Cacao

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• Ken52 (4153)
• [2007-05-09 14:47]
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Very interesting and professional presentation of this plant with excellent note. Excellent details and exposure. I have not seen the cacao beans so clearly before. TFS.

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• Necipp (100)
• [2007-05-09 15:19]

Hello Jose a fine collection of shots of the cocao bean plant very informmative note also details and clarity of the pics are great nice selection tfs rgds Necip.

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• ridvan (5130)
• [2007-05-09 15:21]

selam jose; excellent close up shot of this cacao,good details presented ,nice BG and POV well captured with nice colours ıhavent seen before this tree TFS
regards
ridvan

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• nglen (19630)
• [2007-05-09 15:46]

Hi Jose. This somthing different. very well done. all are very good shot ewith much detail and great colours.TFS well done. Great note.
Nick

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• jmp (8400)
• [2007-05-09 16:52]
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Hola José Miguel
Muy interesante ver en su estado natural lo que para muchos es un polvo marrón exquisito. Bello y completa presentación llena de detalles, técnicamente de gran calidad y muy atractiva.
Abrazo, José M.

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• jaycee (14043)
• [2007-05-09 17:35]

Hi Jose,

I am a chocolo-holic but have never seen a cacao seed. Fascinating. The presentation is wonderful. Each picture is a gem. Great colors and clarity and extrememely interesting.

Jane

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• izler (7418)
• [2007-05-09 17:41]

hello Jose Miguel
i had never seen tree, fruit and flower of cacao before
i like composition, point of view, colours, details, collage and note
thanks for sharing
regards
izler

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• Nilson (2180)
• [2007-05-09 19:10]

Exelente imagem uma bela e encantadora foto deste cacau,nitides e cores fantástica ótima tecnica meus parabéns.
Nilson

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• AnimalExplorer (8292)
• [2007-05-09 23:31]

Hi Jose,
I would like to start off by saying, if I could not get my morning hot chocolate I'd rather fling myself into a crocodiles mouth and be recycled, or jump in a full bathtub with a toaster plugged into the wall. Great shot of the cycle of Theobroma cacao. :)

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• livios (16850)
• [2007-05-10 0:13]

José, we have them in Brazil too.

Great montage to show us the cacao.

Besides, excellent colors and compositions.

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• Juyona (13031)
• [2007-05-10 2:57]

Hola José MIguel,
el cacao ha sido todo un regalo, en cualquiera de sus modalidades, en polvo o para comer.
bellas compo's, y detallada información,
buen trabajo..."food of the gods". lo dice todo,
bella presentación.
saludos Venezuela.

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• Debz (3283)
• [2007-05-10 5:13]

A very nice collection of shot with interesting aspects. Well focused with great detail and sharpness on each. Good light and colour.
tfs
debz

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• marmottelolo (14393)
• [2007-05-10 6:24]

bonjour josé miguel
merci de partager cela avec nous,je n'imaginais pas les feve de cacao pousser sur de si gros arbres.
votre collage est bien fait.
laurent

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• CENT-TRETZE (996)
• [2007-05-10 8:43]
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Hola José Miguel:

No me referiré solamente a esta preciosa foto si no a toda tu preciosa y colorista galería. Me ha gustado todo muchísimo pero, por favor, guarda un poco de color para que pueda poner algo en mis fotos.

Buen trabajo el tuyo, seguiré visitándote para ver si se me contagia algo de tu buen hacer.

Enhorabuena y gracias por compartir.

Saludo cordial.

Josep.

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• SkyF (8113)
• [2007-05-10 9:07]

Hello Jose Miguel,
this is a very interesting pose.
We usually get to the the end product of this plant so this is very educational for me.
The photos are great, each one has a perfect POV to show off the main subject. Sharpness and details are fabulous.
Very well done.
Sky

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• Silvio2006 (22473)
• [2007-05-10 9:22]

Hi Jose Miguel, splendid complete presentation of cacao, great serie of photos and interesting note, very well done, ciao Silvio

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• jcoowanitwong (11461)
• [2007-05-10 9:51]

Hi Jose,
Nice showing various stages of cacao. POV and composition are great. Excellent color clarity. This is my first time to see cacao tree. :)
JC

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• Alex99 (14369)
• [2007-05-10 9:56]

Hi Jose.
These are note true portrait works ( -:) ) but this is a really amazing picture story of this beautiful plant. Your shots are great by razor sharpness of the main subject and terrific reproduction of all details including texture, fantastic in its beautifulness colour palette, perfect impressive POV and excellent precise DOF. Bravo. Once more your exclusively nice and skillfully done work. My congratulations.
Alexei.

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• horia (12150)
• [2007-05-10 12:17]

Hi Jose Miguel

This is one very interesting and unique post!
I don't belive i've seen cocoa beans on TN ever! What a great idea :)

The collage created here is wonderful and it shows every step they take in order to create that special flavor that everybody loves to much :)
Good lighting and colors on all of them and a lovely note to go with the photos.

Bravo and TFS
Horia

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• demeve (3954)
• [2007-05-10 12:33]

Hello Jose Miguel, this is a very good picture, explendid image of this cacau, a chocolate in the making, the collors and details are fantastic, indeed a very good capture, well done..

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• saguzar (6567)
• [2007-05-10 16:38]

Hola José,
La verdasd es que has hecho un muy bonito trabajo, estupendo y colorido documento que nos muestra el fruto que produce uno de los alimentos más sabrosos: el chocolate. La acompaña una interesante y concisa nota.
Gracias por compartirla.
Hernán

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• SelenE (11774)
• [2007-05-10 17:09]

Hola Jose,
I have never seen such a detailed presentation of the cacao. It's very interesting. Well done and tfs
Selen

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• scottevers7 (12253)
• [2007-05-10 22:20]

Hi Jose,
Superb collage! A most interesting and informative presentation. Being a Chocoholic, I really enjoyed this.
Scott

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• arfer (0)
• [2007-05-11 0:04]

Hello Jose

A wonderful documentation of this Cacao.The images are well focused with excellent details.The notes are informative.A well composed montage.TFS

Rob

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• claudine (9647)
• [2007-05-11 8:55]

Hello Jose Miguel,

This is an interesting and informative post about this precious plant. Those 3 pictures are very well done with excellent sharpness, colors, composition and exposure. I like the fact that you showed us this mythic aliment at different stages. Thanks,

Claudine

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• nadine432 (274)
• [2007-05-11 9:12]

très beau montage , et belles explications aussi, que de belles couleurs, bravo à toi
Nad

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• saeedabbasi (4056)
• [2007-05-11 9:43]

Hi dear Jose my friend,
nice presentation of this plant with excellent note. it has great focus and beautiful colours.
very well done.
thanks for sharing
Regards
Saeed

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• mikou (5265)
• [2007-05-11 10:15]

Hi Jose.
Beautiful and very beneficial is this your presentation together with your interesting note.Every picture has high technical qualities-composition,details and colours are great.Disposition and very precise stitching whole presentation is really wonderful.Superb done!
Thanks,best greetings Milos.

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• ramthakur (24045)
• [2007-05-11 13:16]
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So this is what goes into my favourite bar of chocolate, Jose :-)!
Your picture, apparently, shows different stages of a cocoa bean's growth from the flower to the mature fruit. My first experience of seeing this highly popular foodstuff in the world.
Thanks for sharing it and best regards.

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• mlines (2498)
• [2007-05-11 17:20]

Hi Jose. Interesting topic with excellent clarity in these photographs. Colours are most realistic. Very good note which is new information to many. TFS. Murray.

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• jignasi (8466)
• [2007-05-12 2:24]

Cada día se aprende algo nuevo. Yo conocía el fruto del cacao pero nunca había visto su curiosa floración que al igual que el fruto es directamente sobre el tronco. Valoro tu foto sobre todo por la presentación y la interesante explicación dada. Saludos José Miguel

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• XOTAELE (8)
• [2007-05-12 15:41]

Hola José Miguel.
Una magnífica presentación, con estas tres fases en el crecimiento de la flor hasta convertirse en fruto.
Bellos tonos y estupendos colores, bien saturados.
Un lujazo. Saludos, JL.

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• smash2707 (274)
• [2007-05-12 23:34]

Hola José Miguel. Me gusta esta foto dividida en tres, mostrando los detalles más interesantes de la mata de cacao. El enfoque es muy bueno y la nota muy informativa. Saludos, Yvonne

PD: Después me tienes que contar sobre la visita a Chuao. Hace rato que quiero ir.

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• clnaef (6297)
• [2007-05-13 3:18]

Bonjour,
Joli montage très didactique. Bravo.
Bonne journée.
clnaef

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• JORAPAVI (9921)
• [2007-05-13 5:18]

Hola José Miguel,
Una collage precioso y muy didáctico, con excelentes imagenes muy bien detalladas, gracias por compartir. Saludos
José Ramón

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• Maite (4884)
• [2007-05-13 8:18]

¡Caramba!
¿Y de esa cosa que parece una guindilla sale algo tan rico como el chocolate?
Como diría Mafalda "¡La pucha!"
¡Un collage magnífico y la mar de interesante! Me parece muy curioso que el fruto salga directamente del tronco.
Genial composición en cada una de las imágenes y un espléndido conjunto.
Me encanta la presentación.
Felicidades y un fuerte abrazo.
Maite

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• extramundi (12682)
• [2007-05-13 12:11]
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Una presentación que merecería estar en un buen fichero de especies. Todos consumimos este preciado fruto pero poca gente conoce realmente la planta y el delicado proceso de producción del cacao.
Las tres fotos son claras y detalladas y muy descriptivas con riqueza de detalles. La presentación muy cuidada también.
La próxima vez di que se trata de una planta salvaje, no vaya a ser que se entere alguien y te borren un post tan bonito :)
Saludos cordiales.

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• carmia (1881)
• [2007-05-13 14:13]

Una foto muy interesante, con lo que me gusta el chocolate, esplendidos colores y nitidez! Felicidades Jose Miguel. PD. me voy a la cocina a coger un trocito...... Saludos.

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• captainsgirl (4074)
• [2007-05-13 16:40]

Hello Jose,
wow I had no idea thats what a cocoa bean looked like. So thats how my addiction starts? :o) Great shots ! I gotta get me one of those trees...:o)
TFS
Donna:o)



thanks also for your comments on my photo "Zebra Longwing (25)" :o)

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• stevkds (1657)
• [2007-05-13 17:12]

Very good idea, very good work Jose.
I really like composition and quality here. Well done. tfs. Stev

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• jeanpaul (13841)
• [2007-05-13 18:45]

Salut José Miguel
Merci pour cette belle présentation avec de magnifiques couleurs et de jolis détails sur ce portrait de cet oiseau que la nature n'a pas gâtée pour la beauté.
Le montage avec ses différentes étapes est très joli.
Bravo et au revoir...JP

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• glazzaro (4497)
• [2007-05-14 2:21]

Well crafted and presented, nice shots.

Greg

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• Viera (484)
• [2007-05-14 6:58]

Hi Jose,
excellent presentation of this plant,the photographs are well matched together.
Very good composition.
I have never seen this flower and fruit before,although I use it very often.
Note is also very good.
Best regards,
Viera

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• Biswarup (2763)
• [2007-05-14 9:19]

Hi JM,
I like very much the way you have presented here.

Biswarup

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• herve1993 (2562)
• [2007-05-14 14:08]
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Bonjour Jose Miguel
Je n'avais jamais vu la fleur du cacao avant ton cliché. C'est très curieux de les voir pousser directement sur le tronc. Le montage est très instructif et pédagogique. Et ta note très complète, bravo.
Salutations
Hervé

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• isa (228)
• [2007-05-14 17:45]

Hola José Miguel,
Que lionda composición has colocado del mejor cacao del mundo. Me encantó el pormenor de las flores, no las conocia.
Bonito y excelente trabajo, no solo por las imágenes fotográficas como por la nota explicativa.
Felicitaciones.

Saludos cordiales,
Isa

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• kokos101 (439)
• [2007-05-15 13:12]

hello jose miguel!
great collage and presentation, i like it.
tfs
zoran

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• peter_stoeckl (9361)
• [2007-05-15 15:41]

Hello José Miguel,
oh, I love to have chocolate melting in my mouth.
Your images, flowers and fruits instructively well combined, are making my mouth water for another one. Having seen your delicious pictures, and having read your well instructive notes, I have to make sure now that there is be enough Venezuelan cacao contained in the next piece of chocolate I'm going to bite into.
I love the arrangement, and the splendid light.
Thank you! My best regards,
Peter

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• bobair (4130)
• [2007-05-15 20:29]

Hi Jose,
this is an excellent photo study of the cacao plant.This is one plant that people the world over use almost daily as I believe that it is used in the making of chocolate and most people like chocolate.All 3 photos impart the information you have tried to show very well and Tfs. Bob

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• Isu (1659)
• [2007-05-15 20:39]

Hola Josè miguel, gracias por compartir tan bella composiciòn natural y brillante y nitida... estuve un poco depre Saludos

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• fragman (10873)
• [2007-05-16 0:54]

thanks, great to see it, in our Jerusalem Botanical Gardens it is a small shruc that doesn't 'want' to bloom. greetings Ori

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• dB_grafix (2811)
• [2007-05-16 4:15]

Interesting collage of something I have never seen before.Your details are very good.
Thanks for your comment on my hummingbird.

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• jrubiocasado (5118)
• [2007-05-16 4:55]

Muy buenas José Miguel
Bueno siempre es bueno conocer más cosas y tú nos las enseñas muy bien. Aunque conocia el cacao (quien no lo conoce), no tenía ni idea de como se presentaban sus "frutos" en el árbol.
Muchas gracias por educarnos.
Un saludo

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• dew77 (13069)
• [2007-05-16 11:51]

Hello Jose,
Excellent collage.Each frame is well caught,framed and composed.
TFS..:-)

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• lawhill (2036)
• [2007-05-18 20:15]

Hello Jose
Una perfecta exposision de la planta del cacao,
con exelente claridad y colores fuertes, buena composision y presentacion...Bravo.
Saludos Lawhill

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• nainnain (6249)
• [2007-05-19 18:52]

bonsoir
super cette présentation, bravo pour les explcations aussi.
tres bonne couleurs et netteté parfaite,
bravo, merci du partage
edith

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• shirgold (2620)
• [2007-05-20 3:24]

Hola Jose Miguel,
Una captura muy interesante y bella.
Siempre quería probar la fruta del cocoa pero nunca tuve la oportunidad.
Fantástica nota.
Saludos, Shir

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• oscarromulus (4570)
• [2007-05-22 10:41]

Jose Miguel,
Your notes are a real delight to read; well composed.
The subject is an EXCEPTIONAL presentation.
Re: photography ... unparralled.
Great work.
Congratulations.
Best regards from Canada,
Mario.

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• hester (10828)
• [2007-05-22 15:30]

Hi Jose

Lovely collection of shots. I've never seen these close up before. Excellent study

TFS

Karan

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• Adanac (13346)
• [2007-05-23 8:55]

Hello Jose,
Exceptional posting with great notes and collage combining to educate this old guy, thanks Jose.
Rick

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• pablominto (15388)
• [2007-05-27 3:17]

Hello JM,
A great montage to show us this well known but maybe not so often seen plant!
Good macro work has been done, fine details and natural colours...
Well done documentary of development!
Greetings,
Pablo -

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• ciccio (2715)
• [2007-05-29 8:45]

Hola José Miguel, una gran descripción, tanto documental como gráfica del cacao. Muy buen trabajo. Un slaudo.

José Luis

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• zumoduvas (2028)
• [2007-06-01 12:17]

Hola Jose MIguel.

Interesante composicion has realizado con la planta del mi desayuno diario y la verdades que no la conocia asi que gracias por mostrarla.

Saludos.
Jose Luis.

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• lemoineth (2284)
• [2007-06-02 15:44]

Belle photo de ces graines de cacao, les couleurs sont très jolies et la représentation de vos trois photos sont superbes. Amitiés Thomas

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• hibou (1509)
• [2007-06-03 18:26]

Hello Jose Miguel,
You had a great idea to show us this plant. Colors, details and presentation are perfect. Thank you and congratulations!
Donald

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• sily (1859)
• [2007-06-06 4:38]

HI Hose!
Great presentation, every shot is great with excellent details, I'm glad I can add this as 100 photo to my theme and finish it finally!Thanks!

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• cecilia (4626)
• [2007-06-09 21:19]

Excellent shot, we have plenty of this cacao trees on my parents orchard, we use to suck the seeds they are very sweet:) indeed. Well done on the presentation.
Cecilia

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• marhowie (34439)
• [2007-06-19 8:14]

Hello Jose,
Excellent presentation and note, very well done. Great quality in every frame..I can smell the cocoa from here :)
Howard

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• lovenature (4138)
• [2007-07-02 13:51]

Hi Jose
This is so interesting to see a cacao pod. I love chocolate, now I know what it looks like in it's natural state. Your collage shows the stages very well. Colours, detail and lighting are great.
TFS Janice :D

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• jpinkham (580)
• [2007-08-06 21:21]

Great texture and lighting on these shots and nicely composed -- these multi-panel shots are no simple feat, as I can attest after trying one recently on TE. Very nicely put together, including your angles and positioning within the frame as a whole and each individual pane. Inspiring -- I'm ready for my next dark chocolate candy bar! :) TFS.

Jim

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• kuhufu (432)
• [2007-09-30 5:09]

Hello Jose,
I have just seen cacao first time with your photo supported by detailed description.
Nice captures. I like them a lot.
Thanks
Ugur