November 5, 2009

• WeeklyPhotoChallenge 2 Entries, “From Dusk Till Dawn” and “Something Borrowed”

  
  

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  this week, Oct. 30-Nov. 05, 2009
  “Something Borrowed”
  suggested by Living_Embers

  Borrowed! our home belongs to the bank so I consider it borrowed.  But, what I’ll review or expose, with my photos, is the fact my husband and I are borrowed in the deepest sense of the word.

  

  1-  This skinny little cat found us in July of 2008.  I thought it was a kitten about 6 or 7 months old.  The vet said his teeth said he was about 18 months or so old.  It’s still so hard to believe as he was really stringy.  In this photo, he wasn’t real comfortable as he still felt out of place not having wormed his way into our house, yet.

   

  

  2-  This is the same cat nearly a year later to the month, on our roof which he has found how to get onto.  So far we have trimmed two bushes back to prevent his climbing to the roof but he still gets there and has us stumped as to how he does it.  I guess it’s time to take the bushes out completely.  I’ve wondered if he can climb the brick like SpiderCat. 

   

  

  3- Having made the move into the house and taking us over as borrowed servants, this is the satisfied look of a very smart cat who eats and sleeps inside, knowing he can meow his way to the outside world about 20 times a day.  Smart he really is, he trained to knock on a hanging bunch of napkin rings to alert us he wants in and he rings bells hanging on the inside of the door to let us know he wants out.  We showed him how and why and he got it in about 1 showing.  All knocking and bell ringing are utilized at the same time as the MEOW.

   

  

  4-  And here, the satisfied preening, with eyes closed, of a well fed cat who knows he has successfully manipulated his “Borrowed” family into hostages.

   

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  this week, Oct. 23-Oct. 29, 2009
  “From Dusk till Dawn”
  suggested by LadyLioness1973

  I had to study carefully, the pages I researched to define exactly what dusk, dawn and in between was really considered to look like.  I really didn’t know the exactness of the terms.  I finally got it, I think.  So, some photos with camera information on one image.

  

  1-  I take a lot of night images.  This is obviously a westward drive.  Particulars are on the third image down.  They would be similar for all of my Dusk till Dawn photos.

   

  

  2-  This is Lake Isabella.  John and I spend a fair amount of time there.  Our hours vary but nights are good for some lovely quiet images.

   

  

  3-  Lake Isabella Dusk:  Silhouette, Tree

  Original File Name IMG_1962.JPG
  Camera Model Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi, Shooting Date/Time 11/14/2008 6:48:39 PM
  Shooting Mode Shutter-Priority AE, Tv( Shutter Speed ) 0.3, Av( Aperture Value ) 3.5,

  Metering Mode Evaluative Metering, Exposure Compensation +1 1/3, ISO Speed 800,
  Lens EF28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, Focal Length 28.0 mm, Image Size 3888×2592,
  Image Quality Fine, Flash Off, White Balance Mode Auto, AF Mode One-Shot AF,
  Picture Style User Defined 3(Landscape), Sharpness 7, Contrast 4, Saturation 4, Color tone 0,
  Color Space sRGB, Noise Reduction Off, File Size 4930 KB,
  Drive Mode Single-frame shooting, Owner’s Name RSBlain, Camera Body No. 1721128133

   

  

  4-  This is the drive from Lake Isabella to our house.  This image is looking from the road to my right as we drive, homes lit on the hill above the river.

   

  Thanks always for your comments and keep on taking those photos.
  

   

   

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