Such a great beer, and such a fine way to end a stressful day!
Strobist info: 580 EX II camera left fired at 1/4 power through umbrella. Highlight on the table is the setting sun coming through the window. No post processing, straight off the camera w/ Canon Portrait calibration applied in Lightroom.
I spent the afternoon with 2 crested saguaros, hundreds of blooming saguaros, 2 chuckwallas, a road runner, some coors light and millions of biting black flies. It was awesome.
Here are a couple of many shots from the day. I have a super cool big tripod and to get this shot I extended it fully and collapsed the legs — that makes it about 7 feet tall. I am 6′ 6″ and when I stood on a steep hill with the tripod held as high as I could over my head, I was able to get some cool closeups of the saguaro blooms.
To get this cool bloom shots, I had to use my photographer ninja skills. Its sorta hard to envision, so I took this self portrait to show how I did it.
I was also lucky to find 2 crested saguaros. Well, one I had already found, but never photographed — but this one was a new find for me.
Here is the other bigger one that I had seen before. You may notice the peeling skin — this area was burned in the 2005 Cave Creek Complex Fire, Arizona’s 2nd largest fire that burned 243,950 (381 square miles). Despite the burns, these cacti are doing well as you will notice they are still blooming!
Early in my trip i was also treated to a pair of Chuckwallas at the base of Black Mountain in Carefree. These are really cool reptiles. They are actually part of the iguana family Iguanidae. I love these critters!
I have a few more shots from my afternoon posted here: http://corneveaux.com/gallery2/v/miscellenea/BloominSaguaros/
I have finally got the new version of my website pretty well worked out. If you’ve been following me for some time, you’ll notice a new look and feel around here. My Blog here is now based on wordpress rather that drupal. I also have setup a very nice print ordering system using zenfolio.
Here is one of my all time favorite photos posted here to display the new look and feel — nice big photos and if you click the image you can see how my new photo gallery and print ordering system works.
