Today’s picture was taken last week at the Cave Creek Regional Park. I wouldn’t normally take a picture of the sun with it this high in the sky. In this case, for a brief time, it was behind a cloud that blocked direct light reaching the lens. Although the reflected light is quite bright, I was able…
Something Novel
Every now and then I get the urge to try something new. Usually it’s something abstract, a little out of the ordinary. I’m learning about multiple exposures, something that was fairly simple to do with film but has taken sometime to emerge in digital cameras. With film, you could get a multiple exposure by simply…
Scenes from Cave Creek Regional Park
This park, located about 8 miles (12.5 km) from home is a great place to experience the Sonoran Desert. Today, I went for a short walk along the Slate Trail, pausing to take a few photographs along the way. There was one thing I wanted to see, the Michelin Man Saguaro cactus. One needs only to look…
The Flowering Hedgehog
Hedgehog is the a name of a family of cacti. We have a few on our property and much to our surprise, one of them flowered today. That’s the first time we’ve seen it flower in the three years we’ve been here. And, it’s autumn. The cacti usually flower in springtime. This species is known as Echinocereus, a…
“A Good Walk Spoiled”
The title for today’s post is a quote attributed to Mark Twain. It refers to golf and on some days I heartily concur. I played yesterday and although my play was “so-so”, it was anything but a walk spoiled. I chose to bring along a camera, intending to capture the beautiful colour of the purple…