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Happy Chinese New Year


Happy Chinese New Year
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Copyright: Agoes SK (wieyos) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1115 W: 43 N: 2153] (9006)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-01-25
Categories: Mood
Camera: Pentax K20D, PENTAX SMC DA 18-55MM F/3.5-5.6 AL II
Exposure: f/16, 2 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): "Food-O-Graphy" [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2009-01-25 1:12
Viewed: 369
Points: 36
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Hi Folks,

Tomorrow, Monday January 26th is a new Chinese lunar calendar year. Year 2009 is the year of the Ox.

Wishing all Chinese friends on TL and elsewhere a prosperous Chinese New Year.

Below is about the festive, mandarin orange and the colour red as featured in the image posted here:

Chinese New Year is one of the most important traditional Chinese holidays. It is sometimes called the Lunar New Year, especially by people outside China.

The festival traditionally begins on the first day of the first lunar month in the Chinese calendar and ends on the 15th; this day is called Lantern Festival. Chinese New Year's Eve is known as Chúxī. It literally means "Year-pass Eve".

Celebrated in areas with large populations of ethnic Chinese, Chinese New Year is considered a major holiday for the Chinese and has had influence on the new year celebrations of its geographic neighbours, as well as cultures with whom the Chinese have had extensive interaction.

These include Aboriginal Taiwanese people, Koreans, Mongolians, Nepalese, Bhutanese, Vietnamese, and formerly the Japanese before 1873. In Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and other countries or regions with significant Han Chinese populations.

Mandarin oranges as featured here are the most popular and most abundant fruit during Chinese New Year – jin ju (Chinese: 金橘子; pinyin: jīn júzi) translation: golden tangerine/orange or kam (Chinese: 柑; pinyin: gum) in Cantonese.

The Mandarin orange or mandarin (or mandarine) is a small citrus tree (Citrus reticulata) with fruit resembling the orange. The fruit is oblate, rather than spherical.

Mandarin oranges are usually eaten plain, or in fruit salads. Specifically reddish orange mandarin cultivars can be marketed as tangerines, but this is not a botanical classification.

The mandarin is easily peeled with the fingers, starting at the thick rind covering the depression at the top of the fruit, and can be easily split into even segments without squirting juice. This makes it convenient to eat, as one doesn't require utensils to peel or cut the fruit.

The colour red is commonly worn throughout the Chinese New Year because it is believed that red will scare away evil spirits and bad fortune. In addition, people typically wear new clothes from head to toe to symbolize a new beginning in the new year.

(from Wikipedia)

Thanking you in advance for viewing and your kind words.

"Gong Xi Fa Chai"

Agoes

p/s: find more about Chinese New Year tomorrow.
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  • chrisJ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4250 W: 414 N: 6751] (42409)
  • [2009-01-25 1:14]

Hi Agoes

And Happy Chinese Lunar New Year! Wonderful vibrant colour, with good sharpness & dof. Superb contrast & text placement. Tfs!

Greetings and Happy New Year!

Bravo! This is a superb composition. Eye-catching and creative. Good idea with the mandarins, I like the half opened one to the right of the compo. Adds diversity and interest.

Superb note too!

Well done and tfs,

Martyn

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  • maecy Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 158 W: 0 N: 257] (1641)
  • [2009-01-25 1:18]

Hi Agoes!

Happy Chinese Lunar New Year to you! great composition and the colors are outstanding! sharp and clear. Well done!

TFS

Regards,

Mae

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  • AndroK Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor [C: 1493 W: 23 N: 0] (11826)
  • [2009-01-25 1:18]

Hi Agoes...
Beautiful work...
Nice composition, colors...
Regards...
Andro

Hello Agoes,

Perfect composition of your three oranges.
The focus is pin sharp and the textural details remarkable.
A very well presented shot.

Kind regards,
Bev :-)

hi Agoes

Very good choice of color and tone for the event, and I like the presentation because Mandarin orange is almost as important as CNY.

Nice work.

tfs, bill

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  • ayse51 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1707 W: 124 N: 1462] (20612)
  • [2009-01-25 2:17]

Hi Agoes,
perfect composition and beautiful colours.Very well done.Happy Chinese new year to you.TFS.Necla.

Hello Agoes! Good idea and very good composition. Happy New Year! Well done!

hi agoes

Gong Xi Fa Chai
nice idea here clear and good composition..

keep it up

tfs
bhot

nice orange and red combo, good details and good light,
tfs,
scott

Happy Chinese New Year
A nice idea, I wish you all the best.

Salam Bro,
Very beautiful still life study vith creative composition.TFS.
Regards,

hAyAti

Hi again Agoes,
here you are with another beauty of your Food-O-Graphy series,
the light and the detailes are just perfect here,
wonderful compo for the new Chinese year,
Gong Xi Fa Chai for everyone who celebrates it;)
welldone my dear friend adn tsf,
warm regards,
Taner

excellent still life Agoes. i like your lighting here and good control of orange and red.

i a n

Hi Agoes...nice shot..wonderful tones and colors...nicely done.

Roger

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  • korbee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1388 W: 0 N: 1688] (13651)
  • [2009-01-26 12:11]

A very tasty and colorful presentation Agoe ,bravo!

jan

sudah sa cakap apa yg sa ckp sana, fb.. cantik, menarik presentation buah mandarin kau ne..

nong

Very fresh and juicy. We called it Kinoo. Nice texture and wonderful still life.

heloo dear..
very bright n attractive image.. with well balanced light..
take care
regards
nipun

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