MINI_CHALLENGE # 293 : "Fruit"

pegelli

This mini will feature the theme of "Fruit"

According to Encyclopedia Britannica, "Fruit, in its strict botanical sense, is the fleshy or dry ripened ovary of a plant, enclosing the seed or seeds." They also tend to grow from the flowers of the plants. That definition includes produce popularly thought of as fruit — including apples, bananas, and berries — but it also applies to beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, olives, avocados, and pumpkin. So the choice of subjects is very broad and I also encourage you to think out of the box, obviously a classical still life is possible, but also fruit being processed or prepared, rotten fruit, fruit still on the plant in earlier stages (but not as early as flowers or blossoms), zooming in on details or textures etc. etc.

Here's a few examples very mundane from me:

But I'm sure you can all do much better and be more innovative

Good luck, happy shooting and this mini will stay open until Saturday December 21, 2019, midnight, NWE time.

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Cavalier

Good topic, Pieter! Here are mine:

'tween harvest and imbibing - Bray Vineyards, Shenandoan Valley, Ca:

Pumpkin Textures - Vista Ranch, Merced, Ca:

Pearls of Chardonnay - Gold Hill Vineyards, Placerville, Ca:

pegelli

Thanks for starting it off with some great images Jo

sarasphotos

Here are my three...

1) Hillside apples (Bad Gastein, Austria)

2) Black gold (tomatoes from the garden of one of our accommodations in Burgundy)

3) An Osage orange (Maclura pomifera). To quote from Wikipedia. "Due to its latex secretions and woody pulp, the fruit is typically not eaten by humans and rarely by foraging animals, giving it distinction as an anachronistic "ghost of evolution"."

JAG

Great challenge Pieter! Here are my entries.

1 Tomato Tower

2 Dried Pepper

3 Banana Slice Macro

pegelli

Thanks Sara and Joyce, you're making it difficult for me

There's still plenty days to go, so I'm looking forward to more entries for sure

grandmaR

First - Cocoa pod as demonstrated in Grenada

Second - My husband's breakfast - Figs

Third - A still life painting that I did in an early painting class. We were only allowed to use three colors

DavidRGillespie

Pieter @pegelli, wonderful challenge and fabulous images. I am glad I don't have to pick an image from the set!

1. Golden plums ready for harvest

2. rose hips and fall colour

3. First blackberry fruit of the season

pegelli

@grandmaR : I like your "early" painting class result. I don't think I'll ever reach a level like that in drawing or painting.
@DavidRGillespie : You're not making it any easier

grandmaR

I'm not good at drawing because I'm not a good draftsman. And I also can't do watercolor because that can't be corrected. But oil paint is very forgiving. And you can always say it was meant to be an abstract.

pegelli

One more day to go. We could use a few more entries

RalphMoon

Alright then, here are three more:

1) Two Fuyu

2) Still Life with Puppet

3) Pumpkin Couture -- withdrawn

4) Retreat Supplies

Ralph
Smugmug site: ralphmoon.com

pegelli

Thanks for these last entries Ralph.

This mini is now closed but I'm out most of today, so will probably post the results tomorrow (dec 23)