Friday Floral – Orange

This cactus flower image was taken this spring at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, AZ. The image has been sitting on my hard drive for several months as I have had mixed thoughts on whether I like it. When going through my files from this spring, it is surprising how many cactus flower images I made. Typically I concentrate on wildflowers, but this year was different. Why? I don’t know, but for some reason they caught my attention and my photography was different this spring.  And I like different!

Enjoy your weekend everyone! For some of you, fall is here. But for those of us in the desert, temperatures below 100 will be quite welcoming!

orange cactus flower desert botanical garden

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Friday Floral – Claret Cup Cactus

The wildflowers and cactus blooms are long gone in the Sonoran Desert. This claret cup cactus image was made mid-morning a few months ago at the Desert Botanical Garden .  I used my gold reflector to bounce some warm light giving the cactus and blooms some pop.  Shooting macro allows me to shoot all day in any light when using a reflector and/or diffuser and sometimes both.

scarlet hedgehog cactus flowers

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