Sunday, June 24, 2012

Sunday Photo - Cactus Flowers

I took these pictures a couple of weeks ago. All the flowers are gone from the cactus now and the fruit are starting to ripen. If I have the time, and the javelina don't get them all, I will make some prickly pear jam this year from the prickly pear fruit. :)

Cholla

Prickly Pear

Cholla

I had a little fun editing this next one. I have been practicing the spot color technique in Pixlr. I lightened the desaturate overlay to 75%.


Linking up with Madge for Weekly Top Shot Jan for Straight Out Of the Camera Sunday and Nancy for Your Sunday Best.
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14 comments:

  1. TexWisGirlJune 24, 2012 at 1:58 PM

    they're gorgeous! and i very much like your treatment on the last shot.

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  2. NancyJune 24, 2012 at 2:46 PM

    How beautiful they were -- so glad you took some photos before they disappeared. :)

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  3. Kathy Felsted UsherJune 24, 2012 at 2:52 PM

    Isn't it amazing that plants covered with thorns have such beautiful flowers!

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  4. MarigoldJune 24, 2012 at 3:06 PM

    There is just no bloom as beautiful as a cactus bloom. Such a strange thing to have such beauty come from such a rather homely plant. Hmmm...a lesson to be learned there, me thinks! :O

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  5. UnknownJune 24, 2012 at 3:20 PM

    I've hard prickly pear is pretty good? Hey, come over to my site and enter my 1 year blogversary giveaway! :)

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  6. MichaeleJune 24, 2012 at 7:15 PM

    How pretty! I have had prickly pear jam before : ) The last shot is cool.

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  7. Evelyn S.June 24, 2012 at 7:46 PM

    Oh...these are beautiful photos! I can see the similarity between these flowers and the zygo flowers on my two plants. I've done selective coloring in Elements, but I need to check out Pixlr! (Do the javelinas cause any problems for you?)

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  8. Nancy @ Ordinary Miracles & The Crazy 10June 25, 2012 at 12:25 AM

    Just stumbled on your blog from Your Sunday Best and had to say hello from a fellow Arizonan! LOVE LOVE the image of your cacti! But so glad to be up in the White Mountains for now.
    Keep cool,
    nancy-of the crazy 9

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  9. Pioneer Woman at HeartJune 25, 2012 at 5:02 AM

    Those are pretty Candy.

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  10. Tanya BreeseJune 25, 2012 at 6:02 AM

    beautiful colors and i really like your edit on that last one! cool!

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  11. LindaGJune 25, 2012 at 10:43 AM

    Lovely pictures all. Thanks for sharing!

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  12. AnonymousJune 27, 2012 at 5:46 PM

    SO gorgeous! Thank you for sharing on Weekly Top Shot #36!

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  13. A Colorful WorldJune 28, 2012 at 11:49 AM

    I want to make some prickly pear jam too this year...in fact, I made a prickly pear chutney when we lived here before that was wonderful! Would you like the recipe?

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  14. KateriJune 28, 2012 at 1:27 PM

    So pretty! I do love what you did to the last photo.

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