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Prickly Beauty

Prickly Beauty

There is nothing more colorful than the desert in bloom! Cacti may be prickly, but their blooms are amazing!

There is nothing more colorful than the desert in bloom! Cacti may be prickly, but their blooms are amazing!
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NIKON D5300

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settings

Aperture f/6.3 ISO 800 Shutter 10/16000 Focal Length 2500/10

upload_date

upload_date

Aug, 2018

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140

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+37

Awards

Peer Award

+6

Absolute Masterpiece

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Magnificent Capture

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Incredible capture and post edit. WOW

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Wow this is amazing !!

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So delicate...beautiful

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You have created a Fine and Rich Watercolor painting! Multiple artistic talents are shinning through...this is Spectacular, Kathy.

I so agree about the desert bloom....One of the reason I miss living n the desert!

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Great edit Kathy

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Just lovely...awesome edit! :)

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Is this from a cacti’s so beautiful ?

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What an amazing cacti flower! Beautiful!

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Love this one.

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I have sat and looked at this beautiful image for quite a while,and it just keeps getting better,,,,,,

gorgeous ! … stunning !

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