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Treasure of the sun


Treasure of the sun
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Copyright: Hans Spruijt (GreenBaron) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3160 W: 799 N: 9736] (38863)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-08-08
Categories: Daily Life, Food, Nature, Mood
Camera: Minolta Z1
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-10-23 4:19
Viewed: 939
Points: 38
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Treasure of the sun…

Olives… what to write about this very tasteful fruit? I like the nice green one’s stuffed with red pepper also in the Greece salad they taste very good. I’m sure Sweety (puffy) would know how to deal with it in here menu’s! To look at it is nice to eat it its better!

I took this shot this summer in the Greece Peloponnesus or to be more precise in Messinia or even more precise Ágios Andréas in the orchard of the apartment were I stayed. The grey spot on the left olive is a bird dropping. I left it for authentic reasons.

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Olive (Olea europaea) is a species of small tree in the family Oleaceae, native to coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean region, from Lebanon and the maritime parts of Asia Minor and northern Iran at the south end of the Caspian Sea. Its use as a major agricultural product in preclassical Greece led to its wider distribution throughout the western Mediterranean. Olive trees show a marked preference for calcareous soils, flourishing best on limestone slopes and crags, and coastal climate conditions.
The fruit of this plant is initially inedible, and must be treated before it can be eaten. It may be processed either while unripe, to produce "green olives", as with the martini olives stuffed with pimento, or when ripe, to produce "black olives", as are used on pizza, some Mexican food, and Mediterranean-style salads.
The Wild Olive is a small, straggly tree or shrub which can grow to 8-15 m tall with thorny branches. The leaves are opposite, oblong pointed, 4-10 cm long and 1-3 cm broad, dark greyish-green above and pale with whitish scales below. The small white flowers, with four-cleft calyx and corolla, two stamens and bifid stigma, are borne generally on the last year's wood, in racemes springing from the axils of the leaves. The fruit is a small drupe 1-2.5 cm long, thinner-fleshed and smaller in wild plants than in orchard cultivars.
JohnTulip, LittleMermaid, durrani, PierreFrigon, shelbeesmom, kokos101, jan515, cstathoulis, captainsgirl, lilimih33, kbeall, puffy, mesquens1 has marked this note useful
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ThreadThread Starter Messages Updated
To cstathoulis: Greece...GreenBaron 1 10-25 13:59
To Jan: Plekje...GreenBaron 1 10-24 04:56
To giba: Grey spot....GreenBaron 3 10-23 18:02
To durrani: Thanks!GreenBaron 1 10-23 12:44
To shelbeesmom: Bon appetitGreenBaron 1 10-23 12:42
To neithan: Honoured ...GreenBaron 1 10-23 12:36
To kokos101: OEGreenBaron 1 10-23 12:26
To JohnTulip: Bon appetit!GreenBaron 1 10-23 04:34
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Hans..I always have the 'shivers' when these critters are on my dinner plate (and give them to Yolanda.. she likes 'm) Bur my friend ..if they would taste as nice as your photo here my problem would be solved ^__^ TFS

John T

Hi Hans,

Olive and Olive producys are really important in my culture..
I think that Olive is one of the gifts from God

Nice shot

Cheers
Beste

Hello Hans
Very nice composition. verybeautifully shot. The taset of olive is great either stuffed or plain.
tfs
Shahbaz

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  • giba Silver Star Critiquer/Gold Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 36 W: 67 N: 35] (326)
  • [2006-10-23 6:26]
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Great shot! I almost can feel the warm Greek sun.
I like the green frame.
What I don't like is the grey spot an the left olive.
Thanks for sharing,
Gisi

Very well presented. Love olives.
Good sharpness and colors.
Well done.
Pierre

Very lovely Hans! I am a huge fan of Olives....Olive oil...I will eat olive oil ONLY....as it is very good for the heart. Nice shot!
B-)
Linda

i don't like olives;) but this is a nice shot, well composed!

Armel.

lovely Hans..a really nice capture of this fascinating tree adnproduct. I like the fact that youhave shown us not the whole olive tree ,or the harvested olive.. but the olive in process..as it is! TFS Meagan

Hi Hans,
This is a very nice capture of these Olives. I think it is the first time I see some in a tree :) I like the details you caught there and this nice composition. Lightning is very good as well as DOF. You wrote really interesting notes too. Thanks,
Claudine

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  • jan515 Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2512 W: 48 N: 2993] (14124)
  • [2006-10-23 18:29]

Hello Hans,
That is the color nature. Very good composition with the olives. Lovely construction on the photo and the suitable frames.
Greetings.
Janusz

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  • Jan Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 388 W: 119 N: 606] (3983)
  • [2006-10-24 4:53]
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Hoi Hans,
Olijven, ik moet eerlijk zeggen, ik vind ze niet lekker! Maar het is een mooie foto geworden! (Wel iets te overbelicht en 1 olijfje heeft een raar plekje....)
TFS
Jan

yes, it is. this is really treasure of the sun, hans.
great photo, but your treasure is a little overexposure :-)
tfs
zoran

tomorrow

beautiful photo with great detail, the frame is an added plus..nice work.. TFS
Donna :o)

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  • Fons Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1516 W: 1 N: 131] (11785)
  • [2006-10-25 1:31]

Het zien van die olijven is genoeg om
het water in de mond te doen krijgen!

Hi Hans,

I didn't know you had visited Greece! I hope you had a great time! :)
This is a lovely and luminous composition! I like the way you presented this precious tree!
Very well done and TFS :)

Constantinos

Hello Hans! Beautiful composition with a very nice frame! Well done! Lili

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  • puffy Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2014 W: 136 N: 3063] (16571)
  • [2006-12-16 15:26]

LOL.... I hope I know what to do with these too.... ummm... maybe in pizza? hehehehe, not sure, will have to try it out one day. :)

Don't know how I miss this one, but going through your gallery, saw this and thought in the first place it look like Feijoa...:) Anyway...back to the photo before I go on and on....

I like the composition, maybe a bit bright on my monitor, nice DOF and colours, it sure look delicious. :) Thanks for sharing my dear friend,

Cheers,
Sweety

I like the lighting and green tones here. Great compo with the olive branch running diagonally through the photo. Nice frame and title ;) and I love the background. TFS!
-Lara

Good morning, Hans,
Awesome shot, nice composition and frame.
I like very much it.
TFS
Raimundo

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