JessyKaiser

Purple Prickly Pear

Purple Prickly Pear

Purple Prickly Pear cacti are harder to find in the desert. When the light shines on them at just the right angle after a good rain, the cactus looks magnificen...
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Purple Prickly Pear cacti are harder to find in the desert. When the light shines on them at just the right angle after a good rain, the cactus looks magnificently purple.

I captured this spunky trio outside of the DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun, in Tucson, AZ. You should come visit sometime.
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NIKON D300

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Aperture f/6.7 ISO 800 Shutter 1/60 Focal Length 62/1

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Tucson, Arizona, US

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Jan, 2019

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