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Cannonball Flower


Cannonball Flower
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Copyright: Manyee Desandies (manyee) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3070 W: 231 N: 5861] (19714)
Genre: Plants
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-07-27
Categories: Flowers
Camera: Canon Powershot S3 IS
Exposure: f/3.5, 1/100 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Travelogue: Penang
Theme(s): flower(red) [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-08-13 17:16
Viewed: 802
Points: 16
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This is the flower of the Cannonball tree.
Very impressive: It was huge (about 20 cm across).
Why is that tree called the Cannonball tree?
See for yourself here.

My Malaysia Travelogue


Cannonball Tree
Couroupita guianensis

A tall, soft-wooded tree, of the family Lecythidaceae, the cannonball tree is native to northeastern South America and notable for its large, spherical woody fruit, which resembles a rusty cannonball.
The leaves are oval, oblong, or broadly lance shaped; the leaf margins are smooth or finely toothed. The showy flowers, borne in clusters 60–90 centimetres (2–3 feet) long issuing from the trunk, have concave petals about 5 cm long. They are yellow or red on the outside and crimson or lilac on the inside. The fruit, which grows to 20 cm in diameter, is pulpy on the inside and contains many seeds. The hard shell is used locally to make utensils.

This photo was taken at the Botanical Garden in Penang.

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Hello Manyee,
This is one of the strangest flowers I have seen :) What an interesting post! I like this composition very much as well as those beautiful details, color saturation, exposure and your useful notes. TFS,
Claudine

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  • Juyona Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 2041 W: 6 N: 2021] (13267)
  • [2007-08-13 20:09]

Hola amigo,
preciosa flor,
original y excelentes detalles...
saludos

amazing flower, TFS Ori

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  • Alex99 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3040 W: 148 N: 4529] (14629)
  • [2007-08-14 0:33]

Hi Manyee.
You have selected for shooting a very attractive flower and you managed to reflect all its beauty. I am impressed with colour palette of the plant and surroundings, exact combination of sharpness and blurriness, terrific diagonal composition. Bravo. Superb art work.
Alexei.

What an amazing red! Beautiful colors. Interesting flower. TFS

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  • Silke Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 753 W: 108 N: 1729] (5398)
  • [2007-08-15 14:27]

Wow! I love the colours and details here -- and that one little insect is the perfect foil for the flower
Superb composition as well
TFS
silke

Hi Manyee
wonderful and strange.
Merci de cette découverte
Laurent

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  • Adam73 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 209 W: 5 N: 500] (2069)
  • [2007-08-16 16:51]

Very nice shot. Great colors and contrast. Compostion is great as well. The reds and Yellows stand out against that green background. Very good DOF as well.

-Adam

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