Biznaga

[DEAN01]

This cactus is one of the biznaga, sometimes called a horse crippler, grows along my pasture fence--not where our horses can get near. It took about three months to get this shot. As the plant would begin to bloom after a rain, insects would eat the buds, but finally got to photograph the mature bloom. C&C please.

[Barbara Ponder]

Dean, very nice! I like the composition and the color.

[NorthernFocus]

What else beautiful, delicate bloom. A tighter square crop may be nice. Also a bit warmer?

[DonnaK]

Well worth the wait for this shot, Dean. I like that it shows both an opening bloom and one that is fully open. Nice!

[Geoff F]

Focus is good and a potentially tricky exposure has been handled well; but I find the mesh or whatever it is on the left side to be slightly distracting. Maybe a mix of crop and clone could remove it?

[DEAN01]

All, thanks for the commentary.

[KimC]

Lovely shot Dean... Brought back memories for me as we had these cactus at my childhood home.

[Shadowman]

Nicely captured, normally another large red element within a photo such as this would distract from the subject, however the red within the flower is much more vibrant; so the berries actually compliment and help move my eyes around the composition.

[IzzieK]

Beautiful shot and nice composition but the wires at the side distracts a bit...+1 to Geoff's comment and also of John above...the berries does not distracts me much as it is part of the composition to show the now, before and after...