Olives

I was out walking the dogs on a farm that grows olives. I found one tree that is just loaded with new olives, I didn't see another tree that had as many, in fact I'm not sure I saw another tree with olives at all!

For Flash of Red February - http://365project.org/discuss/themes-competitions/24748/flash-of-red-february-starts-tomorrow

Also for F-word - http://365project.org/discuss/articles/24749/f-word

[Graham Thresher]

A very dramatic B & W.

[Louise & Ken]

You really nailed "shape & form" and got rid of all background. A+!

[Brigette]

i really like the shadows around the curves of the olives that you probably wouldn't really notice so much in colour

[Annie D]

wonderful light and gorgeous tonal contrasts - I love olives

[Pam Knowler]

This makes a lovely B&W image. I love olives - lovely to see them growing.

[Debs Stott]

Fabulous tones and light which accentuates the shape

[Debs Stott]

PS: So what's the F-word in your pic? Farm? Form?

[Sally Ings]

@dibzgreasley Debs, it's fruit!

[Debs Stott]

@salza Haha, my brain is completely dead today - good one!

[Babs]

Fabulous detail. We have an olive tree in our garden, but unfortunately the birds and the bats get to it before we do.

[Lyn Berriman]

Wow, that is a good crop! Lovely in black and white!

[Karen H]

Beautiful form.
I was wondering about that f word too, missed the fruit word entirely.

[Candace]

Lovely form and focus!

[gloria jones]

Wonderful focus, dof, light

[Gillian]

Fabulous on so many levels. And great for both b&w and f-word.

[Leon Buijs]

Lovely b&w image

[Lisa Villella]

I like the high contrast. nice b&w

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Great b/w- I guess this one marches to its own olive drum!

[Gena Pegg]

Wonderful pov and capture. Well seen. What kind of olives? Do they have to be processed before they are edible?

[Sally Ings]

@eyesmile Gena I'm not sure which variety this is. When my friend gets back I'll ask. Some of the olives from this farm get bottled. Some are used to make an olive paste (used like butter). They also produce extra virgin olive oil. The farm is fairly small so yield is not that large.

[summerfield]

hey, look! its an olivetree, ann! @olivetreeann :-D

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@summerfield (o: Actually I've seen olive trees in Israel and Greece. They are really quite pretty!