These cacti caught my eye because of the spines, with ridges that reminded me of the threads on a screw. The ferocactus is known by a few different names (aside from the scientific nomenclature), including Barrel Cactus and Traveler’s Friend
The theme of Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is Dark and Light: You can have light and dark in the same photo. Or you can have at least one very light and bright photo and at least one darker toned photo. What I am looking for is great contrast. Use your imagination if you want for this theme. The […]
First of all, I’d like to wish all my readers a very happy winter holiday season, whether it be Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Mawlid, or Christmas! In this holiday special, Huell celebrates the holidays with the descendants of the original Cornish Carol Choir of Grass Valley. Join them as they reenact their 1940 concert of traditional Cornish Christmas Carols, which took place 2,000 […]
I must admit, I had been mildly worried that Arashiyama would be one of those places that looks absolutely spectacular in pictures only to be a letdown when seen in real life, but that was definitely not the case. It was every bit as beautiful as I had imagined it to be, possibly even more so. Source: The Stuff of Bucket […]
From the flower archives:
I started out the other morning thinking it would be fun to shoot some mushrooms at ground level, using my mini tripod. Even with the tripod, all the crouching and bending down to ensure a decent focus wasn’t exactly a delight, but I was mostly happy with my results. (Click to enlarge.) But once I got home and had a […]