Cactus Blossoms

[Tom in Arizona]

Hi All...

Spring in the desert means the cacti start to bloom. Here's an Argentine Cactus blossom in full glory with a couple of buds just behind it. These large blossoms (about 5-6" in diameter) bloom overnight and only last about a day or two at most. The "at most" phrase means they're a nice tasty treat for local javelinas that are attracted to them like cats to catnip.

Thanks
Tom

 

[Jim Dockery]

well done

 

[Ben Egbert]

What a treat with the gorgeous flower, buds jewell like needles and the black background.

 

[AlanLichty]

These blooms look great with the black background. Nice work n the lighting.

 

[JimFox]

This is beautiful and well shot! Great work on getting something that has such limited availability.

 

[JimFox]

Congrats on the Daily Featured Post Tom!

 

[Mike Mancil]

Gorgeous and an excellent shot.

 

[Zeph]

Stunning image Tom, do you mind sharing your gear/settings for this?

 

[Darcy Grizzle]

Gosh that is so stunning!

 

[Tom in Arizona]

Thanks everyone for your very kind comments.

Jim (Wow)...thanks for awarding the featured post!

Zeph...Here are the gear/settings:

• Canon 80D
• Canon 24-105 @ 80mm
• ISO 100
• 1/1250 sec.
• f/6.3

The trick to the black background is using my car's windshield sun screen which has both a silver and black side.

Tom

 

[AlanLichty]

The trick to the black background is using my car's windshield sun screen which has both a silver and black side.

Tom

Pretty cool trick for making it look like something in a studio.

 

[Zeph]

Thanks Tom, I've used a black t-shirt before. Love the shades of white depicted here...

 

[Marcy]

been getting several of them in our RV Park really love doing photos of them - nice job