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bye-bye dracula


bye-bye dracula
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Copyright: Gisela Back (giba) Silver Star Critiquer/Gold Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 36 W: 66 N: 34] (327)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-09-29
Categories: Food, Nature, Macro
Exposure: f/4.5, 1/60 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-10-05 5:19
Viewed: 548
Points: 6
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Another detail I found in our garden.

Garlic (Allium sativum) is a perennial plant in the family Alliaceae and genus Allium, closely related to the onion, shallot, and leek.
Garlic has been used throughout all of recorded history for both culinary and medicinal purposes.
The portion of the plant most often consumed is an underground storage structure called a head. A head of garlic is composed of a dozen or more discrete cloves, each of which is a botanical bulb, an underground structure comprised of thickened leaf bases.
Garlic has a powerful pungent or "hot" flavor when raw, which mellows considerably when it is cooked. Raw or cooked, garlic is noted for its strong characteristic odor, and for giving those who eat it a distinctive breath odor as well. Some cultures accept the odor of garlic more than others.
Garlic is most often used as a seasoning or a condiment. When crushed or finely chopped it yields allicin, a powerful antibiotic and anti-fungal compound (phytoncide). It also contains alliin, ajoene, enzymes, vitamin B, minerals, and flavonoids.
Some scientific research indicates that garlic can have some health benefits, such as preventing and fighting common cold, diminishment of platelet aggregation; a meta-analysis showing significant lipid lowering of cholesterol, triglycerides, and low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol; treatment of hyperlipidaemia; the significant inhibition of atherosclerosis via the use of aged garlic extract; and the protective nature of chronic garlic intake on elastic properties of aorta in the elderly. Regular and prolonged use of therapeutic amounts of aged garlic extracts lower blood homocysteine levels, and prevent some complications of diabetes mellitus. It may have some cancer-fighting properties because it is high in diallyl sulphide, believed to be an anticarcinogen.

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photofiltre:
- cropped
- sharpend
- increased contrast
- framed
- turned parts out of the frame to b/w
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nice and creative shot, the perfect image for your title... the cross ca be useful too, hehehe, congratulations for this nice shot... TFS

hai Gisela,
It surtenly keeps Dracula away, ha ha, nice shot,
Gr, Jacqueline

Very good contrast and sharpness. I like idea with filter effect (colour/ b&w).
Keep it for St. Andrew day (November 30 in Romania). November 29-30 night the werewolves wander for their parties.

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