Olives, a photo from Bursa, Marmara

Photographer's Note

Turkish olives and olive oil on sale at a covered local market in Bursa. I didn't buy any, but some of the local pizzerias I visited, no doubt did source their olives from here. Nearby Gemlik is famous for its black olives. The climate of Marmara is perfect for olive growing with hot summers & cold winters.

The word 'olive' derives from Latin ŏlīva ("olive fruit", "olive tree"), possibly through Etruscan 𐌀𐌅𐌉𐌄𐌋𐌄 (eleiva) from the archaic Proto-Greek form *ἐλαίϝα (*elaíwa) (Classic Greek ἐλαία elaía, "olive fruit", "olive tree").

NickVu, lucasgalodoido, pierrefonds, jhm, pajaran, ikeharel, PaulVDV, COSTANTINO, Royaldevon has marked this note useful

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holmertz (94610) 2021-03-08 3:46

Hello Chris,
A simple but attractive photo. There are no black olives here but enough other colours to make the photo bright and appetizing. I guess this represents one of the oldest cultural heritages of the Mediterranean area. You composed the photo well with the plastic bags seen on diagonals.
Best regards,
Gert

Silvio1953 (208473) 2021-03-08 4:04

Ciao Crhis, lovely composition with a lot of olives, nice market scene, wonderful colors, fine details and excellent clarity, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

lucasgalodoido (27206) 2021-03-08 5:07

Olá Chris,
muito bonita essa tomada. Um brilho espetacular e as cores variadas. Belo trabalho.
Parabéns e Abraço,
Lucas

Fis2 (158103) 2021-03-08 5:15

Witaj Chris!
A very nice view from market.
The number and types of olives are impressive.
Good framing and colors.
Well done.
Have a nice new week.
Krzysztof

pierrefonds (105475) 2021-03-08 6:08

Bonjour Chris,

Les olives aux douleurs différentes attirent le regard. La prise de vue permet de voir les détails des olives qui sont offertes à la vente. La lumière fait ressortir les couleurs. Bonne journée.

Pierre

jhm (205129) 2021-03-08 6:18

Hello Chris,

The national fruits from Turkey, we use the oil baking and roasting.
But excellent sharp and clear taken
With depth and perspective.
Very well done, TFS.

Regards,
John.

pajaran (104821) 2021-03-08 7:38

Pozdrav.
Interesantan i lep pogled, dobar tekst ...
Dobra ponuda oliva, dobro pokazano sa lepim bojama, kontrastom i perspektivom.
Volim da jedem olive.
Zelim vam lepo popodne, sve najbolje u novoj nedelji koja je pocela.
Paja.

Tue (83952) 2021-03-08 11:38

Hello Chris,
I really like this close-up of these many olives on offer in the market stall here. Their different colours are very appealing and stand out so well in a fine light here.
Lars

PaulVDV (56319) 2021-03-08 14:08

Hello Chris,
Beautiful market scene with a good variation in colour of the different olives.
However, the black olives were already sold out.
Best regards, Paul

lousat (131363) 2021-03-08 14:27

Hi Chris,i like a lot olives so this is a great place to visit and to buy delicious and different kinds. Great perspective and a lot of colors,i like it! Have a nice day and thanks,Luciano

ifege (35217) 2021-03-08 21:53

Hi Chris
A good market photo of the olives.
It isn't worthwhile buying fresh olives because of the slow process getting them ready for eating - I tried that once having collected olives from trees on an old outback NSW station. Once was enough but the result was good.
cheers
Ian

COSTANTINO (105977) 2021-03-08 22:43

Hello dear Chris and have a nice day
and a happy evening
a miracle of different
colors which are very well
composed!!!!
a real treasure of delicate
details
regards
Costantino

jemaflor (137366) 2021-03-08 23:59

Hi Chris,
Nice market with all these olives, appetizing, good quality for the shot, colors and sharpness, tfs

Royaldevon (78216) 2021-03-09 9:08

Hello Chris,

For me, this is an absolute treat; for my husband a scene to make him turn away in disgust!
I love olives, he hates them!!

Your photograph shows a wonderful, colourful display, sharp and nicely displayed.

My warm regards,
Bev :-)

abmdsudi (90101) 2021-03-10 0:49

Hi Chris
Very yummy, what a lovely display of colours and variety, and you shooting angle works fine. Excellent shot
Best regards

mkamionka (63422) 2021-03-10 3:44

Hi Chris,
fantastic market scene. The olives have so many colors. They make a nice repeated motif here. Very well seen and captured,
M

jmdias (105028) 2021-03-19 9:12

chris

a nice display with many samples in different aspects. I remember a similar scenery in morocco, but they were so dirty.. nice note explaining the origin of the world (oliva) in portuguese the tree is oliveira, but the fruit is named azeitona and the oil is named azeite, these two last words are from the muslin times while the first one is latin..
anyway my family produced olive oil until the death of my grandfather.
take care

jorge

Periko (8439) 2021-03-25 12:22

Hi Chris
Beautiful display of olives.
Colors and framing make a nice diagonal composition.

Tfs & regards