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* Llums i colors d'Almeria 2

Posted by Adela Fonts (Barcelona, Spain) on 8 September 2011 in Plant & Nature and Portfolio.

* Luces y colores de Almeria
* The lights and colors of Almeria


The hands of the farmer and the fruit of the opuntia

Canon IXUS 105 1/30 second F/2.8 ISO 100 5 mm

fruit | fruto | opuntia | mans | manos | hands

*La fotografia és una eina per tractar amb coses que tothom coneix però en las que ningú s'hi fixa. Emmet Gowin
*La fotografía es una herramienta para tratar con cosas que todos conocen pero a las que nadie presta atención. Emmet Gowin
*Photography is a tool to deal with things that everyone knows but to which nobody pays attention. Emmet Gowin

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Shaahin Bahremand from Tehran, Iran

excellent
i like this
well done indeed

8 Sep 2011 5:45am

@Shaahin Bahremand: Is a variety of prickly pears ... Opuntia garden. The prickly pears are more orange flesh and skin is yellowish. These are red ... and smaller in size. The gardener did not know if this fruit was edible ... Thank you very much friend. A hug, Adela

Phil from Sausset les Pins, France

Beau cadrage et belles couleurs ! C'est une figue de barbarie !? Phil

8 Sep 2011 5:55am

@Phil: Efectivamente pero no es la común... es una variedad de jardin (opuntia) El jardinero no sabia si eran comestibles. De hecho los higos chumbos (chumberas) (figues de barbarie) son distintos... de color naranja por dentro... y algo más grandes... Un abrazo Phil... y muchas grácias. Adela

CElliottUK from Reading, United Kingdom

I had to look this fruit up on Wikipedia, I didn't know what it was. Lovely candid shot

8 Sep 2011 6:25am

@CElliottUK: Is a variety of prickly pears ... Opuntia garden. The prickly pears are more orange flesh and skin is yellowish. These are red ... and smaller in size. The gardener did not know if this fruit was edible ... Thank you very much friend. A hug, Adela

Doug from Burnham-on-Sea, United Kingdom

Wonderful shot Adela, it has beauty because of the colours and the fruit and realism because the hands holding the fruit are the hands of a worker. Your focus and DoF add to make this a great one.

8 Sep 2011 6:45am

@Doug: Is a variety of prickly pears ... Opuntia garden. The prickly pears are more orange flesh and skin is yellowish. These are red ... and smaller in size. The gardener did not know if this fruit was edible ... Thank you very much friend. A hug, Adela

Stephen from Canberra, Australia

A wonderful frame, Adela, created by the hand gestures in holding the fruit. Depth of field is perfect as well!

8 Sep 2011 7:19am

@Stephen: Is a variety of prickly pears ... Opuntia garden. The prickly pears are more orange flesh and skin is yellowish. These are red ... and smaller in size. The gardener did not know if this fruit was edible ... Thank you very much friend. A hug, Adela

Gérard Beullac from Paris, France

Opuntia? A cactus?

8 Sep 2011 7:33am

@Gérard Beullac: Est une variété de figues de Barbarie ... Opuntia jardin. Le jardinier ne sais pas si ce fruit est comestible ... Ceci est un cactus. Merci beaucoup Gérard. Bonne soirée, Adela

Sarito from Basingstoke, United Kingdom

Is it a fruit?

8 Sep 2011 7:47am

@Sarito: It's a cactus called Opuntia. A variety of garden fruits red ... not if they are edible. The gardener who cultivates not know if they were edible or not ... A hug, Adela

Curly from South Shields, United Kingdom

Lovely pink "green fingers" :-)

8 Sep 2011 7:58am

@Curly: ... hands working in the field ... dry and damaged ... I taught the fruit of the Opuntia red with his own hands ... I liked what I saw! Work and enthusiasm ... Thanks you very much! A hug, Adela

k@ from Paris, France

I like the pink harmony here and the framing, original & so realistic & poetic t00

8 Sep 2011 7:59am

@k@: Hands working in the field ... dry and damaged ... I taught the fruit of the Opuntia red with his own hands ... I liked what I saw! Work and enthusiasm ... Thanks you very much dear Karine... A hug, Adela

Tede from Aubenas 07, France

Cor de flors molt a l'espera de florir! Imatge molt agradable. Bon dia Adela, abraçada.

8 Sep 2011 8:03am

@Tede: L'home estava entusiasmat ensenyant-me el seu cultiu d'Opuntias... un fruit vermell que no sabia si es podia menjar o no... Moltes gràcies Tede! Una abraçada i bona nit! Adela

STEED from D, France

Hands of a gardener,proud to show and offer fruit of its work.......Harmony around the pinks and sweetness of the blur.....A Great shot.......................A Hug,A'.........

8 Sep 2011 8:51am

@STEED: hands working in the field ... dry and damaged ... I taught the fruit of the Opuntia red with his own hands ... I liked what I saw! Work and enthusiasm ... Thanks you very much! A hug, Adela

Rafael from Talavera de la reina, Spain

Me gusta. El tono caliente de la fotografia, las dos manos sujetando lo que puede ser un ¿fruto? o alguna otra cosa, la composicion en uve...Que tengas un buen dia, Adela. Ah, la estatua era de Don Quijote, en una exposicion itinerante que hubo hace tiempo en mi ciudad. Te respondo por aqui porque no me deja en mi blog.

8 Sep 2011 9:28am

@Rafael: Una visita a un horticultor de la zona... ya ves sus manos estropeadas! Cultivaba unos cactus llamados Opuntia que ofrecen estos frutos de color rojo... No tenia ni idea de si eran comestibles o no... El me los enseñó para que pudiera admirar su color precioso... y fotografiarlos... Conoce de sobra mi vicio! Referente a la sombra de ayer veo que se trataba del personaje de Cervantes... me gusta saberlo... Buscaré en el disco duro externo la imagen de la que tenemos en Barcelona. Muchas gracias Rafael... Te deseo unas buenas noches... Un abrazo, Adela

El pare from Prepirineu, Andorra

És una figa de moro borda?, una imatge ben original, Adela i fent honor al títol de la sèrie d'un color ben viu.
Passa un gran dia, Adela. Una abraçada.

8 Sep 2011 9:31am

@El pare: A veure si m'explico... no es una figa de moro... és un cactus que es dia Opuntia utilitzada en jardineria... L'home que les cuida coneix de sobra la meva obsessió per a la fotografia... i es va oferir a pelar-ne un perquè li'n pogués fer una ... Sembla que no son comestibles com les delicioses figues de moro... Moltes gràcies amic Manel... Una abraçada, Adela

vaFA from tehran, Iran

Beautiful Capture!very good Adela,lovely photo.well done.

8 Sep 2011 9:39am

@vaFA: It's a cactus called Opuntia. A variety of garden fruits red ... not if they are edible. The gardener who cultivates not know if they were edible or not ... A hug, Adela

grouser from Ludlow, United Kingdom

Something slightly disturbingly meat like about this strange fruit. Excellent framing

8 Sep 2011 9:42am

@grouser: It's a cactus called Opuntia. A variety of garden fruits red ... not if they are edible. The gardener who cultivates not know if they were edible or not ... A hug, Adela

Eric Cousineau from Sherwood Park, Canada

Beautiful tight crop to show off these intense colours! Nicely captured Adela! ;-)

8 Sep 2011 1:37pm

@Eric Cousineau: It's a cactus called Opuntia. A variety of garden fruits red ... not if they are edible. The gardener who cultivates not know if they were edible or not ... A hug, Adela

Francisco Romero from Carbajal de la Legua, Spain

¿Qué es? ¿Un primordio de higo chumbo? No estoy seguro. Por cierto, si no los has probado, es de lo más delicioso, pero sin abusar, que las pipitas luego juegan una mala pasada. Una buena imagen mostrando el ¿fruto? Un saludo, Adela.

8 Sep 2011 4:13pm

@Francisco Romero: No es un higo chumbo fruto de las chumberas que aquí abundan y que por cierto son deliciosos bien fríos! Se trata de un cactus de la familia Opuntia. Este campesino se ofreció a pelar un fruto para que viera su carne de un bonito color rojo... y le pudiera hacer una fotografía... cosa que hice de inmediato...! No sabe si es comestible o no!... Un abrazo y muchas gracias amigo... Adela

Melocoton from Salamanca, Spain

aqui estoy dando la vueltas a esta imagen invertida e inventada, que no dejo de mirar, algo completamente hipnotico propio de ti, un beso

8 Sep 2011 4:57pm

@Melocoton: ... ni una cosa ni la otra amigo Pablo! que importa como la hice... a ti te gusta? pues esto es lo que me interesa... propio de mi? el que? Mi fotografía es hipnótica? No tenia ni idea! Un abrazo amigo... cuando dejes de darle vueltas "la verás"!!!Adela

DULCIE from Danville, CA, United States

Exquisite. A beautiful moment, tender depth of focus !!

8 Sep 2011 5:30pm

@DULCIE: hands working in the field ... dry and damaged ... I taught the fruit of the Opuntia red with his own hands ... I liked what I saw! Work and enthusiasm ... Thanks you very much! A hug, Adela

Nina from Haute Loire, France

Etonnant fruit aux couleurs chairs...

8 Sep 2011 6:27pm

@Nina: Il est le fruit de cactus Opuntia ... C'est beau! Merci beaucoup chère Nina! Bonne soirée, Adela

Marta Mateu from Oix (Girona), Spain

És una figa de moro? fa anys que no les menjo i això que m'agraden. M'agrada la tonalitat i especialment aquestes mans que semblan que han corregut món. M'agrada. Una abraçada.

8 Sep 2011 7:20pm

@Marta Mateu: No és una figa de moro Martona! Es el fruit d'un cactus que es diu Opuntia. Qui els cultiva diu que no sap si és comestible... Jo no el vaig menjar, solament el vaig retratar... molt millor... Tens raó son las mans d'un biòleg austríac... va enviar tot a fregar i es va comprar una muntanya a Nijar... S'hi ha establert amb un viver de cactus... és el meu "proveïdor" oficial...! Una abraçada, Adela

ordinaryimages from Kentucky Bluegrass, United States

Who holds the camera? ; ] best…jf

8 Sep 2011 8:09pm

@ordinaryimages: Of course, I ... but I do not go up! Thanks you very much! Glad you like it. Best regards. Adela

Dokmateo from Madrid, Spain

Excellent POV! Great shot!

9 Sep 2011 12:53am

@Dokmateo: Thanks you very much!

David from Detroit, United States

This is unusual! I like the intense color.

9 Sep 2011 12:54am

@David: Thanks you very much!

rem_la from Villiers, France

de biens belles couleurs !

9 Sep 2011 2:55am

@rem_la: Merci beaucoup!

Oscar from BCN, Spain

molt bona, el treball, única manera de sortir d'aquest forat. Bon colors

9 Sep 2011 6:40am

@Oscar: Moltes gràcies Óscar!

Sam from Chennai, India

Beautiful frame. Nice colours. Like the inclusion of hands and detail. Well done, Adela. A hug, Sam :)

9 Sep 2011 3:57pm

@Sam: Thanks you very much!