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July 5, 2004 Robin Reid

July 5: Stalking the Wild Melon

Rancho Bernardo, CA

I promised myself today that I would get out of the house and do something different for my PaD. I grabbed my 10D and committed to coming home from Vons with my groceries and an interesting image.

I always admire they way they stack produce at these big supermarkets. And thus was delighted to be rewarded with this shot of the fresh cantaloupes.

Canon EOS 10D ,Sigma 17-35mm f/2.8-4 EX ASP HSM
f/4.0 @ 1/60th. 17mm. ISO 200. Florescent lighting full exif

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Cindy07-Jul-2004 02:45
Awesome work Robin, I give you a hand just for having the nerve to take a camera into the store to take pics, if I did that, I would probably get all kinds of weird looks and the paddy wagon would take me away, LOL.
Pedro Libório06-Jul-2004 20:58
eheheh...quite interesting indeed!
regards.
Melanie06-Jul-2004 16:36
Snootydogs receipe sounded almost tolerable, till I read the eye of newt! YUCKY!! LOL

I reall need to pratice my masking. This is great!
brother_mark06-Jul-2004 15:12
LOL. I'd be interested to know how snootygod's recipe comes out...
Stu06-Jul-2004 13:47
Very nice PS work! Congrats.
christianl06-Jul-2004 08:25
Ahaha Nice one Robin :)
Herb 06-Jul-2004 04:47
Robin, don't eat those purple melons, they stain your teeth ;-)
Jude Marion06-Jul-2004 04:44
That's some funky grocery store you go to Robin ... what other delights do they sell ... ? This is a lot of fun ! grape melons! Who knew!
Guest 06-Jul-2004 02:59
I think you need to print this out and show the produce manager! I wonder if he knows he purple melons in his stock! I am always scared to take my camera into stores for fear of being asked to leave! I guess if you can do it so can I...
Robin Reid06-Jul-2004 02:56
No Gary, I took shots of quite a bit of the produce. This was my only halfway decent product.
Gary Winters06-Jul-2004 02:52
This picture makes me so melon, Collie Baby! Nice job, Robin. Did the produce manager give you the evil eye when you whipped out your camera?
virginiacoastline06-Jul-2004 02:17
I don't know if I should laff at Liza or go looking for a purple melon!!
Guest 06-Jul-2004 02:00
Ilike the dear old yellow melon, they do look good.
snootydog06-Jul-2004 01:51
Those purple melons are excellent. You don't see them too often of course, but when you do they are well worth the extra $$$$$$. I have a recipe for purple melon soup that is just to die for....

1 purple melon, fruit removed from rind and cubed
5 cloves garlic peeled and sliced thin
2 portabello mushrooms, tough stems removed
1 tablespoon cardomom
1 tablespoon peanut oil
2 eyes of newt.
salt and pepper to taste

heat oil in a saucepan
combine all other ingredients and heat until soft.
Use an immersion blender and puree until smooth
refrigerate over night
ladle into bowls and too with a dollop of peanut butter if desired.

let me know if you try it.
Karen Leaf06-Jul-2004 01:45
They grown some weird stuff out there in CA. Is this variety a grape cantelope? Wonder how long it took them to hybrid the wine/melon vines to come up with this :0
Very funny!
mikiruaq06-Jul-2004 01:23
There's one in every bunch :)
Gayle P. Clement06-Jul-2004 01:10
Really funny, Robin. I love the texture of the cantaloupes. You can keep the purple one. Not my favorite color for food.
Guest 06-Jul-2004 01:06
I want the purple one!! Please, gimme the purple one! I bet it's magical!