Medlars in the Winter Sun

[JohnRostron]

There was a frost last week, and I thought that it would be nice to photograph the Medlars on my tree with a fringe of frost. However, by the time I got out there, the sun had got onto them and evaporated the frost. However I did take a series of pictures, since I liked the bright sun on the light brown fruit.

These images were developed in the new Affinity Photo Beta. The only post-processing was cropping, a slight sharpening and (in #3) a touch of Nik Dfine to attempt removal of chroma noise in the sky. If the fruit looks fuzzy, it is because they are fuzzy, not (necessarily) out-of-focus.

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Comment and criticism welcome.

John

[Wavelength]

Very nice images
I googled to know about the fruit; thank you

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mespilus_germanica

[marlunn]

nice John, and now they have been frosted you can make Jelly with them

[bnnrcn]

Nice light and colors

[madcrow]

Very nicely captured.

[Davejl]

Nice series of shots. Pity about the heat of the sun getting to them before you captured the frost. If they haven't dropped off yet maybe another opportunity will present itself

[JohnRostron]

nice John, and now they have been frosted you can make Jelly with them

I planted the Medlar tree forty years ago with a view to making Medlar Jelly. The only trouble is the tree produces several Kg of fruit, which would make umpteen jars of jelly. How many can you get through? It was the same with the two Quince trees I planted. I have shelves full of Quince Cheese (membrillo) which is delicious but not in surfeit. I have now reduced the two Quinces to one half tree which is more manageable. Quinces are also nicely fuzzy and photogenic. I must take some pics next year.

John

[JohnRostron]

Thanks Nandakumar, Binnur, Maurice, Dave. There has not been the hard frost since then, nor is one forecast.

John

[IzzieK]

I only use them for decorating my dishes every now and then. I think they are nice as a jam too but I have yet to taste them. We haven't really a nice frost either thank goodness for that. I like these shots that you made them look like they are real fruits. I can almost touch them...

[Werner]

They are all really nice.
#1 has the the best composition.