Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Tucson, AZ: Tohono Chul: Cactus Shadow Study




Mexican Fence cactus, Tohono Chul Botanical Gardens, Tucson, Arizona. April 2019.



Easter afternoon was the first visit to Tohono Chul Botanical Gardens for both me and a new Tucson friend, "Stu."


Mexican Fence cactus, Tohono Chul Botanical Gardens, Tucson, Arizona. April 2019.



Stu, a professional photographer, brought one of his cameras, as did I.

Mexican Fence cactus, Tohono Chul Botanical Gardens, Tucson, Arizona. April 2019.



By the time we arrived at the corral surrounded by Mexican Fence cactus, my camera eye felt weary.  But then Stu took a close-up of red fingertip buds that popped from one of the tall, slender cacti, and it was a wow! The textured red buds, and the sharp shadows they cast against that green, lush flesh of the cactus, ooh, I had to have them for my very own.

Mexican Fence cactus, Tohono Chul Botanical Gardens, Tucson, Arizona. April 2019.


I took several.


Mexican Fence cactus, Tohono Chul Botanical Gardens, Tucson, Arizona. April 2019.


I was a bit besotted. 


Mexican Fence cactus, Tohono Chul Botanical Gardens, Tucson, Arizona. April 2019.


The sun was wicked bright on the cactus corral and I asked Stu about how he dealt with that because the common wisdom, of course, is that this kind of light doesn't make for good photos. Or better said: This kind of light makes it more difficult to get good photos.

Stu said a past photography instructor told her students: "Don't be a slave to light. Control it.


Mexican Fence cactus, Tohono Chul Botanical Gardens, Tucson, Arizona. April 2019.

A samurai photographer. I liked it.

Mexican Fence cactus, Tohono Chul Botanical Gardens, Tucson, Arizona. April 2019.


Related posts: 

Tohono Chul: Steel Beats



A slide show below of Tohono Chul photos:

Tohono Chul Botanical Gardens




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