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Tree Cactus

by Chet Dowell

Gallery: LandscapePosted February 13, 201396 views7 comments
This intimate cactus landscape is from south eastern Colorado near the small town of Kim. The tree cholla is abundant in some areas of this short grass country. Comments welcome. Chet

Comments

7 comments
Comment posted by Peter Richter on February 13, 2013 at 9:34 AM
A nicely grounded portrait of this cactus to me, Chet. The surrounding elements still add to the atmosphere in my opinion.

Peter
Registered on November 10, 2010, 218 Posts, 2723 Comments
Comment posted by Harley Goldman on February 13, 2013 at 9:57 AM
This works well. The cholla skeleton is very cool.

An alternative presentation is in B&W, with the yellow channel pulled down in the conversion to darken the background and make it somewhat high contrast.
Registered on November 19, 2003, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments
Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on February 13, 2013 at 12:42 PM
I could well imagine this one as a black and white image,too...and I think with Harley's suggestions it would even be a stronger image.
Registered on January 29, 2010, 285 Posts, 4281 Comments
Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on February 13, 2013 at 1:55 PM
Nice, I love the way these cacti look, so much character. You've done a nice job of portraying it
Registered on January 24, 2011, 576 Posts, 6942 Comments
Comment posted by Nick Bristol on February 13, 2013 at 2:03 PM
Nice work on this Chet! I'm enjoying what you did here.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI
Registered on February 1, 2004, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments
Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on February 13, 2013 at 2:42 PM
Love the little portraits of nature, very nice color, detail and comp. beautifully seen and presented Chet.
John
Registered on May 12, 2006, 626 Posts, 8700 Comments
Comment posted by Eirini Pajak on February 13, 2013 at 2:45 PM
I like all the colors surrounding the colorless skeleton. I am not sure if I would like it in BW better, but it would be interesting to see!
Registered on December 13, 2011, 216 Posts, 1671 Comments