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| Blooming Shadberry Trees, Graveyard Fields, Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina © Doug Hickok A hillside blooms with shadberry trees in early Spring along the Blue Ridge Parkway. Also known as serviceberry, Indian pear, or sugar pear, its purplish fruit has been used by people for centuries in sauces and pies, or eaten raw for its sweet flavor. Wildlife love the berries as well... songbirds, wild turkeys, ruffed grouse, bobwhites, skunks, foxes, raccoons, black bear, squirrels, and chipmunks feast on the abundant fruit. (Not to mention being highly prized by aliens from the planet Tralfamadore). |
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Fruit of the Day
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Love this shot Doug--great in monochrome and excellent framing of the smaller tree.
ReplyDeleteGreat photo, Doug! I like the composition with the bigger tre in front and the flowers bearing behind.
ReplyDeleteBonjour Doug!
ReplyDeleteThis picture is beautiful, so peaceful scenery there!With your description, it is no real inside my mind now, I can hear the little birds and imagine the delicious pies! :)
Thanks!
Léia
I like a lot your choice of treatment. So romantic shot.
ReplyDeleteI have never had shadberries before.
ReplyDeleteDon't think we have shadberry pies in England either.
Only boring apple pies, pear pies... ;)
love this monochrome ! beautiful shot
ReplyDeletelooks cool in sepia, doug! (sepia day indeed!) we have serviceberry bushes here, too, but i've never heard of anyone using the fruit for consumption! (loved the blue ridge parkway! drove all the way in the opposite direction, from south to north! will do so again, some time in spring!)
ReplyDeleteI love love love love love love GRAVEYARD FIELDS!!!!!! One of my favorite places on the Parkway. Let's go there again!
ReplyDeleteYes...let's!
ReplyDeleteLove the sepia vintage tones in this one, it lends itself well to the shrubs and bushes. And thanks for the bg info on the area and wildlife, fascinating!
ReplyDeleteI don't know that shadberry trees are, but this is a very nice photo in this color.
ReplyDeleteNice simple comosition, and this works quite well in sepia.
ReplyDeleteHa! Never heard of this type tree.
ReplyDeleteA wonderful landscape you have here. I like the texture and the soft variety of greys.
ReplyDeletelovely! I really like the B&W toning here.
ReplyDeleteI love the ambrotype look of this photo.
ReplyDeleteThat's a beautifully composed pictures.
ReplyDeleteIt's the first time that I hear about this kind of berry. It must be delicious!
ReplyDelete· I love this picture. It's a good laboratory work.
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CR & LMA
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wonderful tones
ReplyDeleteAn admirable composition! , to spend a beautiful day.
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