Kiwi Fruit Ninja

Kiwi Fruit Ninja

Have you ever played the game called Fruit Ninja, its an app on phones where you slice fruit, I haven only really played it briefly myself, after seeing the Grandkids playing it, but that was the inspiration for the title of this post.
As for the motivation for the post, I decided after sharing yesterdays post I needed to get some new photos and get my motivation back, I looked out the window and saw some nice color sin the sky prior to sunrise so grabbed my camera bag, layered up and heading out to see if I could catch the sunrise, but the time I got out in the car the colors had faded away pretty much but i headed by the pond to see what it was like there, parked and jumped out, but not for long it was pretty cool, and as the colors weren't that special, I decided instead to head to the supermarket and saw some Kiwi Fruit and this post came to be.


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Now i know Many of you call this Kiwi, but thats a pet peeve of me so here goes a little rant

A Kiwi is a small indigenous bird in New Zealand, there are f species 4 are considered vulnerable and one as life threatened, primarily due to deforestation, but currently the remaining large areas of their forest habitat are well protected in reserves and national parks. At present, the greatest threat to their survival is predation by invasive mammalian predators

The kiwi is recognized as an icon of New Zealand, and the association is so strong that the term Kiwi is used internationally as the nickname for New Zealanders.

Now the Fruit in these pictures is in fact Kiwi Fruit

Kiwifruit is native to central and eastern China where i think it was originally called Chinese gooseberry in English I am not sure what the Chinese name for it was.
The first recorded description of the kiwifruit dates to the 12th century during the Song dynasty. In the early 20th century, cultivation of kiwifruit spread from China to New Zealand, where the first commercial plantings occurred. The fruit became popular with British and American servicemen stationed in New Zealand during World War II, and later became commonly exported, first to Great Britain and then to California in the 1960s.

Now the name Kiwi Fruit was never patented or trademarked, so grower sin other country's call it, grow and market it as Kiwi Fruit as well so somewhere around 2012 the Kiwi Fruit growers in New Zealand and they now use the name Zespri for Kiwi Fruit Growing in New Zealand, but i am not sure that ever took off that well, most call it Kiwi Fruit or (grrrr) kiwi still.

The Funny thing is my Granddaughter, knows I don't like the calling of it Kiwi so she often teases me about it, the last time being a few days ago, which also got me thinking about the idea for doing this post


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For these photos I used the lightbox again


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for the background for some of the shots I used some aluminum foil which I scrunched up, then pressed back semi flat , I sed the little Led light shown in the next photo, sitting on top of the foil, then had a plastic container siting over that with the Kiwi Fruit sitting on top of that.


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And yes you may have noticed that's not a slice of Kiwi Fruit in the image above, I also picked up some other fruit, but that will be for another post, this post is all about Kiwi fruit :)

I took shots from various angles, with different background and lighting, and am happy with how a few of them came out, for this next image I got in close and personal to show the hairy like texture of the skin


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and another shot from above with different lighting and background again to highight the hairy like skin


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And a last shot t finish of the post, and I have to admit yes Kiwi Fruit were injured during this photo shoot, and then eaten after the shoot, but i can say without a doubt in Kiwi's were harmed int he making of this post ;)


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And that’s all folks


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Oh! I love playing fruit ninja! It's quite satisfying ☺️ I always turn the volume higher it's what the game is all about 😁 I love the photo! Perfect kiwi shot ☺️

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Thanks Maybe I should download the game and try it again :)

and its Kiwi fruit not Kiwi LOL

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I enjoy playing the game fruit ninja as well, you've done a great job in snapping these awesome pictures which the lightbox enhance the beauty and details.

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Thanks kindly your support is appreciated
Maybe I should try the game again :)
Have a great day

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I have never played that game, but now I know what you meant yesterday about the Kiwi 😊

Nice shots, JJ, I like the first one - looks cool with the light shining through.

Once I asked my wife to buy a Kiwi for me when she went shopping. Well, she brought a chicken home because the Kiwi were out of stock, she said. Maybe I should have said "Kiwi fruit" or Zespri 🤣 !LOLZ


!BEER and !WINE - both make a nice dinner with !PIZZA :)
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LOL funny you should say that my Grand Daughter was joking with me the other day about wanting a Kiwi pie !LOLZ

Was fun to do something different, I went out for a stroll this morning as it was snowing lightly, just a dusting and its just above freezing so will melt away, was very overcast and grey so didint get any photos but nice to get some fresh air

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!LOLZ your grand daughter knows how to tease a Kiwi 🥝 😂

Doing something new or different from time to time is a great idea and helps if your Mojo is in vacation without you 😊


Cheers with !PIZZA and !BEER
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We love teasing each other all in good fun

And yes indeed fun to do something different now and again

!PIZZA and !BEER - sounds like a nice dinner :)
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Somebody who doesn't know us would think we are a mad family if he hears us talking sometimes 🤣


Cheers with !PIZZA and !BEER
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Well I always say Sanity is over rated, being mad can be fun and who cares what random strangers think !LOLZ

!PIZZA and !BEER - sounds like a nice dinner :)
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Very true, but we even hit each other, or better said my daughter hits me - we couldn't do that in front of strangers 🤣
I have taught her some nice tricks and that was a bad idea since she now is the same size as I 😅


Cheers with !PIZZA and !BEER
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Lol
But it’s all good fun between you even if others may not understand it

!PIZZA and !BEER - sounds like a nice dinner :)
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Nice shots! I like how you used the aluminum foil as a background. That was a really great idea. Very interesting the history of this fruit. I always thought it was a hybrid of strawberries and something else.

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Thanks I wasnt sure how the aluminum foil would work, I was using it to cover something yesterday and the idea came to me to try it for this pretty happy how it worked out
did I perhaps rant to much about the difference between Kiwi and Kiwi fruit lOL

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Nah, you are good. Not too much of a rant :)

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That 1st shot is absolutely amazing! Great job!

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Thanks, it was fun to try this, and glad for the feedback I to thought the first shot was the best, that was after most of the others and trying different setups

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I enjoy playing the game so much that smash the fruit as they comes down fruits 🍉 🍌 🍎

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Thanks kindly your support is appreciated

Have a great day

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I love kiwi. This looks good ❤️ Cool colour 😁
Nice shot! Strong concept too, I've never thought to look that close at a kiwi, but it made for a very interesting photography dear.

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Thanks so Much
Thanks kindly your support is appreciated

Have a great day

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I will forever call this the kiwifruit from now on!!!!! Hahahaha

I had no idea that that was its full name. I LOVED seeing how you took these photos and got creative with the whole thing!!! The different angles and such...hehhee wow!!!!

Ok... So I love seeing your work with sunsets. But now I'm starting to see the artist in you! Hehehehe

I kinda want more of these posts!!!! Like the little coca cola houses and the story behind them.

Im addicted to these now! Hahahah

And yep. It's been a while my weretwin. I've had a pretty awful week. But today, I'm choosing to walk into some light... I'm in desperate need of it!

Love you my weretwin!!! Sending a huge hug to you cuz I sure have missed you! 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤔

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I was just thinking if sending you a message wondering how you are doing
Sorry to hear it’s been a rough week and yes walk into the light and bounce back my friend

This was fun to do and I do have some other fruit ninja images for a future post
Plus I do have some other ideas for fun projects till it warms up enough for me to get out and about more

Stay safe my friend

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Yeah!!!! Hehehe I got very quiet 🤫 lol. Sometimes that's best to take a break

Im looking forward to seeing more of your stuff... I'm really enjoying these posts from you ... I see more of you in them! Know what I mean? Hehehe

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Yeah I think I know what you mean I don’t mind people seeing some sides of me I will hide the scary side hopefully !LOLZ

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Beautiful your photographs as always @tattoodjay. How interesting is that box with light for the photos, they look great.

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Thanks kindly your support is appreciated
I am having fun with the lightbox

Have a great day

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I didn't know this game (Fruit Ninja) exists and accordingly even less played it. But it really doesn't have anything to do with your amazing shots that enthuse me over and over again.! 😊
And that lightbox of yours! Oh my, oh my... My fingers itch in the Amazon direction. 😉😅

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Thanks so much
And the lightbox is pretty cool

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That's the beauty of having grandkids...they have fun teasing you and grandpa some up with an awesome post.

And thanks for sharing that very informative about the Kiwi. I was aware of the fact that it was a bird, but it was really interesting and informative to read what you have written about it!

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Thanks kindly your support is appreciated

Yes she will be happy when I show her these photos

Have a great day

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I lost my previous phone because of that game. I gave it to my nephews and they were so engrossed in playing the game that they brought it back with a broken screen.
The slice of fruit that wasn't kiwi over there, I think, was an orange!

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Sorry to hear your phone got broken

And yes that’s an orange

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Lol @tattoodjay I remember that game, I and my younger sister do play it on my Dad's tablet then. Don't be surprised - I always win 😁.
Lest I forget, I love those pictures you added. I can't wait to get a better phone with good camera so as to go back to my dear mobigraphy (mobile photography)

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From m the brief time I played it it looked like fun

Thanks kindly your support is appreciated

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Nice!! I love playing with fruit slices. although I didn't use the box, as I didn't have one at the time. :)

The first shot is so brilliant, I love the glow from the light and the aluminum foil was such a great idea, Just the right touch. I like this path you chose with the kiwifruit. I have to say, you did such an outstanding job with this, I look forward to the next one!!

You won't believe this. When I first bought the shore house, the woman that had lived three was a master gardener and she had all sorts of odd plants that were standalone specimen trees. There were two pomegranate bushes, Asian apples, and my favorite: wild kiwifruits on a vine!! When I first saw them, the vine had climbed up into the pecan tree. The branch hung down to the trellis with them and off it went! I had no idea what it was in the beginning.1

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Thanks it was fun to try this and quite happy with the end result being the first image in this post
That sounds such a cool variety of trees at the shore house

Have a great day

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