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Cholla from Low Angle Perspective

Cholla from Low Angle Perspective

The bright New Mexico high desert morning with temperature of 62 degrees is always a delight. I made this shot standing down in an arroyo (dry ditch) with the c...
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The bright New Mexico high desert morning with temperature of 62 degrees is always a delight. I made this shot standing down in an arroyo (dry ditch) with the camera even to the edge of the ground. I liked the configuration of this young cholla (genus Opuntia) with minimal limbs (bi-furcation’s). This cactus was three feet tall but appears much larger because of the low angle perspective.

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Aperture f/8.4 ISO 100 Shutter 10/700 Focal Length 430/100

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Feb, 2015

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PHENOMENAL PHOTO :))))))))))))))))))))))

Great capture.

Particularly like the angles in the cholia juxtaposed against the cloud pattern. I tried something similar with clouds and utility lines.

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Which Way? Looks a lot like a prickly sighnpost pointing in all direction ..nice find:-)

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I'm positive they lay in wait to GRAB you if you walk by too close!! Great profile!!

You are so right they do GRAB you and that is the real story of how these picky bastards live in high dry desert and still survive ............

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