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« on: June 08, 2021, 06:03:03 pm »

I found this on a mountain bike ride over the weekend and took a quick snap in noon-time light while I was there. I see a lot of this type of cactus around but never anywhere near this big (like a beach ball). This is also at about 8000' so it seemed like something special. I returned last night after dinner in the truck with a bigger camera and tripod to see what I could get.
Nice evening until the mosquitoes showed up uninvited.

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Re: Claret Cup
« Reply #1 on: June 08, 2021, 06:58:44 pm »

That's a nice clump of claret cup cactus, Matt!

The pix really puts it in context, giving a sense of place, rather than simply a pix of a color cactus.
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Re: Claret Cup
« Reply #2 on: June 08, 2021, 07:12:44 pm »

That's a nice clump of claret cup cactus, Matt!

The pix really puts it in context, giving a sense of place, rather than simply a pix of a color cactus.
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Re: Claret Cup
« Reply #3 on: June 09, 2021, 12:56:05 am »

That's a nice clump of claret cup cactus, Matt!

The pix really puts it in context, giving a sense of place, rather than simply a pix of a color cactus.

Thanks! I like images with context more often than not. It can bring a deeper meaning to what might otherwise be purely eye candy.
Speaking of which, that's the foothills and West Elk Mountains in the distance there.
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Re: Claret Cup
« Reply #4 on: June 09, 2021, 01:11:00 am »

Very nice image.  The cactus is so well represented in the image that I would say that you have captured a wonderful portrait of that cactus.

Thanks for sharing it with us.
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Re: Claret Cup
« Reply #5 on: June 09, 2021, 09:47:38 am »

Finally we know where the Covid-19 originated!
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Re: Claret Cup
« Reply #6 on: June 09, 2021, 11:27:04 am »

Finally we know where the Covid-19 originated!

Right? I guess if we had tried to call it the Gunnison Flu we wouldn't be so overrun with new people here lately. Hmmm...
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Re: Claret Cup
« Reply #7 on: June 14, 2021, 06:27:19 am »

Very nice shot, like a portrait of Nature.

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Re: Claret Cup
« Reply #8 on: June 14, 2021, 09:39:27 am »

Those reds are out of this world!
Bravo…
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Re: Claret Cup
« Reply #9 on: June 14, 2021, 02:05:36 pm »

Very nice shot, like a portrait of Nature.

Those reds are out of this world!
Bravo…

Thank you both! After the HDR process I had to desaturate the red channel a little to make it look believable.
The intense red is what made me see it in the first place, so it really is very intense naturally.
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