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Sun flowers
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Copyright: corinne Cocky (coquelicot79) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 565 W: 218 N: 1915] (8126)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-09
Categories: Food, Nature, Experimental, Macro, Mood, HPP [Heavily Post-Processed]
Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ7
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-09-08 18:11
Viewed: 409
Points: 24
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note [French]
Dyeing was also extracted from the hulls and the petals of sunflower: facial paintings were made containing dried petals and of pollen. The oil extracted the ground seeds provides much oil for the kitchen and the treatment of hair. There were also therapeutic uses as removal warts, the treatment of the punctures of snake or the treatment of the sunstrokes.

The sunflower is one of four harvests of native total importance of the United States (the three others are the whortleberry, the cranberry, and pecan).
The Amerindians have used the wild sunflower for food and medicine for 8,000 years. The archaeological one suggests that they started to cultivate and improve the sunflower as of 2300 front. J.-C. Thus, the culture of sunflower began before the culture from the "Three Sisters" - corn, beans and marrow.

The seeds of sunflower were generally roasted. Melted, they are an ingredient for cooking or are used to thicken soups and. Compressed in pellets as the peanut butter (seed-ball), the butter of sunflower constitutes a convenient food during the voyages. The roast hulls of sunflower can be put in ebullient water to make a drink like coffee. Dyeing was also extracted from the hulls and the petals of sunflower: facial paintings were made containing dried petals and of pollen. The oil extracted the ground seeds provides much oil for the kitchen and the treatment of hair. There were also therapeutic uses as removal warts, the treatment of the punctures of snake or the treatment of the sunstrokes.

When the colonists and the explorers have starts to send the seeds of Sunflower of the New World towards Europe, the sunflower was regards as a curiosity and a decorative flower. It wasn't used as edible until it reaches Russia.

The Orthodoxe church authorized the use of the sunflower during the Lent, and the Russians adopted it as a source of oil which could be eaten without enfreindre the laws of the church. They also appreciated the sunflower like cut-hunger and 50 years before the others, they cultivated the sunflower for its contents raised out of oil and its resistance to the diseases.


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Although that too is not with my taste, I have for this photography, to make a PP work, indeed if I had taken this one, the evening, there was much noise which I did not succeed in to withdraw, then finally I took the "magnetic lasso", then to surround this sunflower and put a black background. Addition of two small lines within the framework, plus the signing and the title.
kulimpapat, Patricia, Fortuna, tjutjut, GreenBaron, JohnTulip, lilimih33 has marked this note useful
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To tjutjut: Merci - thanks for your message my friendcoquelicot79 2 09-10 04:16
To patleboss: Merci Patcoquelicot79 1 09-09 16:19
To GreenBaron: Merci for your message Hans,coquelicot79 1 09-09 16:17
To JohnTulip: Merci John pour ta visitecoquelicot79 1 09-09 16:10
To Marylou: ça réchauffe ???coquelicot79 2 09-09 15:39
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Hi Cornnie

I love the rich yellow colour and The Black BG is great match to this royal colur... great detail too

Amri HMS

Hi Corrine, You have presented this beautifully! The black background is perfect behind the golden sunflower and you have included just enough of the leaves to balance the image.Congratuations-well done!
Regards, Pat.

Hi Corinne, great shot, colors and details really impresive. TFS

rintile

Hi Corinne,

What a beautiful presentation . . Bright flower on black BG . .
Hope you are always happy and healthy . .
Have you received the book?

Tfs,
TJutjut

Many thanks for your kind words on Juice ..

Bonjour Carole, très jolie photo, la fleur est prise sous un très bon angle, les couleurs sont magnifiques , excellente composition et superbe travail d'encadrement
bravo,
Pat

My dearest Cokky :-)
What a sunny surprise! What a colourful gift of you here on TL! This is absolutely superb; colours, sharpness, contrast and composition it is all spot on. The presentation in the large black frame is superb I would only have chosento put the 'signature' inside the frame in stead of inside the picture. Nevertheless: I'm happily impressed!
Big hug from the Baron!
TFS
Hans

:) Soon....

Hello Corinne,

Lovely flower, wonderful colors and a great job!
Congratulations my friend!
TFS
Sergio

:) later

Bonsoir Coco :o)
Joli tournesol ! Les pétales donnent vraiment l'impression de rayons de soleil, tels que dessinés par les enfants :o) J'aime beaucoup le coeur de la fleur en spirale ... très net, très coloré et superbement encadré, merci :o)
Ca réchauffe !
Bisous
Marylou

Hello Corinne!
I like yellow and black together!
Nice composition and beautiful colours, clarity and frame!
Excellent done!
Best regards!
Lili

Cou cou Corinne:
what a wonderfull Dutch Sunflower we see here
and a good note!
I am realy happy to hear all is under control and your feeling better.
Thank you for the sweet email.. last days I am sooo busy, forgive me .. but again its all about your health and happy you are doing better.
I will say ' le bonjour de toi a tous ' ok?
Calain
John

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un rayon de soleil, cela te ressemnle tellement!!!
bien vu cette image, bonne neteté et belles couleurs, bravo ma cocotte
didith

Hi cornnie
amazing shot
beatifull colours and nice idea
I like it
regards Toba

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