Photo: Fresh Watermelons

Photo: Fresh Watermelons

I thought this was funny — a grocery store using a watermelon box to sell oranges.

Canon Rebel XTi, EF 28-135mm, 1/100, F4.5, 28mm, ISO800, 2011-06-11T15:44:52-07, 20110611-224452rxt

Location: Union City, CA

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Photo: A Delicious Orange…

Photo: A Delicious Orange…

Doesn’t this orange look delicious? If you like rotten fruit with bugs in it…

Fujifilm FinePix A360, 1/30, F2.8, 5.8mm, ISO100, 2005-11-22T17:07:19-05, 2005-11-22_17h07m19

Location: 1985 S. Carpenter Ave., Orange City, FL  32763-7334

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Photo: Ripening Oranges

Photo: Ripening Oranges

Oranges that are becoming ripe but are still bitter.

Fujifilm FinePix A360, 1/139, F2.8, 5.8mm, ISO64, 2005-11-03T11:33:24-05, 2005-11-03_11h33m24

Location: 1985 S. Carpenter Ave., Orange City, FL  32763-7334

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Photo: The Florida Lifestyle

The Florida Lifestyle — an orange smoothie in a tropical paradise

I’ve been wondering what the Florida lifestyle I’ve been hearing so much about is, but I’ve found it here. You may not know it, but the Florida lifestyle involves lots of bugs. There were plenty of flies flying around as flies sometimes do, but I shooed them away to snap this shot of an orange smoothie by the pool. I went with a blue border for this photo. Never done that before, but it fits the image so well.

I added contrast, removed specks of dirt from the glass, and touched up the color on the orange slice.

Canon Rebel XTi, EF 50mm 1:1.4, 1/2500, F3.2, 50mm, ISO100, 2008-06-28T14:16:13-04, 20080628-181613rxt

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