Ananas comosus, a photo from Lagunes, East

Photographer's Note

Pineapple (Ananas comosus) is the common name for an edible tropical plant and also its fruit. It is native to the southern part of Brazil, and Paraguay.[2] This herbaceous perennial plant grows to 1.0 to 1.5 metres (3.3 to 4.9 ft) tall with 30 or more trough-shaped and pointed leaves 30 to 100 centimetres (1.0 to 3.3 ft) long, surrounding a thick stem. The pineapple is an example of a multiple fruit: multiple, helically-arranged flowers along the axis each produce a fleshy fruit that becomes pressed against the fruits of adjacent flowers, forming what appears to be a single fleshy fruit. Pineapple is eaten fresh or canned and is available as a juice or in juice combinations. It is used in desserts, salads, as a complement to meat dishes and in fruit cocktail. (Wikipedia)

Exposure Time: 1/395
F-Stop: f/8.0
ISO Speed Ratings: 200
Focal Length: 180/1 mm

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danyy (0) 2009-06-01 23:14

Bonjour Achim,
voilà le plein de vitamines et de couleurs ici. La Côte d'Ivoire bien entendu est bien connus pour son abondance de fruits.
Une photo très simple et parlante.
Regards.
Daniel.

besnard (59196) 2009-06-01 23:17

Bonjour Achim
Un joli cliché plein de couleurs avec des fruits à volonté. Pas souriante la vendeuse, elle regarde le photographe d'une drole de façon.
Merci pour le partage et bonne journée.
Nicole

hay_kes (31439) 2009-06-01 23:39

Hi Achim,
Very nice daily life shot vith excellent colours, POV and details.TFS.
Grüsse,

hAyAti

nirvana73 (0) 2009-06-02 0:20

Hello Achim
very nice daily scene
i like wonan's dress colors
ananas looks very nice
thanks for sharing
best regards
Ozhan

dip (21408) 2009-06-02 0:20

Hallo Achim,
ein Ananasberg!schön und exotisch Dein Foto,
farbenfreudig und sehr gute Schärfe,
Grüße,
Dimitris.

snunney (130967) 2009-06-02 2:09

Hello Achim,
A splendid daily life shot of this fruit stall with its mounds of local produce. The stall holder doesn't look as if she is the sort of person to be messed about with. Very good natural looking colours and superb clarity. Thanks for sharing this slice of daily life.

Budapestman (82620) 2009-06-02 2:12

Hi Achim,
Great daily life photo with superb composition and colours. I did not see pineapple yet on market in big quantity like this. Excellent timing and details. Tfs! Have a nice day!
George

lousat (133203) 2009-06-02 2:33

Hi Achim,i like a lot this kinf od pics showing daily life of african countries,for me the most spectacular continent of hearth.The colors and the situation are perfect to create a nice composition,top quality of light and sharpness.Thanks for share,have a nice day,LUCIANO

jurek1951 (42198) 2009-06-02 5:53

Hi Achim,
Beautiful and picturesque scenery :] Nice composition, colours and lighting, well framed.
Georg

mikolaj_kawa (0) 2009-06-02 6:45

Hello Achim! Wonderful women and excellent ananas. Nice scene. Perfect capture. Ideal contrast and sharpness. Good work. Well done!

ribeiroantonio (22730) 2009-06-02 7:33

Did you try them? Were they juicy and sweet? And the papayas on the right, they look good too.
It is a good shot with natural colours and a big “mamma” with air of jumping on you. Well done.
Antonio

Giorgio (11279) 2009-06-02 10:24

- Very nice composition with pineapple in abundance Achim, this coloured scene is very much alive despite the sullen air of selling ;o) in any case, well done!
Greetings.
giorgio

alvaraalto (42568) 2009-06-02 11:56

Dag Achim,

Beautiful, colourful, fruity and juicy picture with this very seriously looking African woman in the midst. Attractive observation of daily life.

Groet Rob

Gerrit (59968) 2009-06-02 14:33

Hi Achim,
quite a load iof mangoes and pineapple and she seems really garding it.
Great colors.
Regards, gerrit

dareco (17136) 2009-06-02 18:19

Very nice lighting and detail, and I especially enjoy seeing the bright colored clothing. Nicely captured. TFS

shevchenko (20560) 2009-06-02 19:05

Hi Achim,
Pineapple (Ananas comosus), in Malay Language pineapple is call Nanas, it is partly of the word Ananas comosus. Good discover and good frame to a stall selling so much fruits at the road site, good shoot.
Ally

dvlazar (6662) 2009-06-02 19:28

'Excuse me, could you tell me where to go to buy some pineapples?'

This lady certainly is well stocked! Well captuerd.
Dave

Graal (103040) 2009-06-02 23:28

Hi Achim,
good shot, an interesting presentation of African fruit street market. Amazing costume of seller (woman). Good sharpness and natural colours. I like it.
Gr., Aleksander

Atousa (7131) 2009-06-03 7:27

Salam Achim,

Here we call them Ananas too..a nice daily life shot of this fruit market..interesting to see the lady in her colourful dress n with that serious look!.. good colours n sharpness as well..thank you.
Best regards, Atousa

paura (25802) 2009-06-03 8:18

Achim,
Fully interesting urban scene here. Colors and lighting are nice as well.

Well done.

Paulo

lrw1966 (1632) 2009-06-03 10:25

Achim, Hi:

I very much like your Daily Life composition. Marvelous detail and colors. Excellent educational notes, also, thanks.

Larry

marietom (34611) 2009-06-03 14:36

hello Achim,

Nice composition, did you eat some of them ? Excellent, no ?
Bonne soirée
Marie

JCG (35153) 2009-06-04 3:04

Hello Achim,

I seldom saw as much pineapple on a market… but in Ivory Coast it is normal !!! It is necessary to have some of the customers to run out stock. A photograph coloured in particular thanks to the lady of foreground. Original image to accompany your interesting note on this fruit that I like much, thank you Achim.

With all my friendships and a very good day,

Jean-Charles

jmdias (107385) 2009-06-04 7:45

achim

nice daily life scene. I liked the seller and the fruits in the compo, it is a very nice mix. The light was strong but doesn't spoil the image.

hugs

jorge

Emile (20352) 2009-06-04 10:30

Hola Achim.
An excellent daily life shot very well captured with great details and beautiful colors, your POV is good, the lady dress is very colorful. Sharpness and frame are great.
TFS.
Best regards.

stego (24132) 2009-06-06 8:08

Hallo Achim,
The BG makes a nice backdrop to the colourfully dressed lady in the center despite being so busy. I like the way the triangular profile of the pineapple pile occupies almost the lower diagonal half of the image and it is balanced by the pile of papayas. More important than all of that, it's a vivid portrait of daily life.
Grüße,
José

sacavem (18620) 2009-06-08 3:42

Olá Achim,

I like market scenes and in here we can see a colourful one with lots diversity of fruits. Beautiful image of this traditional market and beautiful image of daily life indeed. TSF
Well done.
Regards,
Filipe

pierrefonds (107629) 2009-06-08 17:42

Hi Achim,

The portrait is showing the serious expression of the wowan which has a colorful dress. The quantity of pineaples has an effect of scale. The photo is clear and precise. The good light is enhancing the colors of the photo. Have a nice day.

Pierre

swiatopelk777 (0) 2009-06-10 1:53

Hi Achim!
Wonderful scene, excellent ananas. Nice colors. Good take.
Greetings from Warszawa!

scroller (3451) 2009-06-22 13:22

Hej Achim,
An excellent daily life photo with many exclusive elements. Very fruity!
Hälsningar
/Stefan

adramad (69174) 2009-06-30 5:28

Hello John.
Thank you for your commentary. Your gallery is surprising for his variety and good instantaneous. I choose this photo for his great color and graphic design, the composition is very good with the whole color and details of the fruits, great definition and well light.
Regards.
Luis.

Ninello52 (7576) 2009-06-30 14:54

Ciao Achim!
Bellissima la donna in primo piano che col suo atteggiamento sembra dominare il suo mercato! I colori del suo vestito riescono a staccarla bene dal fondo, molto bello, di ananas e frutti vari. Davvero una bella immaggine!
Saluti, Nino.

hispic (9658) 2009-06-30 20:12

Hi Achim,
Courageous capture of the market in spite of her gazing at you unpleasantly. In view of the position of the lens, it seems this shot was taken from the car window.
Best wishes, Hisashi

Mateja (434) 2009-08-25 13:13

Hi,
very nice detail and structures of pineaples in this photo, placed together with the look of this woman in blue. Pitty though the man's face is a little covered, but over all the photo tells a strong story.
Regards,
Mateja