West side Albuquerque, N.M.
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Such A Sight by onyxone1
Posted: February 10, 2015 in landscapesTags: 500px, albuquerque, cactus, clouds, IFTTT, jose r. sandoval photography, landscapes, n.m., nature, New Mexico, onyxone, sunset
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Sleeping Teddies by Pcoskun
Posted: February 3, 2015 in landscapesTags: 500px, arizona, cactus, Cholla, desert, IFTTT, Kofa Mountains, mountains, night, Peter Coskun, Peter James Nature Photography, sky, southwest, stars, venus
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This composition may look familiar, I recently posted a sunset shot from this vantage. I decided to go back out after the stars emerged to shoot the very same scene. Wandering through cholla filled landscapes in the dark is not an easy task, even with a headlamp. Often times, the light shining on them will make them appear as stones in the distance. Lucky me however, I can manage my way around some dense cholla cacti in daylight and in the dark. I found my composition, and kept firing off some frames. Venus began rising behind the peaks and gave off some light of it’s own during the long exposures. The desert at night is such a surreal place. The howl of coyotes off in the distance made it even more so. This was a blend of multiple exposures to keep detail throughout the frame.
Pierced by Pcoskun
Posted: January 30, 2015 in landscapesTags: 500px, arizona, cactus, desert, IFTTT, Kofa Mountains, Peter Coskun, southwest, sunset
Nothing really extravagant here, sharp teddy bear cholla, some peaks off to the distance and some nice sunset light. Hoping to get into some newer locations soon.
Servants to the Crimson Spires by Pcoskun
Posted: January 29, 2015 in landscapesTags: 500px, arizona, cactus, Cholla, desert, IFTTT, Kofa Mountains, mountains, Peter Coskun, pink, red, sky, southwest, sunset
Please view on black!
After catching the wonderful light bathing the cholla cacti in wonderful golden hues, I cautiously hurried back to a composition I had picked out if the colors in the sky began to turn. The cliffs started to turn crimson red and the clouds above caught some of that beautiful warm pink light. This is such a beautiful area, but one must be cautious walking around here when the light begins to fade…
Sonoran Burn by Pcoskun
Posted: January 27, 2015 in landscapesTags: 500px, arizona, backlight, cactus, Cholla, desert, IFTTT, Kofa Mountains, Peter Coskun, sonoran desert, Southern Arizona, southwest, sunset
Please Please view on black.
I spent the weekend wandering through one of my favorite desert locales looking for compositions for future trips. As luck would have it (sorta), the clouds rolled in through the day and offered a pretty nice sunset that lit up the desert surrounding me. The light changed pretty quickly and I ran cautiously between the mine field of cholla cactus that dot the landscape to capture the peaks behind me glowing crimson red. It’s scenes like these though, that make me love the desert more and more every day.
Good Morning Cholla Cactus! by NhtPhm
Posted: January 26, 2015 in landscapesTags: 500px, beauty, bright, cactus, Cholla, cholla cactus, Cholla Cactus Garden, clouds, color, Dangerous, desert, glow, golden, IFTTT, joshua, Joshua tree national park, light, morning, morning light, national, nature, Nhut, Nhut pham, park, shine, Sun Burst, sun-rays, sunlight, sunrise, sunshine, Teddy Bear, tree
On Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday, we checked the weather and decided to go here to take photo of Cholla Cactus Garden in Joshua Tree National Park again. It’s about 2 and 1/2 years ago when I was here with my first dslr. I didn’t get a good sunrise at that time as it was not matter cause I was beginner. And this time, I got what I wanted and I really happy about this shot! We camped in the park at night to capture some star trail and milky way photos, but we weren’t in luck cause the sky was so cloudy at night. But gladly we got 1 good sunrise and sunset. After all, it’s not a bad short photo trip. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day/night everyone! 🙂
Photographed by: Nhut Pham
Location: Joshua Tree National Park, CA
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Good Morning Cholla Cactus! by NhtPhm
Posted: January 26, 2015 in landscapesTags: 500px, beauty, bright, cactus, Cholla, cholla cactus, Cholla Cactus Garden, clouds, color, Dangerous, desert, glow, golden, IFTTT, joshua, Joshua tree national park, light, morning, morning light, national, nature, Nhut, Nhut pham, park, shine, Sun Burst, sun-rays, sunlight, sunrise, sunshine, Teddy Bear, tree
On Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday, we checked the weather and decided to go here to take photo of Cholla Cactus Garden in Joshua Tree National Park again. It’s about 2 and 1/2 years ago when I was here with my first dslr. I didn’t get a good sunrise at that time as it was not matter cause I was beginner. And this time, I got what I wanted and I really happy about this shot! We camped in the park at night to capture some star trail and milky way photos, but we weren’t in luck cause the sky was so cloudy at night. But gladly we got 1 good sunrise and sunset. After all, it’s not a bad short photo trip. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day/night everyone! 🙂
Photographed by: Nhut Pham
Location: Joshua Tree National Park, CA
Social Network:
Nhut Pham Fine Art American | 500PX | Website | Flickr | Facebook Page
Island of Light by StefanHefele
Posted: January 21, 2015 in landscapesTags: 500px, cactus, clouds, coast, d800, hefele, IFTTT, island, la gomera, landscapes, lights, ocean, photography, Rugged, spain, stefan, warm, water
“Island of Light” – La Gomera
It´s not only the shape of a landscape that makes it typical. Other sensual properties, such as smell and perception of light make a striking landscape. With a little dense in the air and warm sunlight just before sunset I would describe coastal-light. The small and rugged island of La Gomera pictures a very fine example.
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Beauty Among the Thorns by LucindaWalter
Posted: April 16, 2014 in macroTags: 500px, bloom, cacti, cactus, desert, Desert Southwest, flower, IFTTT, Lucinda Walter, macro, nature, plant, spikes, thorns
Bud on a Prickly Pear Cactus. All images are copyright © Lucinda Walter. The materials contained may not be reproduced, copied, edited, published, transmitted or downloaded in any way, shape or form. All rights are reserved. Copying, altering, displaying or redistribution of any of these images without written permission from the Artist is strictly prohibited. Prickly Pear Cactus Genus Opuntia Most prickly pear cactus have yellow, red or purple flowers, even among the same species. They vary in height from less than a foot (Plains, Hedgehog, Tuberous) to 6 or 7 feet (Texas, Santa Rita, Pancake). Pads can vary in width, length, shape and color. The Beavertail, Santa Rita and Blind Pear are regarded as spineless, but all have glochids. Prickly pear cactus represent about a dozen species of the Opuntia genus (Family Cactaceae) in the North American deserts. All have flat, fleshy pads that look like large leaves. The pads are actually modified branches or stems that serve several functions — water storage, photosynthesis and flower production. Chollas are also members of the Opuntia genus but have cylindrical, jointed stems rather than flat pads. Like other cactus, most prickly pears and chollas have large spines — actually modified leaves — growing from tubercles — small, wart-like projections — on their stems. But members of the Opuntia genus are unique because of their clusters of fine, tiny, barbed spines called glochids. Found just above the cluster of regular spines, glochids are yellow or red in color and detach easily from the pads. Glochids are often difficult to see and more difficult to remove, once lodged in the skin. http://bit.ly/1ewHcCR
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