al este de Higuerote, Barlovento, centro norte de Venezuela.

Tamaño grande aquí.

Place: El Paraiso, east from Higuerote, Barlovento, north centre Venezuela.

Large size here.

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El Mochuelo de hoyo fue el Ave del mes en el sitio de Audubon de Venezuela en abril de 2009. El texto que escribí lo pueden encontrar aquí . ¡Disfrútenlo!

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A theatre at Blackpool Pleasure Beach ...I have been there ...many years ago ...a cheeky borrowing of a Famous Name

Captured with my new camera. Borrowed the lens from Neil my husband. Thank you Neil, may be borrowing it again.

Ruby in Naples (the Piazza Cardinale) borrowing a church dome to wear as a crown over her bonnet.

This was on the 27th of February and it had snowed that morning (first snow in Naples for 10yrs) so Ruby was not going to take off her bonnet !!

Giselle couldn't resist borrowing Korinne's Siren gown; meanwhile, Coed Cutie Poppy has been dressed for this photo shoot since New Year's Eve. She's finally on camera! (Fasion by ShhDollWorks).

6.8x37mm select fire machine pistol.

A machine pistol developed by Kong Development Bureau, notorious for "borrowing" popular firearm designs. The JS-68 is based off the Shanxi Type-18 machine pistol, which was a cancelled copy of the Mauser M712, a magazine-fed deriative of the popular Mauser C96. It also borrows the distinctive jointed bolt of the Luger P08.

The .45 cal ACP round that the Type-18 fired was inadequate against modern body armor, so the Kong Bureau started work on an experimental tungsten piercer round, very similar to 6.5x25mm CBJ round that the Saab-Bofors CBJ-MS fires. The new 6.8x37mm round is a modification of the 6.8mm Remington SPC, with a newer, high pressure load to compensate for the slightly shorter casing and round.

The barrel has also been redesigned to accomandate a gas piston and barrel shroud, important for continuous fire, and the newly designed casket magazine can hold 45 rounds, also important for its voracious fire rate of 1200 RPM. The magazine also doubles as a grip, ideal for weapon control.

All in, the JS-68 has assault rifle grade firepower, all packed in a concealable package. As such, it has become popular with military officers, PMC, special forces, and bandits.

Borrowing owls can be cute as button but owl in general can gives a ferocious look if you are nosing around too close!

I didn't see it as soon as I should have, but they are tine and good at hiding! I was too close for the owl's comfort I guess but I didn't want to move much as that might have scared him off. This was at 400mm, with almost no cropping. Yes, I was very very near and deserve this chilling stare from the little guy! :)

Mid Day Venture Aurlelia borrowing from Victoire