cactus
stoat | May 19, 2010
About once a decade (no, I lie - the last was in 2005), our cactus flowers. Here it is again, only this time it has excelled itself and produced four (yes I know you can only see two in this pic). I also rather like the way you can see the flower structure merging into the leaf. There are more pix if you like.
This is also a sentimental cactus: my grandparents used to own it, and more: it was a gift to them from my uncle Roland.
awild | March 16, 2008
Raindrops on Opuntia cactus
Tucson, Arizona
photo details:
Canon 100mm f2.8 macro lens on a Canon 20D.
f/7, 1/100 sec, ISO 100
hand-held, natural light
contrast boosted in PS