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Photographer’s Note

The cherry is generally understood to have been brought to Rome from northeastern Anatolia, historically known as the Pontus region, in 72 BC. The city of Giresun in present-day Turkey was known to the ancient Greeks as Choerades or Pharnacia, and later as Kerasous or Cerasus, < Kerason < Kerasounta < Kerasus "horn" (for peninsula) in Greek + ounta (Greek toponomical suffix). The name later mutated into Kerasunt (sometimes written Kérasounde or Kerassunde).

The English word cherry, French cerise, Spanish cereza, and Southern Italian dialect cerasa (standard Italian ciliegia) all come from the Classical Greek κέρασος "cherry," which has been identified with Cerasus. The cherry was first exported to Europe from Cerasus in Roman times. By the Middle Ages, cherries had disappeared in England. They were reestablished at Tyneham, near Sittingbourne in Kent by order of Henry VIII, who had tasted them in Flanders.
The Wild Cherry (P. avium) has given rise to the Sweet Cherry, to which most cherry cultivars belong, and the Sour Cherry (P. cerasus), which is used mainly for cooking. Both species originate in Europe and western Asia; they do not cross-pollinate. The other species, although having edible fruit, are not grown extensively for consumption, except in northern regions where the two main species will not grow. Irrigation, spraying, labor and their propensity to damage from rain and hail make cherries relatively expensive. Nonetheless, there is high demand for the fruit.

this is in my garden around the house

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Budapestman, fanni, brano14, edouard_lauer, saxo042, Clementi, darek1978, jhm, Ola_Kwiatek, banaei_nikon, Charo has marked this note useful

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Budapestman (41576) 2009-04-17 2:52

Hi Andrey
Very nice shot with attractive composition, excellent colours and lights, the details are beautiful, the bee enjoys the good weather already.
Have a nice day!
George

fanni (8733) 2009-04-17 2:57

Privet, Andrey,
very lovely photo! beautiful flowers... we, in Moscow, still have to wait a long time till we see such a beauty.
Very good composition and DOF. I also like the very pleasant colours!
Have a nice day!
Elena

JanD (14648) 2009-04-17 3:04

Howdy Andrej!
Nice flowers. Very nice capture and frame. Good sharpness. Beautiful take.
Regards.

brano14 (1866) 2009-04-17 3:18

Hello Andrey,
It is an early morning here in Pennsylvania and your beautiful photo is kind of good morning for me. Great close shot, well presented, nicely framed. Also very good story. I was born in Hercegovina -"Cherry Country", where is normal to pick first cherries around May first.
Thank you!
Brano

migjan (2013) 2009-04-17 3:22

Год назад в саду для пчел polowa³em. Один я нашел jest w Treku.Sympatyczna фото, красивые цвета.
pozdrawiam.JBB

edouard_lauer (1063) 2009-04-17 3:23

Hi Andrey,

this photo is very beautiful with a good depth of field and soft natural colors. I like althought the touch of life with the bee collecting the pollen.

Regards,
Edi

charlotte_iona (1098) 2009-04-17 4:33

Nicely composed with the branch forming a diagonal across the frame and leaving two opposite corners of nice blue sky. Good focus and clarity. The bee is a tiny bit lost in the composition though - I only noticed it after I saw it mentioned in other critiques!

mi-net (59) 2009-04-17 4:37 [Comment]

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claudeD (11258) 2009-04-17 4:50

Hello Andrey,

very nice and atractive composition that makes really spring feelings.Excellent colors and lights.Very well done.TFS.

With regards from Luxembourg

Jean-Claude

saxo042 (15482) 2009-04-17 8:48

Hi Andrey,
A beautiful and very current picture, taken today! We will have to wait for these blossoms here in Sweden. Your note here is very good and interesting and I may just add that in Swedish, this is "körsbär". Obviously a word of the same origin, even if it looks different!
Kind regards
Gunnar

UlfE (8937) 2009-04-17 11:09

Hi Andrey,

Wonderful close-up of these cherry blossoms and the bee. The picture conveys a really nice spring feeling. TFS and have a nice weekend!

Cheers,

Ulf

Clementi (43659) 2009-04-17 14:29

Ciao Andrey,
i like this attractive composition, colors and light perfect,the beauty of the nature is insuperable.
good job
Giorgio

darek1978 (11165) 2009-04-17 17:45

Hello Andrey,
Simple, almost minimalisitc but great graphical effect.
Very nice springer capture, well seen and masterly realised. A pleasure for the eyes!
TFS and have a nice weekend
Best regards
Darek

jhm (82201) 2009-04-18 1:03

Hello Andrey,

Splendid macro shot of these lovely blossoms.
Also the bee is a nice addition.
Nice place for a good stroll.
Very well done, TFS.

Have a nice weekend,
John.

Ola_Kwiatek (2380) 2009-04-18 2:47

Wonderful art work. Ideal sharpness. Nice light and colors. Perfect frame.
Cheers

banaei_nikon (775) 2009-04-19 20:04

Hi Andrey
Very nice shot with attractive composition, excellent colours and lights, the details are beautiful,
Very beautiful photo. There is a country like that where it is kept for his flower and the flowering holiday.
**MAB**

Charo (31665) 2009-04-21 9:59

Hello Andrey,
Very late hence the cherry blossom, is the cold, in Spain about fifteen days ago and already cherries, still small and green, show you the one in WS.
Beautiful bunch of flowers.
Greetings
Charo

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Rosa (4589) 2009-04-23 3:47

Bonjour Andrey
que le printemp est joli quand on voit de si jolies photos.
Couleurs, lumière, mélange de netteté et de légé flou donne a ta photo une magnifique
vue sur cette branche d' arbre en fleur.

Amitiés,
Rosa

boa (1282) 2009-04-23 13:55

Hi Andrey,
i wish this photo was taken in Stockholm today, but we must wait a little longer..
Amazing colors and very sharp and i like the bee very much.
Have a nice spring and Tfs!
Hälsningar
Boa

toto (18695) 2009-04-30 11:12

Bonjour,
belle photo de cette abeille qui butine ces superbes fleurs.
Bonne netteté, jolies couleurs, bel angle.
Belle macro photo.
Merci du partage.

Amitiés Thomas

dumbo (4336) 2009-05-27 23:18

Hello Andrey,
What a excellent and so relaxing spring photo. The colors, composition and sharpness are all amazing and that little bee is a great detail.
Well done!

Best regards,
Eino

Photo Information

Copyright: Andrey Kutsenko (rey316) (1900)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-04-17
Categories: Nature, Decisive Moment
Camera: Nikon D40X, Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED AF-S VR, HOYA Pro 1D Circular-PL 72mm
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/640 seconds
More Photo Info: view
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2009-04-17 2:44