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Dragon's eyes Flowers - Long Nhan


Dragon's eyes Flowers - Long Nhan
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Copyright: Hien Vy Nguyen (HienVy) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 91 W: 1 N: 60] (720)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-03-21
Categories: Nature
Camera: Canon EOS 50D
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/125 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-07-06 17:55
Viewed: 204
Points: 8
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The longan named "long nhãn" in Vietnamese which means "dragon's eyes".

The tree can grow up to 12 metres in height, and the plant is very sensitive to frost. Longan trees require sandy soil and temperatures that do not typically go below 4.5 degrees Celsius (40 degrees Fahrenheit). Longans and lychees bear fruit at around the same time of the year.

The longan ("dragon eyes") is so named because of the fruit's resemblance to an eyeball when it is shelled (the black seed shows through the translucent flesh like a pupil/iris). The seed is small, round and hard.

To express longan fruit, there is a Vietnamese riddle: "Da cóc mà bọc bột lọc, bột lọc mà bọc hòn than" (literally: Toad's skin covers tapioca flour, tapioca flour covers coal stone): toad's skin is the ugly skin, tapioca flour is the clear white flesh and coal stone is the black seed.
Source: Wikipedia

Fortunately, we have Longan trees in Houston.
This photo was taken in my back yard.
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  • ark Silver Star Critiquer [C: 15 W: 0 N: 2] (76)
  • [2009-07-06 19:34]

Nice bright yellows on this shots. The contrast of the horizontals (leaves) with the verticals (plant) creates a really nice effect. Well done.

Hi Hien Vy,
A delightful macro capture of thşs spectacular flowers from wonderful POV with great DOF, clarity and fine composition.
TFS and cheers,
Bayram

excellent shot , beautifuly taken and composed , very natural colors , great photo ,
regards ,
Arik

Ciao Hien, splendid flower, great contrast against dark BG, wonderful colors, fine details and excellent sharpness, very well done, ciao Silvio

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