On my recent business trip to Los Angeles, I was able to get out to the desert for a day over the weekend. The ocotillo cactus were blooming and showing their bright red tips. Native to our Southwestern deserts, ocotillo can bloom during spring, summer and sometimes fall, usually after a good rainfall. The flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds and carpenter bees. Nikon D810 with Sigma 15mm fisheye lens, ISO 400, f/22 at 1/160th of a second
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On my recent business trip to Los Angeles, I was able to get out to the desert for a day over the weekend. The ocotillo cactus were blooming and showing their bright red tips. Native to our Southwestern deserts, ocotillo can bloom during spring, summer and sometimes fall, usually after a good rainfall. The flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds and carpenter bees.
Beautiful image, Sean! That Sigma fisheye lens makes an amazing starburst of the sun on the horizon.
Hi Sue, yes, fisheye lenses in general produce quite a nice starburst and can be more forgiving when the sun is higher in the sky.
—– Darting solar shafts
—– Shadows race to hassock stop
—– Carmine rejoices.
Beautiful! I wish I’d gotten out to the desert more often when I lived in LA.
I like the sun rays in background.
So nice to have the landscape incorporated with the blossoms.
Gorgeous!