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11-JUL-2015

A veritable feast

I must admit that I didn’t have a clue how dates were grown before I moved to Saudi Arabia. I remember asking Tim what those gold things on the palm trees were!

Riyadh is not a prime date producing area like Qassim is, so I don’t know if many of the dates here are harvested, although some are as I have seen them encased in mesh in the DQ. Usually, they just fall on the ground and stay there until somebody comes to clean them up after I have walked on them.

Palm heaven, posted earlier:

Nikon D800 ,Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6D ED VR AF
1/400s f/5.6 at 116.0mm iso100 hide exif
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Date/Time11-Jul-2015 11:56:11
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ModelNIKON D800
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Focal Length116 mm
Exposure Time1/400 sec
Aperturef/5.6
ISO Equivalent100
Exposure Bias-0.33
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Buz Kiefer15-Oct-2015 20:58
Nice photo of these desert delicacies. V
Carl H. Johnson12-Oct-2015 10:28
Yummy!!!~V~
victorswan11-Oct-2015 20:37
njam njam lovely delicious sweet dates i love it very wel seen Helen very nice image BV
François Fauchard11-Oct-2015 15:12
Beautiful image of these clusters of dates !
Julie Oldfield11-Oct-2015 15:11
That is awesome! V
Carol Rollins11-Oct-2015 14:53
Wow, that looks like quite a crop. Beautiful capture Helen.
Zoltán Balogh11-Oct-2015 12:01
Wow, I've never seen anything like this before. Yummy! :) V
Graeme11-Oct-2015 11:02
Excellent details of the dates! V
Gerard Koehl11-Oct-2015 01:48
Magnifique. V
Gill Kopy11-Oct-2015 01:03
Mmm mmm ! wish we could help with the harvest :) Well captured Helen V
MarcViskens10-Oct-2015 20:15
wow indeed a feast Helen
nice photo
Ton T.10-Oct-2015 19:42
That's very beautiful Helen!! V+
Jim Coffman10-Oct-2015 17:39
This is a amazing image to me! I've never seen dates in a tree like this before!!
William Barletta10-Oct-2015 17:19
Excellent image. Is this with a new lens? ~V~
William Barletta10-Oct-2015 17:18
Terrific image ~V~
John Hamers10-Oct-2015 17:01
Wonderful image of these dates, lovely light, didn't had a clue either how dates were grown. !V
chris morton10-Oct-2015 16:45
pity we can't pick them off the screen!