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Subject: [Leica] IMG: GIANT California Strawberry
From: richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2013 12:11:51 -0700
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Sonny, yes, it's a lot of fun for us to travel in and out of US to find
California fruits :-)

Phong, indeed it looks a bit plasticky. And yes, the Ag GAG laws are EVIL.I
think Neveda/Utah already passed their versions. There really should be a
lot more outrage on these...


On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 9:30 AM, Phong <leicaphong at gmail.com> wrote:

> I don't mean this as a criticism:  the lighting makes the strawberry,
> especially the leaves, look like plastic.
>
> Speaking of inedible food, I wonder if there's much debate in California
> and elsewhere on this outrage:
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/07/us/taping-of-farm-cruelty-is-becoming-the-crime.html
>
> You will be breaking the law if you photograph questionable substances
> being sprayed at your local strawberry field according to some proposed
> laws in California, Pennsylvania, etc.  Google "Ag Gag" if you want to know
> more.
>
> Best,
>
> - Phong
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 7:04 AM, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com
> >wrote:
>
> > One really nice thing about living in California is that we get the
> > freshest fruits. This strawberry is marked as "local," which usually
> means
> > from someone's backyard :-) (well, the case of strawberries, it may be
> from
> > a local farm). Anyway, this is one of the biggest I have seen and tasted
> > great.
> >
> > I have added a water buffalo and a "lucky cat" for size comparison, and
> > just in case you don't know how big they are, the cat is sitting on a US
> > quarter.
> >
> > http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/20130408-_4080169.jpg
> >
> > --
> > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
> > // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto
> >
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