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Prickly pear is the general term used to describe over ten
members of the Cactaceae family. Most of these cacti
are of the opuntia species, which are indigenous to the
Americas and are characterised by their fleshy, spine-
covered growth. The term ‘prickly pear’ is derived from the
plant’s spiny and pear shaped fruit.
The flowers are fairly large and usually yellow but on
different species can be white, deep orange, red, pink or
purple.
These plants were introduced into Australia with the First Fleet in 1788 and soon became established across rural farmland where they had no natural predators. Eradication proved very difficult until it was brought under control by an introduced beetle. A declared noxious weed, it is rare to see a Prickly pear in the wild. My keen eyes spotted a cactus with a single flower beside a rural road back in 2006, here a shot from above.
We bought these three pears yesterday, one does not see this type of brown pear here very often, so i thought i would try my hand at photographing them on Nic's new granite tabletop that he has been busy installing outside.
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I do enjoy using things like these pears as design elements , rather than in a bowl for instance.
They are just set on a base and background of coloured card with a bit of cropping etc and a dark vignette added.
I'm prevented from sitting too long at my pc by the old arthritis - as I suspect many of you are too - but creativity takes over and wins out in the end .
I actually managed to get out yesterday in the lovely sunshine [ the temp here goes from one extreme to the other in the blink of an eye] . I went to the local Pond [Lake] but wasn't very productive as I accidently had my camera settings all wrong and the sun was so bright I couldn't see the menus Lol! I might try again today and put camera on Auto for everything!
Hasselblad 503CW
Carl Zeiss 80mm/F2.8
Develop：Arista C41 38C 4:50 mins
Blix: 6:30mins 38C
Wash： 3:00 mins
Stabilizer: 1min
Flo： 1 min
Scan：Epson E800
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First "painting" using the watercolor brush in Rebelle for the Mac. Very close to the real thing in spread, blending and drying. There are pastel, pencil, ink, acrylic, marker and airbrush tools to simulate those media.
The pear trees are covered in blossom! All we need now is for a bit of warmth in the sun to bring the insects out, and the pear crop will be amazing! I love pears!!!
This "Winter Nellis" pear tree in Colclough Walled garden, Co. Wexford is over 200 years old. It was blown over in a storm a few years ago but has been left in situ on the ground & still flowers to this day. Wishing everyone a very happy Easter & Happy Sliders Sunday!
Every one of the 200+ images I shot today was blown out in at least one area that was unrecoverable. I spent a lot of time trying to clone and repair but could not fix them. I may have to try my pear shot another day but this is my offering for today. Have a peary good day.
I have some decorative pears sitting on a glass table top whose edge is pear contoured too.
B'dee, b'dee......that's about it.
“It is, in my view, the duty of an apple to be crisp and crunchable, but a pear should have such a texture as leads to silent consumption.”
– Edward Bunyard
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Pears are fruits produced and consumed around the world, growing on a tree and harvested in the Northern Hemisphere in late summer into October. The pear tree and shrub are a species of genus Pyrus /ˈpaɪrəs/, in the family Rosaceae, bearing the pomaceous fruit of the same name. Several species of pears are valued for their edible fruit and juices, while others are cultivated as trees.