The lone Cactuseses

Stormchase · Mar 4, 2020

I haven't posted here in a while but have been lurking here and there. I figured I would toss up a recent shot I was happy with. Went out to a place and got eaten by mosquitoes so I went to plan B. Of coarse I wouldnt post here without typing CC welcome haha.

EOSR0615-Edit by Stormchase73, on Flickr

Jeff G · Mar 4, 2020

Nice, really love that sky!

Jeff15 · Mar 5, 2020

Good shot.......

PJM · Mar 5, 2020

I like this a lot.

Warhorse · Mar 5, 2020

Beautiful, I like everything about this, color, composition, editing, well executed!

Stormchase · Mar 5, 2020

Thanks, yeah I was planning the whole sky to light up orange and red since the conditions were about perfect but it didnt happen. I was just as happy with the color here.

edsland · Mar 5, 2020

Awesome sky, really nice

Soocom1 · Mar 5, 2020

Nicely done.

tirediron · Mar 5, 2020

Initially I wanted the cactus to moved away from the centre, but the way it fits with the bright patch in the sky is too good miss. Great image; well done!

NancyMoranG · Mar 5, 2020

Wow, that's great!
Did you somehow illuminate the small cactus in front?

RVT1K · Mar 5, 2020

That makes me miss my old home.
Do you get up to Bartlett Lake much? Me and my RC51 (and my anti-social buddies) would absolutely terrorize those roads.

Stormchase · Mar 6, 2020

NancyMoranG said:
Wow, that's great!
Did you somehow illuminate the small cactus in front?

Yes it used a radial filter over the small one. I lightened it a little but forget the exact setting. Most of the time I bump the whites. I wanted it to grab attention to attempt to start the leading eye.

RVT1K said:
That makes me miss my old home.
Do you get up to Bartlett Lake much? Me and my RC51 (and my anti-social buddies) would absolutely terrorize those roads.

The flowers are starting to bloom up there right now. I was thinking about going today actually. YES aha, I have many crazy stories on those roads from my youth days. Good times. Good times.

Stormchase · Mar 6, 2020

tirediron said:
Initially I wanted the cactus to moved away from the centre, but the way it fits with the bright patch in the sky is too good miss. Great image; well done!

Thank you. I didnt notice the symmetry as much until I got it home.

K9Kirk · Mar 6, 2020

Beautiful shot, maybe more beautiful than what you'd hoped for.

Nice when that happens.

RVT1K · Mar 6, 2020

RVT1K said:
That makes me miss my old home.
Do you get up to Bartlett Lake much? Me and my RC51 (and my anti-social buddies) would absolutely terrorize those roads.

The flowers are starting to bloom up there right now. I was thinking about going today actually. YES aha, I have many crazy stories on those roads from my youth days. Good times. Good times.[/QUOTE]

One day I'm going to sit down and write "The Saga of the Bartlett Lake 3" a tale of motorcycles, ludicrous speed, and a brief visit to the pokey...