Fairy Pink

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"Carnival", "Henry George", "HGL", "Notting Hill", "Photography", "Pink", "Sunday Sills", London

Pink from Notting Hill Carnival, London

The Notting Hill Carnival is an annual event that since 1965 has taken place on the streets of Notting Hill, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, UK each August, over two days (the August bank holiday Monday and the day beforehand). It is led by members of the West Indian community, particularly the Trinidadian and Tobagonian British population or “Trinis”, many of whom have lived in the area since the 1950s. Its Twenty miles of vibrant colourful costumes surround over 40 static sound systems, hundreds of Caribbean food stalls. The carnival has attracted around one million people in the past years, making it the second largest street festival in the world after the Rio Carnival held in Brazil.

Commercial transport

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"Backwaters", "Commercial", "F1 boats", "Henry George", "HGL", "Nikon D5100", "Photography", "Transport", Kerala

Means of transport, delivering goods am looking in to the old and the new age

Below is the most common means of transport in Alapuzha, the back waters of Kerala. A wonderful network of canals connect many long distance places through which people carry their produce to the market for sale.

Again am relating the new age means of transport to water (as it was suppose to be the oldest means of mass transportation).

Below is a boat carried off after the F1 grand prix power boat race here in Abu Dhabi corniche.

Beast or Beauty

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"Beast", "Henry George", "HGL", "Insect", "Nikon D5100", "Photography", "Sunday Sills", Beauty

Its the perspective what matters, this beast was on my wheels; on a very very hot day. Not at all a great macro, its big enough and surprisingly didn’t seemed bothered at all with my efforts with camera…………i think beautiful is God’s creations

Reflections

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"Henry George", "HGL", "Photography", "Reflections", "Scotland", Sunday Stills

As social beings we live with our eyes upon our reflection, but have no assurance of the tranquillity of the waters in which we see it.

All the way from Scotland for sunday stills ‘Reflections’

Birdstalking

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"Bird", "Flying", "Henry George", "HGL", "Nikon D5100", "Photography", "Wings"

5 Products Challenge

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"5 Products", "Challenge", "DavidOff", "Green Tea", "Henry George", "HGL", "Lipton", "Maserati", "Nikon D5100", "Photography", "Sheaffers", "The NorthFace"

Thanks to Nik for this great challenge, its all about taking photos of 5 products which would speak themselves.

Drink positive

The power of cool

Never stop exploring

A Gift that matters

Excellence through passion

Weather

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"Henry George", "HGL", "Left behind", "March", "Nikon D5100", "Photography", "United Arab Emirates", "Weather", dust storms, weather patterns, weather phenomena

What’s left behind

Severe cold winds in March blows away the sand from deserts thus creating dust storms and weather remains mostly dull and fogy these days.

The period March through to May are the “Spring” months in this part of world (United Arab Emirates) when the temperature begins its steady climb towards the summer peaks. Average maximum temperatures rise to around 28°C in March however winter weather patterns continue to affect the area. This combination means that a more abundant supply of energy is available for the development of cloud and storms should the correct combination of meteorological features exist. March is therefore often a very changeable month when UAE can experience a wide range of weather phenomena.

Through the green blanket

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"Blanket", "Chinnar", "Green", "Henry George", "HGL", "Nikon D5100", "Photography", "Water", Wildlife

Chinnar wildlife sanctuary near munnar is one of my favourite wildlife hot spots i choose to explore and track wild life. This week am up again with the beauty of our mother nature from my home ‘Kerala’. Such openings through the thick green blankets are the best bet you could think of to find some wild animals in their true natural habitation, here patience and enthusiasm are the key factors you should be seriously thinking of.

The ‘Tree of Life’

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"Alappuzha", "Backwaters", "Coconut", "Facts", "Henry George", "HGL", "How to survive in an island", "Nikon D5100", "Photography", "Tree", "Water", building a raft, coconut fruit, Kerala, natural energy booster, Sun set

Tree of Life

Below coconut trees are taken from Alapuzha ‘The Venice of the East’ one of the best, most beautiful and world famous backwaters of Kerala.

 

Coconut tree is considered to be the tree of life. From root to head everything and anything could be used. Say the roots are used as medicine for dysentery and even sometime could be used as a tooth brush. The trunk is best known for salt resistance and are hard durable wood used to make small bridges, bench, table, roof and frames. The leaves are used as roofing materials when nicely weaved together to form sheets. Most importantly the coconut fruit is the nut/seed of coconut tree is high in protein where as milk is refreshing, light and low in sugar. Its an amazing natural energy booster ideally and highly recommended for fatigue.

I always wonder (those knowledge I acquire from movies) how coconut trees are grown in the most remote islands in the sea; because the coconut fruit floats readily and have been dispersed widely by ocean currents. The coconut palms flourish best close to sea with abundant sun and rain, for the best growth they also need to be in a highly humid environment.

If you are ever trapped in an island this is the tree you should be looking for. Climb up (if you can) and look out for any ship. Get some coconuts dry it and squeeze them to get some oil to be used as the best natural sunscreen or suntan lotion. The coconut fruit milk or water is the only fresh liquid you can manage to sustain your life, other than rain water. And yes the safest food you can get would be the meat inside the coconut. Once you are settled with enough food and drinks, and has no chances of any ships around; the best bet would be to start thinking and building a raft.

All Green

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"Banana", "Green", "Henry George", "HGL", "Leaves", "Nikon D5100", "Onam", "Onasadya", "Photography", festival celebrations, Henry G L, Kerala

There is nothing more amazing than the natural textures and the best are always on green leaves. Very much green and more detailed with a fantastic backlit, banana leaf is my choice for our Sunday Stills challenge ‘Texture’ this week.

Banana leave back in my home town are used as plates to serve our meals (usually cooked rice and around 11 to 13 essential dishes, on main occasions the number of curries would go up to 18-28) and as a part of food a banana is also served after the meal. The first thing comes to my memories associated with Banana Leaves are our traditional yearly harvest festival called Onam, the festival celebrations last long for 10 days and is celebrated with joy and enthusiasm all over the state by people of all communities. The most impressive part of Onam celebration is the grand feast called Onasadya a nine course meal. Onasadya is served on banana leaves and people sit on a mat laid on the floor to have the meal.

Banana leaves are used for many purposes such as for decorative elements, wrappings, plate mat, and employed in cooking method. It is used as a decorative element for special ceremonies in Hindu and Buddhist cultures. It is also used as a plate to serve food in countries including India and Indonesia. Banana leaves, though commonly thrown away, contain large amounts of polyphenols, including EGCG, similar to green tea. They also contain polyphenol oxidase, that could be used treatment for Parkinson’s disease.