Flowering Red Barrel Cactus

comments appreciated, thank you!

Very colorful and well composed. Look's like nature's version of a satellite dish or something.

Lovely colors and crop of this shoot.... The flower in the middle looks even more beautiful when they are surrounded of those spikes.... Beautiful image whit great details...

 

Best Regards, Jill

Dick... Beautiful shot with excellent detail... Mike

 

WOW! This is a super image and I hope I will be able to take images like you one of these days.

Richard,

Great photo with lots of detail and color. That is great that you got to see a cactus flowering and get such a nice photo. Take care.

Hello Richard. What a terrific image here. Full of rich and vibrant color. The depth of field is spot-on in my opinion. Tack-sharp right where it needs to be. Cheers, Gary in Salt Lake City.

Well seen,pleasantly colors and details,best regards Radu.

Thank you all for the very kind comments!

 

Best regards,

 

Dick

Beautiful 7/7

Just incredible, Dicky...awesome tones, clarity, composition, DOF. Very well done, my freind. Regards, Lawrence.

Fabulous image - Many of us (including me) that did not rate 'anon', unfortunately it is sitting at 4.25/4.50 but that is a choice we make. I personally find having to enter the security letters every few minutes a challenge on my tired eyes. Will try and get to anon rating on future images of yours. Best regards,

Lovely detail and vivid colours. Very nicely composed.

What a beautiful capture! The composition is wonderful. Well seen and well composed. Who would ever think a cactus could be so beautiful! Well seen and well delivered! Take care, Leslie

Thank you again for the very nice comments on this image. This is from a desert garden that is maintained in Las Vegas by the Ethel M chocolate company. We were a little early for cactus blooms and this was the only one in the garden with flowers in full bloom. I had my "walk around" zoom on my D300 and took several shots from varying angles and using varying DOF. This was my favorite. I am very pleased that I'm not the only one that is happy with this image. There is so much beauty in the southwest...so different from our northern climate and vegetation. It was such a pleasure to be there and to view all of the surroundings. I'm anxious to return.

 

Best regards!

 

Dick