allamande Posted November 3, 2010 Share #1 Posted November 3, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) Juniper berries! This is from Zion National Park, Utah. Ece Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted November 3, 2010 Posted November 3, 2010 Hi allamande, Take a look here Fall crop. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
hsw Posted November 4, 2010 Share #2 Posted November 4, 2010 Wonderful mix of earth-tones and texture. Well seen and composed. Henry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_Thompson Posted November 4, 2010 Share #3 Posted November 4, 2010 Unusual! If you had not told us what these were, I would have guessed turquoise stones, which would not be out of place in that environment. Well seen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauledell Posted November 4, 2010 Share #4 Posted November 4, 2010 Ece, Lovely earth colors, great composition and pin point sharpness. A great picture. Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Henry Posted November 4, 2010 Share #5 Posted November 4, 2010 Ece, A nice mix of colors and materials . I did not know that juniper berries are this color We put them in the sauerkraut ("choucroute" in french) in Alsace (eastern France) for flavor. Henry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allamande Posted November 4, 2010 Author Share #6 Posted November 4, 2010 Henry, John, Paul, and Doc, Thank you for looking in and for your generous comments. Glad you liked this. I was taken by the contrast between the icy blue (skins of the berries) and the red Utah soil, and how they look like they totally belong together. Doc, these shrub-trees grow prominently in the Southwest (they love the high desert areas). Native Americans have many uses for the berries (from medicinal to jewelry); the berries show up in Mexican cooking often. I sometimes make a duck recipe with figs and juniper berries that's quite delicious! Ece Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdb Posted November 4, 2010 Share #7 Posted November 4, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) Makes me yearn for northern NM...thanks for this:) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allamande Posted November 5, 2010 Author Share #8 Posted November 5, 2010 Virgil, It's my pleasure. It's been over two years since I've been to NM and I know the pain. Hopefully, soon. Ece Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveleo Posted November 7, 2010 Share #9 Posted November 7, 2010 Ece this is too pretty. it looks good any way you turn it. love the colors (esp the seeds, "torquois" ? ? ) and the textures, but esp the twists and turne in the shapes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allamande Posted November 7, 2010 Author Share #10 Posted November 7, 2010 Dave, Thank you! The berries have an almost translucent look to them, kind of like turquoise; and when they are in abundance like this against the red, I think the combination vibrates. I'm sure someone with some knowledge of color theory (not me ) could explain this effect. Ece Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
albert Posted November 8, 2010 Share #11 Posted November 8, 2010 Ece, Love your photograph and enjoyed reading all the posts. When my wife and I paddle our canoe into the Canadian wilderness we always bring along a filet mignon for the first night. Once, when we were in Woodland Caribou Provincial Park, NW Ontario, we added local juniper berries to this special meal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allamande Posted November 9, 2010 Author Share #12 Posted November 9, 2010 Al, Thank you! Don't they enhance and deepen the flavor of meats like that? I've used them with mussels too and that's an entirely different (and yummy) ball game. Ece Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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