Flower Photo Competition 2 2014 : Entry Number 341

Judges Comment

This is a nice way, how to present a cactus! Not much longer to go, before little blossoms will open up and then, this will become a very colourful image!

Photographers Comment

Thank you. This Prickly Pear Cactus was captured in Bloomington, Indiana with a Sony RX10; processed on an IPad with vary little manipulation of the original Jpeg file. I have been observing it on my morning walk for a couple of years; fascinated by how these sentinel like structures offer up such delicate yet guarded beauty in the form of yellow flowers each season.