POTN G-Series Speed Challenge #181 - Fruit & Veggies

[Boutty]

Results
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Thank you for your patience. Due to family function I couldn't do my judging duties last night. Thanks also for joining me in this little challenge. I hope this challenge would inspire you (& me) to take more pictures of our earthy creations.

Here're some of my humble comments on your pictures.

rpolitsr - ripening red
I like this image very much; it has many attributes - great control of DOF, beautiful texture, as well as wonderful defused light. Was flash used at all for this shot?

Maureen Souza - Red, Red Wine.......Grapes!
"Red, red wine
Stay close to me
Don`t let me be alone
It`s tearin` apart
My blue, blue heart"
I wish UB40 would have found this image for their album cover. I like what you have done here and the title is just perfect!!!

teekay - Skunk Cabbage
Not sure this is classified as a vegie? But I like the acrylic colours treatment you gave to the image. Please give me the recipe.

smace - Untitled (icy water with a slice of lemon)
I acually enjoyed the patal colours in the image. I wish I could see more portion and texture of the lemon slice.

BottomBracket - The Transaction
I love the great view point from here. The swivel LCD is one reason I still use G6! Apart from the sight and sound in the market place, I could smell the freshness of the fruits and the seafood prodcuts from here. Mangoes and sticky rice with a dash of coconut milk is one of my favourite dessert.

BobsYourUncle - Christmas stocking mandarin from 2003
Now this mandarin must have some significant meaning for uncle Bob. Can we make a five years old liqueur out of it? Is the narrow DOF intensional?

marie - wild cherries
I'll let Cadbury-Schweppes know about this image - I think they are looking an image on their wrappers for their new product of cherries & white chocolates!!! Delicious fruit and image.

Kevan_G9 - 3.14159 = pi; so do blueberries...
My second favourite dessert pie apart from apricot pie... but alright since you have included the ice-cream. Can I have a bite Pleeeeaaase!

papajake - Untitled
Great close-up hence great detail and texture of the strawberries. It shows how the new G9 is capable of in Macro mode. Please summit it earlier to qualify the top place.

And the winners are:-

1st - rpolitsr's ripening red
2nd - Maureen Souza's Red, Red Wine.......Grapes!
3rd - marie's wild cherries



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Challenge #181 - Fruit & Veggies

This week Challenge is about Fruit and Vegetables. Everybody needs it, some eat it fast, some make a feast out of it. It's good for your health, so why not also photograph it!?!

Here's your challenge:-
Show me a photo of your fruit and/or vegetables, it can be a still life, commercial, nature, as long as you can show me it's beautiful colour and texture, good lighting and composition.

Let's veg out! :p

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To submit, click "Post Reply" and put your Photo Name in the Subject Line. Don't forget your Camera Model.

Post until Monday noon GMT, 28 July 2008.

Photo Submissions

Camera -- Canon G-Series Camera (G1,G2,G3,G5,G6, G7, G9) or Pro 1 only.
Time -- any on-topic photo taken at any time is eligible, although photos that have won other competitions should NOT be entered.
Size -- photo must be EXACTLY 800 pixels on the longest side, with NO BORDERS.
Post-Processing -- do whatever you like and the host will decide if it works.
Posting --
One photo per photographer in each challenge.
Photo Title in the message subject line.
Camera model.
EXIF data, if you like.
Commenting -- No commenting on photos by anyone, including the photographer. Once the winners are declared, photographers can add comments to their images and everyone is invited to discuss.
Photo Display -- Photos must appear in this thread to be eligible.


Time

One challenge every week, on the following schedule:

New Topic ... As soon as possible after winning.
Posting Starts ... Right after topic is announced.
Posting Stops ... Monday noon GMT
Winners Announcement ... Tuesday noon GMT.


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[rpolitsr]

http://sites.google.com/site/rpolitsr/r_polit_6/pictures/potnentries/181_madurando_IMG_4620_crop.jpg

powershot Pro1

[Maureen Souza]

Pro 1

[teekay]

G1

http://community.netidea.com/teekay/temp/SkunkCabbage.jpg

[smace]

G9

291694

[BottomBracket]

Canon G6

http://piofort.zenfolio.com/img/v1/p34438543-4.jpg

[BobsYourUncle]

G9

http://www.hanover1.net/files/miscfiles/Mandarin03.jpg

[marie]

G2
1/50 f3.5

http://www.pbase.com/image/100793760/original.jpg

[Kevan_G9]

G9:

[Boutty]

Thank you everyone for your entrants. The challenge is closed.

Results & winners will be announced before noon GMT. :cool:

[papajake]

G9:
http://webpages.charter.net/jumsey/Strawberries_01%20800x600.jpg

[Boutty]

Results posted @ top of thread.

[teekay]

Congratulations to the winners - there were so many good ones this week that it must have been tough judging. Kevan_G9's blueberries made my mouth water :lol:

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teekay - Skunk Cabbage Not sure this is classified as a vegie? But I like the acrylic colours treatment you gave to the image. Please give me the recipe.


My pic was the result of playing around and entering for fun since I don't have a G-series any more and had a very limited stock of veggies in my G1 archives. These plants are denizens of the rain forest here on the west coast and plentiful around jungly pools and swamps. They do stink but parts can be used for food. I like their weird, exotic look. Here's the image without the rather excessive effects I applied.

http://community.netidea.com/teekay/temp/SCOri.jpg

[marie]

Congratulations to the winner Rafael and to second place Maureen
very beautiful shots
gorgeous to look at

:cool:

Thank you very much for hosting and judging yet again Boutty. and for the placing


marie - wild cherries
I'll let Cadbury-Schweppes know about this image - I think they are looking an image on their wrappers for their new product of cherries & white chocolates!!! Delicious fruit and image.

when you get in touch with Cadbury -Schweppes :lol: I'd like a bar of that new chocolate you've mentioned... sounds delicious
yum yum
it has not arrived here yet

I never used to like cherries but now I chop them up and use them when baking special buns ,along with adding ground almonds, chopped walnuts, diced coconut , spoonful or two of runny honey ,muscovado rich brown sugar and eggs
love the cherries (done that way) when cooked the mixture has a kindof shortbread (y) nutty(of course) taste

:mrgreen:
sometimes I add a (s) mashed banana


the cherries I had for the photograph were very very sticky :mad:
I had put them on a white dish on a table in the garden for the picture, their juices running wild

gorgeous shots from everyone

someone went to a lot of trouble putting the pastry stars on that delicious looking blueberry pie Kevan

that cabbage you show Teekay
Sandy (Stonylonesome) had photographs on the forum of the same type of cabbage some time ago , they grow near him too ( I think in his backyard)
would have you believe ....... why the skunky smell...............
lol

looks very good. lovely picture, and you done a lovely job on it with the pp , its almost like 'mother -in laws tongue'
if you know that plant
lol

beautiful shot you entered Pio. loved it

all are lovely entries
welcome to the forum Smace (lovely shot)
and Pappajake
yum,those luscious strawberries look great
......... better late then never :p

lol


Bobs your Uncle
I think your citrus stocking filler 2003 deserves a bite or two (by now) :lol:
it must have very fond memories for you
nice to see it
( I always loved the stocking fillers

lol

[Car]

Congratulations to the winners, they were all great shots, difficult to pick out three.
I've had a bit of a busy week this week - my sister and niece are staying with me for a few weeks, I managed to get a couple of shots taken when my organic fruit and veg box was delivered on Wednesday, then they turned up on Thursday so that was as far as I got! Hopefully I'll get some time to contribute again for the next challenge (although I'm not holing my breath, lol)

[Kevan_G9]

Kevan_G9's blueberries made my mouth water :lol:


I admit it, I'm not too proud...when I saw rpolitsr's rotten apple, I knew the contest for 1st place was over. Or was it? That's when I conspired to aim for Boutty's stomach, deverting his attention from all the splendid photos, and instead appeal to his more passionate desire for a piece of my wife's blueberry pie. And it almost worked!

What a hoot this challenge was. I totally enjoyed myself taking photos with my little G9. Here's one that I was originally considering:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3184/2715551446_b1d480f569.jpg?v=0

So...I guess all I have left to say here is, "Boy, was it good!"

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3253/2715551396_af86af1128.jpg?v=0

[rpolitsr]

Congratulations to the co-winners Maureen and marie
All the entries are beautiful and interesting pictures, so congratulations to all the participants.

Thank you Boutty, for choosing my picture, I will do my best with the new challenge (Yes, that is always the hard part but it is also rewarding).
I will post it before Wednesday noon GMT, in less than 10 hours or so.

My apple is another picture on the beautiful farm of a friend of mine, pretty near from Quito.

This time, it was late afternoon with the sun low in front of me, but hidden behind tiny white clouds and filtered by the leaves.
No flash. The ‘fill light’ comes from bright white clouds behind me, while above my head there was a clear blue sky.

Now, off to think about the new theme!

[BobsYourUncle]

Boutty:

BobsYourUncle - Christmas stocking mandarin from 2003
Now this mandarin must have some significant meaning for uncle Bob. Can we make a five years old liqueur out of it? Is the narrow DOF intensional?

and

marie:

Bobs your Uncle
I think your citrus stocking filler 2003 deserves a bite or two (by now)
it must have very fond memories for you
nice to see it
( I always loved the stocking fillers

Theres a story behind this Christmas 2003 mandarin::lol:

I took it out of my stocking and forgot to eat it. It wound up back under the tree and left there into the new year. When we took the tree down it wound up in a pile of misc. stocking stuffers in my office, where it was forgotten for a couple months. Some time later, I picked it up and noticed it was very light, but still in shape. So I put it on the shelf by my computer and observed it over the next few months.

Well, the orange completely dried out without rotting at all. It did not go soft and mushy, but rather went hard as a rock! It is totally dried out and very light, and so hard I could likely break a window with it.

So it became kind of a novelty, or an ornament on my shelf. I wrote Xmas 2003 on it so I would remember what year it was from.

Now when the fruit and veggie contest came along, I pondered what I could use to enter, as I have not posted a contest pic for several weeks.

I was in a big hurry and very busy so I grabbed the mandarin, set it on my desk on a piece of paper and banged off a few quick shots, trying to get the light semi-acceptable. The shallow DOF is only because I didn't take the time to shoot it properly

No chance of making anything with it except an ornament!!

I knew it was not contest quality, but hoped a few people would get a chuckle out of it

Bob

[Maureen Souza]

Rafael, I loved your apple shot the moment I saw it and hesitated even entering this week. (Not bad that a couple of Mods came in 1 &2, huh? ;););) )

Boutty, thanks for 2nd place...it's always lovely to place and not have to host:D

And congrats marie...those cherries look luscious.

I am happy to have my Pro 1 up and running again.

[rpolitsr]

(Not bad that a couple of Mods came in 1 &2, huh? ;););) )
No not bad at all. Sometimes a bit of luck pushes my picture slightly above my own level and it gets the place. At least that is possible on this side of the door. On the ‘Mod’s rooms’ the Goddess of POTN rules above the new mods. :)
Thank you Maureen for your comment and for your help and support on the challenges and on the moderator’s forums. Learning never ends.

[rpolitsr]

These plants are denizens of the rain forest here on the west coast and plentiful around jungly pools and swamps. They do stink but parts can be used for food. I like their weird, exotic look. Here's the image without the rather excessive effects I applied.
Honestly, I like the uncropped version and its almost luminous green leaves. I’m wondering if we have something similar in our evergreen rain forest. The name ‘Col de Mofeta’ which happen to be a literal translation of ‘skunk cabbage’ exist in Spanish dictionaries, but I never heard of it and can not find where to read about it yet.

. . . That's when I conspired to aim for Boutty's stomach, deverting his attention from all the splendid photos, and instead appeal to his more passionate desire for a piece of my wife's blueberry pie. And it almost worked!. . .
:) :). Thank you Kevan. The little G9s and the people behind them delivers a hard pressure over the old Pro1 even with the advantage of its awesome L lens.

[Kevan_G9]

In the low wet areas of the Northeast skunk cabbage is one of the first plants to show itself in the early spring. The plant does get a bit of a bum rap with the fact that it does smell if you pull and tear the leaves, but it really is a very handsome plant and a pleasure to see come to life as the last days of the cold weather melt away.

[BottomBracket]

Hey congratulations to winners rafael, Maureen, and Marie, all heavyweights of the G forum! Thanks to Boutty for a well run challenge. Lots of great photos all around! My photo was just a grab shot, with my G6 dialed for hyperfocal focusing for the quick street shot. It was taken at a busy sidewalk here at NYC, and I used the swivel screen to frame the scene whilst the camera was at arm's length above my head. Gotta love those swivel screens! ;)

[teekay]

In the low wet areas of the Northeast skunk cabbage is one of the first plants to show itself in the early spring....

My research shows that the eastern skunk cabbage is a different species from ours in the northwest, and images found for rafe's "Col de Mofeta" seem to look more like the eastern version than ours.

Getting a bit away from photography here, but sometimes that's the best part about these challenges - maybe one of us can set "Any variety of skunk cabbage" as a POTN challenge some time in future ;)

[Kevan_G9]

So right...a quick Wiki offers this:

'Skunk cabbage may mean:

Eastern Skunk Cabbage (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Skunk_Cabbage), Symplocarpus foetidus, commonly known as "skunk cabbage" on the eastern coast of the United States
Western Skunk Cabbage (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Skunk_Cabbage), Lysichiton americanus, commonly known as "skunk cabbage" on the western coast of the United States and in the United Kingdom
Asian Skunk Cabbage (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Asian_Skunk_Cabbage&action=edit&redlink=1), Lysichiton camtschatcense, of northeastern Asia
- maybe one of us can set "Any variety of skunk cabbage" as a POTN challenge some time in future ;)

What a stinky idea!

Sorry, I go for the cheap-corny jokes.

Enough already...how about them strawberries?

[marie]

"Boy, was it good!"

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3253/2715551396_af86af1128.jpg?v=0
:cool:
yum yum
looks really good Kevan

and its great to have the picture of the 'now swallowed up ' tart
lol

:eek:
lucky that worm/snake creeping up behind didn't get to it first though

[marie]

Theres a story behind this Christmas 2003 mandarin::lol:

I took it out of my stocking and forgot to eat it. It wound up back under the tree and left there into the new year. When we took the tree down it wound up in a pile of misc. stocking stuffers in my office, where it was forgotten for a couple months. Some time later, I picked it up and noticed it was very light, but still in shape. So I put it on the shelf by my computer and observed it over the next few months.
Well, the orange completely dried out without rotting at all. It did not go soft and mushy, but rather went hard as a rock! It is totally dried out and very light, and so hard I could likely break a window with it.
So it became kind of a novelty, or an ornament on my shelf. I wrote Xmas 2003 on it so I would remember what year it was from.
Now when the fruit and veggie contest came along, I pondered what I could use to enter, as I have not posted a contest pic for several weeks.
I was in a big hurry and very busy so I grabbed the mandarin, set it on my desk on a piece of paper and banged off a few quick shots, trying to get the light semi-acceptable. The shallow DOF is only because I didn't take the time to shoot it properly
No chance of making anything with it except an ornament!!
I knew it was not contest quality, but hoped a few people would get a chuckle out of it
Bob

it had to have meaning. great story Bob
(and coincidence, it was the same year I took the cherries shot with the G2 )

lol

funny how it didn't rot right through
even today mandarins in a bowl go blue with mold (lol) and rot quickly
if not eaten a.s.a.p

maybe 2003 was a good ( better) year for fruities :confused:

lol

[marie]

My apple is another picture on the beautiful farm of a friend of mine, pretty near from Quito.
This time, it was late afternoon with the sun low in front of me, but hidden behind tiny white clouds and filtered by the leaves.
No flash. The ‘fill light’ comes from bright white clouds behind me, while above my head there was a clear blue sky.
there's something really beautiful about an apple seen like that
its bite as nice as when pulled
lol
:cool:

[marie]

So right...a quick Wiki offers this:

'Skunk cabbage may mean:
Eastern Skunk Cabbage (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Skunk_Cabbage), Symplocarpus foetidus, commonly known as "skunk cabbage" on the eastern coast of the United States
Western Skunk Cabbage (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Skunk_Cabbage), Lysichiton americanus, commonly known as "skunk cabbage" on the western coast of the United States and in the United Kingdom
Asian Skunk Cabbage (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Asian_Skunk_Cabbage&action=edit&redlink=1), Lysichiton camtschatcense, of northeastern AsiaWhat a stinky idea!
Sorry, I go for the cheap-corny jokes.
Enough already...

[how about them strawberries?

:lol:

too late


they got disqualified this time 'round:(

[Kevan_G9]

G9:

[Boutty]

"Is it too late? I have one more..." - Kevan

The last one is a gem Keven! Well done.

[marie]

G9:

never too late to view

:cool:

gorgeous colours and stuff in the shot Kevan

those hanging knives look dangerous
:shock:
watch yourself
(as in 'don't mess with the cook' )

:mad:
lol

a few days ago was heading for where I usually buy a fruit drink in the railway station....
waiting at the counter for the 'Zumo 'to be juiced I looked down and saw the funny faces on the fruit (shown here) >
loved the drink all the more after seeing their 'smilies'
lol
(the camera had been in a bag but came out for a second)

ps
I got another Zumo here at the same place yesterday evening
(these smilies in the photo were gone..probably rotten by then )
) :


http://www.pbase.com/image/101279661/original.jpg

[Car]

^^^^^^^^Mr Pineapple puts me in mind of a Sesame Street character! Love it!

[marie]

^^^^^^^^Mr Pineapple puts me in mind of a Sesame Street character! Love it!

:lol:

thats who he must have reminded me of too Carolyn, one of them charactors

is it fozzy ..... I think its fozzy :D

loved them all
fozzy had that vacant look and wide mouth to go with it
it was the only way he could smile ..just like this pineapple

lol



:::
I think I'm thinking and mixing him up with the muppets

[Car]

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc306/biya_photos/bert.jpg

This is who I was thinking of.........Bert! lol

[marie]

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc306/biya_photos/bert.jpg

This is who I was thinking of.........Bert! lol

ha ha ha ha ha

thats who it looks like

:cool:

:mrgreen:

thanks Carolyn