Happy Avocado! by Zahraa Al Hassani

A Chinese proverb says “Don’t kill your vegetables by cooking them cause they are already dead”, in Turkey you wouldn’t feel any of that because in the downtown Turkish bazaars the vegetables looks so fresh and happy, like it just has been cropped, like this shiny avocado!

Nikon D3100 with 50mm | Exposure 1/60sec @ f/1.8 | ISO 100 | Focal Length 50mm
Happy Avocado! by Zahraa Al Hassani

Award Winner: Photo of the Day | October 09
Award Score: 60 (Value 12, Clarity 11, Composition 15, Style 12, Skill 11)
Photo of the Day Award Category: Food Photography
Photograph Location: Istanbul | Turkey

Photographer: Zahraa Hashim Salih Al Hasani (Baghdad,Iraq) Registered
Zahraa Al Hassani is a passionate photographer, and works as designer in Zain Telecommunications for more than 6 years. Graduating from the University of Technology Bagdad, her first job was at Wacther Company Ltd. as a graphic designer for constructions. A year later she joined Iraqi-American Chamber for Commerce and Industry. As senior graphic designer and photographer in Marketing Communication at Zain Telecommunications, she helps over submitting her consultancy to better enhance company image to be shown in elegant pattern. Blessed with one child, Zahraa and her family lives in Bagdad, Iraq. Resources in Iraq are mostly limited, thus she used her photography skills to get a visuals for her designs. She started photography with Sony H7 and Carel Zias lenses, and eventually moved to Nikon. Graphic Design has helped her to strengthen her photographic perspective. Zahraa believes she is here to acquire knowledge from the trove of purist photography.

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