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Stars & Spices


Stars & Spices
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Copyright: Jowel Putian (jowhitee) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 302 W: 69 N: 284] (2682)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-05-11
Categories: Food, Macro, Abstract
Camera: Canon EOS 400D, Sigma 70-300mm F4-5.6 DG Macro
Exposure: f/5.0, 1/320 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-05-12 5:45
Viewed: 281
Points: 20
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Star anise, star aniseed or Chinese star anise, (Chinese: 八角, pinyin: bājiǎo, lit. "eight-horn") is a spice that closely resembles anise in flavor, obtained from the star-shaped pericarp of Illicium verum, a small native evergreen tree of southwest China. The star shaped fruits are harvested just before ripening. It is widely used in Chinese cuisine, in Indian cuisine where it is a major component of garam masala, and in Indonesian cuisine. It is widely grown for commercial use in China, India, and most other countries in Asia. Star anise is an ingredient of the traditional five-spice powder of Chinese cooking. It is also one of the ingredients used to make the broth for the Vietnamese noodle soup called phở. It is used as a spice in preperation of Biryani in Andhra Pradesh, a south Indian State.

These spices caught my eye while we were trekking towards creekside Abra station.

Old members of TL Dubai organized an EB and street photography yesterday. 'Twas a blast, having met old timers and newbies. Cant wait for the next shootout.

Lalo akong na-adik a!

crf and signed.

Thanks for viewing and for the critique. If there'd be any... hehe
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  • tet Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 424 W: 40 N: 197] (3391)
  • [2007-05-12 7:08]

nice macro shot jowel! love the details of these stars anise spices and well cropped.

sa uulitin!

regards,
tet

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  • Rob Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 200 W: 5 N: 14] (1399)
  • [2007-05-12 7:19]

Hi Jowel, good macro, nice detail show with lovely tones and textures. :)

Galing naman nito Jowel! Well seen. Ganda ng lighting. Very well exposed. TFS!

p.s. Nagkasabay kayo nila Rio, Eileen at Bingbong with wife sa EB. Mga taga Batangas din yung mga yun! :D

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  • rio Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 140 W: 4 N: 66] (940)
  • [2007-05-12 11:48]

uyyy, naunahan mo ako dito. nice shot jowel. great focusing on the subject. nice meeting you!

bro,
good macro shot, detailed star anise.TFS
andres

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  • tibig Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 654 W: 26 N: 644] (7205)
  • [2007-05-12 13:03]

I like the way you caught the texture of this spice. Good lighting too.
TFD
Tibi

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  • tracer Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 751 W: 26 N: 1128] (5951)
  • [2007-05-12 14:26]

well seen bro! textures colors and a very nice DOF. TFS!

love the composition and color tones bro. sharpness is great and useful note too. thanks for coming to the eb, hope to see you again. tfs.
jeff

Wow yummy yong soup nito he he.Very nice macro shot,colours & details are cool.The note was useful cause i only saw the finish product of this recipe:)
TFS.
Mel

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  • Tomek Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1201 W: 38 N: 2075] (11962)
  • [2007-05-12 21:34]

Hello Jowel:)
Very interesting shot... usually we are using spices and we pay no attention how they look like in closeup.
Good composition and details show.
Congratulations:) Tom

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