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abstract fruit[watermelon]
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Copyright: Taner Sesler (tsesler) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 573 W: 13 N: 1053] (5399)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-07-27
Categories: Abstract
Exposure: f/2.7, 1/60 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Friday Theme 2008/05/30 "Fruit", Summer Fruits [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-05-30 0:30
Viewed: 919
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Points: 48
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hi folks,
i took a capture of sliced juicy watermelon couple years ago, during a barbecue party with my friends,
after playing with it, here is the result....
i love it, i hope everybody likes my abstract watermelon,
have nice and fruity:) day
thank you for dropping by and viewing
warm regards


Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum & Nakai, family Cucurbitaceae) refers to both fruit and plant of a vine-like (climber and trailer) herb originally from southern Africa and one of the most common types of melon. This flowering plant produces a special type of fruit known by botanists as a pepo, which has a thick rind (exocarp) and fleshy center (mesocarp and endocarp); pepos are derived from an inferior ovary and are characteristic of the Cucurbitaceae. The watermelon fruit, loosely considered a type of melon (although not in the genus Cucumis), has a smooth exterior rind (green and yellow) and a juicy, sweet, usually red or yellow, but sometimes orange, interior flesh. The flesh consists of highly developed placental tissue within the fruit.

David Livingstone,an explorer of Africa, described watermelon as abundant in the Kalahari desert, where it is believed to have originated. There, the ancestral melon grows wild and is known as the Tsamma melon (Citrullus lanatus var tastius).[citation needed] It is recognizable by its pinnatifid leaves and prolific fruit, up to 100 melons on a single vine.[citation needed] For this reason it is a popular source of water in the diet of the indigenous people. The flesh is similar to the rind of a watermelon and is often known as citron melon (distinct from the actual citron, of the citrus family); it is used for making jam and other preserves, and because of its high content of pectin is popular as a constituent of jams, jellies, and other gelled preserves. It has established itself in the wild in Baja California.


Watermelons on display by a roadside vendor in Delhi, IndiaIt is not known when the plant was first cultivated, but Zohary and Hopf note evidence of its cultivation in the Nile Valley from at least as early as the second millennium BC. Finds of the characteristically large seed are reported in Twelfth dynasty sites; numerous watermelon seeds were recovered from the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.[1]

By the 10th century AD, watermelons were being cultivated in China, which is today the world's single largest watermelon producer. By the 13th century, Moorish invaders had introduced the fruit to Europe; and, according to John Mariani's The Dictionary of American Food and Drink, "watermelon" made its first appearance in an English dictionary in 1615.

In Vietnam, legend holds that watermelon was discovered in Vietnam long before it reached China, in the era of the Hùng Kings. According to legend, watermelon was discovered by Prince Mai An Tiêm, an adopted son of the 11th Hùng King. When he was exiled unjustly to an island, he was told that if he could survive for six months, he would be allowed to return. When he prayed for guidance, a bird flew past and dropped a seed. He cultivated the seed and called its fruit "dua tây" or western melon, because the birds who ate it flew from the west. When the Chinese took over Vietnam in about 110 BC, they called the melons "dua h?o" (good melon) or "dua h?u". "dua Tây", "dua h?o", "dua h?u" -- all words for "watermelon". An Tiêm's island is now a peninsula in the suburban district of Nga Son.[2][3]

Museums Online South Africa list watermelons as having been introduced to North American Indians in the 1500s. Early French explorers found Native Americans cultivating the fruit in the Mississippi Valley. Many sources list the watermelon as being introduced in Massachusetts as early as 1629. Southern food historian John Egerton has said he believes African slaves helped introduce the watermelon to the United States. Texas Agricultural Extension horticulturalist Jerry Parsons, Ph.D., lists African slaves and European colonists as having distributed watermelons to many areas of the world. Parsons also mentions the crop being farmed by Native Americans in Florida (by 1664) and the Colorado River area (by 1799). Other early watermelon sightings include the Midwestern states (1673), Connecticut (1747), and the Illiana region (1822).


Seedless Watermelon.Until the 1940s, however, it was hard to find watermelons in good condition at grocery stores. Melon lovers had to grow their own, which tended not to keep for long, purchase them from local grocers supplied by truck farmers, or purchase them from roadside produce stands. Now they can be found in most local grocery stores, and if preferred in slices or whole, with seeds or without.

Then Charles Fredric Andrus, a horticulturist at the USDA Vegetable Breeding Laboratory in Charleston, South Carolina, set out to produce a disease-resistant and wilt-resistant watermelon. The result was "that gray melon from Charleston." Its oblong shape and hard rind made it easy to stack and ship. Its adaptability meant it could be grown over a wide geographical area. It produced high yields and was resistant to the most serious watermelon diseases: anthracnose and fusarium wilt. Today, farmers in approximately 44 states in the U.S. grow watermelon commercially, and almost all these varieties have some Charleston Gray in their lineage. Georgia, Florida, Texas, California and Arizona are the USA's largest watermelon producers.

This now-common watermelon is large enough that groceries often sell half or quarter melons. There are also some smaller, spherical varieties of watermelon, both red- and yellow-fleshed, sometimes called "icebox melons."
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Hello taner. I've never seen watermelon so perfect geometrically. Juicy image in rich texture and color. Well done for the theme and best regards. Jusni

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  • Niva Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 973 W: 0 N: 608] (7161)
  • [2008-05-30 1:06]

Merhaba Taner Sesler!
An interestin pp job ! You´ve got a good idea!
Tesekkür ederim!
Brazilian Greetings, from Recife,
Nivaldo

Selam Taner Bey,
Yeni bir sanat türü.
Digital dünyanın ne büyük potansiyeli olduğunu gösteren bir örnek sunmuşsunuz.
Ne kadar ilginç ve hoş.
Teşekkürler

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  • Janone Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3446 W: 98 N: 3054] (19636)
  • [2008-05-30 1:38]

Hello Taner.
Gorgeous, Delishious, and a fantastic play on computer with this watermelon picture.
10 points from Me.!!!
Best regards from Jan

Superb fresh effect! I love the colours and the heart shape seeds! lovely!
LuDivine

Hi Taner,
I love juicey watermelon in the summer.
This looks delicious. The further into the centre the more fascinating the pattern becomes.
Well done,
Pete.

Merhaba Taner...
Beautiful work...
Nice weekend...
Andro

Hi Taner
Outstanding work.Delicious!!!
Congrats
Thanks for the note
TFS
Regards
J.Diogo

you make me wondering how you capture this. it's so beautiful & artistic with the geometrical symmetry. colour is just perfect. ssso mouthwatering watermelon! well done

TFS & have a great weekend, Taner.
Regards
Agoes

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  • Kiwis Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1590 W: 0 N: 184] (12916)
  • [2008-05-30 2:50]

Hi Tanner,
Great job with your watermelon. You have give a great symetrie on it. The details are clear. Really well done. Thanks
Diane

Hello Tanner, A very good abstract image of this juicy watermellon. Perfect! TFS. Cheers, Pat.

merhaba taner
güzel bir grafiksel çalışma olmuş.renkler ve komposizyon çok güzel.tebrikler.
sevgiler,saygılar.
gürkan akçakır.

Bonjour Taner,
Miam!!! Elle devait être aussi bonne que belle à regarder, à travailler et à photographier, tu l'as transformer en oeuvre d'art, Bravo
Amicalement Odile

Hello my great friend...

Beautiful abstract of this watermelon.
I like fractal, it was beautiful and of colors
very soft. a beautiful drawing has here!
the seeds decorated legal the work!
Very beautiful and very composed!
Congratulations Taner!

Sérgio

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  • wilth Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 355 W: 44 N: 471] (1745)
  • [2008-05-30 11:13]

A watermelon with a heart, who'd have imagined that. ;0)
Very neat and cool--both conceptually and looking--photo and composition.
The colors are great and the execution very slick.
I'd say you nailed it, nicely done.
TFS,
Wilt

Merhaba Taner, splendid abstract composition with fantastic colors, superb PP work, very well done, have a good week end, ciao Silvio

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  • moli Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1186 W: 285 N: 1315] (7065)
  • [2008-05-30 14:05]

Hello Taner.
Well composed watermelon for today`s theme.
Good looking artwork do a job!
Congratulations.
Janek KLoss

abstraction is a good solution of the friday theme!! i really like this explosion of colours!! orginal idea.. and perfect realise!! thanks
ciao Marco

hello Taner
how are you dear friend?
wonderful colours
jucey watermellon, i love this heart shape seeds inside. interesting notes, interesting to read lines on Delhi vendors.

good post for the theme

regards
MAnuj Mehta

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  • ayse51 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1155 W: 62 N: 808] (12605)
  • [2008-05-31 1:59]

Merhaba Taner bey,
Çekirdeklere bayıldım.Harikalar yaratmışsınız.Yürekten kutluyorum.Necla.:)yarına.

Hello Taner

This shot is absoloutely fantastic, really beautiful abstract view of this melon, deligthful colour and details, very well seen and captured

TFS and joining in the theme

kind regards Helen

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  • ttreen Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1550 W: 119 N: 3630] (14840)
  • [2008-06-02 9:31]

Hi Taner
I love what you did to this watermelon and for the theme.. perfect.. Really like how the seeds turned out

Tricia

I adore this kind of pp work! Excellent result! My sincere congrats!
Best regards,
Diana
p.s. It's good to be back! :)
(**) later!

Hi Taner,
beautiful monochromatic theme... Very well compo.. Bravo.

Greeting from Italy.

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