First Cactus Flower of the year

[alfredo]

[Ohiogal]

1. Beautiful

Such a gorgeous creamy yellow color. And well done with the photo!

[alfredo]

4. Thanks. It was overcast, so the flower didn't open all the way

[2naSalit]

2. Lovely!

[alfredo]

3. Thank you.

[sinkingfeeling]

5. Kind of looks like this painting I did when I lived in Tucson.

[MLAA]

7. Beautiful! I live in Tucson

and tried to paint a prickly pear in bloom....didn’t come out very good so switched to painting dogs and cat 🙂

[alfredo]

9. Ha!

[flamin lib]

6. Lookin' good!

Nice use of DOF to drop out the background and isolate the bloom.

[alfredo]

10. Adjusting black balance helps

[MLAA]

8. Gorgeous!

[alfredo]

11. Thanks