Cactus Flower

Gallery: FloraPosted February 7, 20061,836 views7 comments

I have been scanning my favorite slides from the last 20 years, nearly 5000

It is time to share some of them with you.

I made this image in 1994, on my first trip to Arizona. It was an nice experience, because the Sonoran Desert was in full bloom. By the way, I never experienced such an time again there, altough I have been mostly there in spring...

NIKON F801s, ED 4/300, F4, 1/500s, Sensia 100, Tripod

Scanned with Nikon CoolScan 5000ED

PhotoShop Levels, USM

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by David Schwaegler on February 7, 2006 at 10:46 AM

Very nice Cay-Uwe. Too bad you missed last year in AZ -- it was spectacular. This year will be a dud.

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Comment posted by Juza on February 7, 2006 at 11:40 AM

Hi Cay,
very nice photo, I like the colors, the light and the clean BG.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 374 Posts, 10466 Comments

Comment posted by Mike Moats on February 8, 2006 at 11:58 AM

Hey Cay, very nice image. Good details, color and BG.

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Comment posted by Barb Hansen on February 10, 2006 at 12:37 AM

Beautiful Cay-Uwe!

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Comment posted by Ronnie Gaubert on February 12, 2006 at 8:49 PM

Hello Cay,

Good choice to use backlight in this particular situation. Details and colors are fantastic.

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on February 13, 2006 at 9:34 PM

Very nice Cay-Uwe. Excellent use of the darker BG. Congrats on the EP!!

Registered on April 10, 2005, 753 Posts, 21216 Comments

Comment posted by Elizabeth Moon on February 14, 2006 at 12:00 PM

A beautiful shot. Prickly pear cactus is one of my favorite subjects when I'm just playing around (we have an ample supply on our place, some with white-yellow spines and some with tri-colored spines) and you have captured the delicacy of the opening flowers very, very well. The flowers seem to glow with their own inner light.

Elizabeth Moon
Texas

Registered on February 9, 2006, 21 Posts, 196 Comments