Barrel Cactus on Fire

Gallery: FloraPosted October 5, 201384 views10 comments

Barrel Cactus (ferocactus) bloom and fruit
Pima County, Arizona

Sigma DP2 Merrill
30mm 2.8
ISO 100
1/125 sec f/7.1

Handheld, outdoors in shade

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Ken Smith on October 5, 2013 at 12:55 AM

Wow! A complex blend of old, new, bold, thick and wispy. Lovely... and full of eye-candy frame filling detail. Well done!

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Comment posted by Peter Cross on October 5, 2013 at 12:17 PM

Look but don't touch is what I see here with those spines. Photos with an even number of subjects aren't supposed to work but I like this regardless. Beautiful flowers with more on the way. Nicely seen.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on October 5, 2013 at 3:57 PM

John: One of the best cactus images I've seen in a long time. Beautiful exposure and comp. 2 thumbs up. >=))>

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on October 5, 2013 at 8:59 PM

Wonderful details, the character of this plant is well displayed in your composition. Gorgeous blossoms. Very nice image

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on October 6, 2013 at 9:18 PM

John - Easily one of the best photos of the Cactus Flowers you have posted in the recent past. The blooms are nicely placed in the frame and surrounding darker areas add some nice contrasting elements the frame.

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Comment posted by Sanjay Sundaram on October 7, 2013 at 5:46 PM

Great capture, John! The detail is awesome and the colors are perfect. There is a 3D effect to the image. Well done!

Sanjay

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Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on October 7, 2013 at 5:55 PM

Really eye catching , love the colours and detail. Thought it was a painting at first from the thumbnail. Beautiful work !

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Comment posted by John Willemsen on October 7, 2013 at 9:46 PM

Thank you all for the positivie comments. I am still discovering the awesome possibilities of the Sigma Merrill sensor (Foveon X3 Direct Image). I posted another barrel cactus today, part of a series I plan to do with this amazing little camera.

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Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on October 8, 2013 at 6:03 PM

John, a splendid photo of a beautiful flower and a perfect work.
Take care.

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on October 16, 2013 at 4:32 PM

Great comp and beautiful light John. Very fine work.

pat

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