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Cholla Cactus- 2 ways

 
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Mar 12, 2012 18:03 |  #1

I shot this back in January and have been playing around with it trying to get something of value, other than just a record of a Cholla Cactus. So, I cropped heavily into the shot, turned it into b & w, and here is what happened. Comments always encouraged and respected.


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Mar 12, 2012 19:32 |  #2

Like the 2nd one




  
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Mar 12, 2012 19:41 |  #3

Agreed #2 is beautiful.


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Mar 12, 2012 23:36 |  #4

That second one is awesome, Al!


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Mar 13, 2012 01:12 |  #5

Thanks, Rick, Trevor and Irish for the positive comments . I really appreciate them. Al


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Mar 13, 2012 07:49 |  #6

I love Cholla and that second one is as good a picture as I've seen. There are quite few variety of Cholla, some more photogenic than others.




  
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Mar 13, 2012 09:21 as a reply to  @ Win's post |  #7

Nice conversion Al, I like the black and white version.


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Mar 13, 2012 11:13 |  #8

Me too!


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Mar 14, 2012 06:32 |  #9

Like the 2nd one too.


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Mar 14, 2012 17:04 |  #10

I prefer the b/w




  
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Mar 15, 2012 08:47 |  #11

Nice save, Al! This subject also lends itself nicely to B&W.


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