BajaNomad - Too close for comfort

Too close for comfort

bajajudy - 2-22-2007 at 03:44 PM

This is a series of closeups I did. Hope you enjoy them. They dont need explanation.

[Edited on 2-22-2007 by bajajudy]

closemoss.jpg - 47kB

mas

bajajudy - 2-22-2007 at 03:46 PM

closetop2.jpg - 49kB

y mas

bajajudy - 2-22-2007 at 03:47 PM

closetop3.jpg - 41kB

brown

bajajudy - 2-22-2007 at 03:49 PM

closeup.jpg - 45kB

green

bajajudy - 2-22-2007 at 03:50 PM

closeup2.jpg - 49kB

smooth

bajajudy - 2-22-2007 at 03:52 PM

closeup3.jpg - 21kB

ouch

bajajudy - 2-22-2007 at 03:53 PM

[Edited on 2-22-2007 by bajajudy]

closeup4.jpg - 48kB

Cypress - 2-22-2007 at 03:56 PM

ouch

Thanks

sideways ouch

bajajudy - 2-22-2007 at 03:57 PM

[Edited on 2-22-2007 by bajajudy]

closeup7.jpg - 50kB

The End

bajajudy - 2-22-2007 at 04:00 PM

newgrow.jpg - 49kB

Can I play too?

Taco de Baja - 2-22-2007 at 04:17 PM

BajaMitch - 2-22-2007 at 06:05 PM

BajaJudy, great stuff...

Bajagypsy - 2-22-2007 at 06:31 PM

Wonderful pictures, they leave me speachless

Bajalover - 2-22-2007 at 08:16 PM

Great close ups. Nice!

not a close-up but prickle nonetheless

bajapablo - 2-22-2007 at 08:51 PM

prickly (Custom).JPG - 43kB

Skipjack Joe - 2-22-2007 at 09:27 PM

Wonderful pictures, Judy, and a great idea to shoot those cactuses up close.

My favorite, though, is titled "The End". That one really grows on you. I can look at that one forever. From the organ pipe to the rock details to the licen to those teensy branches. Interesting to me because I would pass up that shot without thinking twice. Good seeing, Judy. A very restful image, ... and yet fascinating.

Eye pleaser teasers

Sharksbaja - 2-22-2007 at 11:34 PM

Thanks once again Judy. Nice.

here's one:

cardon.jpg - 38kB

longlegsinlapaz - 2-23-2007 at 07:22 AM

Judy, GREAT pics.....they speak to me!

burro bob - 2-23-2007 at 11:01 AM

Judy
You got to get closer. Lencho has the right idea.
This is one of the first pictures I took here in Baja about 10 years ago.

[Edited on 2-23-2007 by burro bob]

cardon blossom.jpg - 49kB

burro bob - 2-23-2007 at 11:04 AM

Actually I was trying to post this one.

cardon needles.jpg - 48kB

bajajudy - 2-23-2007 at 12:11 PM

BB
Those are beautiful!
Thanks for joining in, everyone.
Anyone else like to join in?
Cause anyone can play :!:

I want to play 2

BAJACAT - 2-23-2007 at 03:37 PM

Here is a few

Irazu.JPG - 48kB

# 2

BAJACAT - 2-23-2007 at 03:38 PM

bajacactus.JPG - 48kB

tripledigitken - 2-23-2007 at 03:46 PM

Cardon

cardon.jpg - 31kB

tripledigitken - 2-23-2007 at 04:02 PM

Here's another...

highlighted.jpg - 42kB

Taco de Baja - 2-23-2007 at 06:03 PM

Fuzzy spines.

Bob H - 2-23-2007 at 06:42 PM

Judy, great idea. Great Thread! Outstanding photography. Ain't nature wonderful?
Bob H

Bob H - 2-23-2007 at 06:54 PM

Night-time shot... shows black backdrop.

Bob H - 2-23-2007 at 06:56 PM

Red

Bob H - 2-23-2007 at 06:57 PM

More green!

Paula - 2-23-2007 at 08:07 PM

A little lotion for all the cactus scratches :biggrin:

Bajalero - 2-23-2007 at 08:12 PM

Good thread Judy-- and of course all others who contributed.

Are those lichens on the cactus in your first shot ?

Really like Bob H s' "more green!"

Those of you that certainly have a particular knack for composition should start cataloging this stuff-- ie . "spines"

Love looking at the fine details in life

Bajalero - 2-23-2007 at 08:21 PM

BAJACAT

if you don't mind me asking , why were you walking backwards through the desert? :biggrin:

Neal Johns - 2-24-2007 at 08:16 AM

Bajalero, to see where she had been, dummy! :biggrin:

BAJACAT - 2-24-2007 at 08:35 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Bajalero
BAJACAT

if you don't mind me asking , why were you walking backwards through the desert? :biggrin:

Thats not me Bajalero thats a friend, that went with us on our Palomar canyon trip.I was the lucky one that got to take off those nasty spikes,with a :mad:

wife looking at me. you see she didn't like that I voluntiare my self :coolup:

to help this lady :dudette:

in distress :saint:

To people that doesn't know me my user name comes from BAJA the place I love and CAT short for caterpillar, the machine(Im a heavy equipment operator for 10 years) that pays for all the trips to Baja there for Im BAJACAT a guy and I don't walk backwards :lol:

I walk sideways :lol:

and Neal is right she was triying to see where she was thats why she was backtracking :lol:

[Edited on 2-24-2007 by BAJACAT]

Cypress - 2-24-2007 at 09:12 AM

Jeez, this forum is loaded with gifted photographers. :bounce:

The subject matter has a lot to do with it. Enjoy 'em all!!! :bounce:

burro bob - 2-24-2007 at 10:47 AM

lencho
The small hairy spines are called glochids. Worse than the big needles. Many cactus have them.
That particular Cardon was very young, about 4 feet tall and growing quickly. That is why they were so visible. As the cactus gets older they are shed when the cactus gets too dry or blown off by the wind.
burro bob

BajaSedoso - 2-24-2007 at 09:57 PM

This one was taken just seconds after one of my friends contemplated what it would be like to climb up a cardone and almost put her and right on the spines. :lol:

agave

Skipjack Joe - 2-25-2007 at 11:56 PM

Agave?

Skipjack Joe - 2-26-2007 at 04:00 PM

Took this shot on a rainy day in February in the arroyo just south of El Rosario. I'm not sure what it is. Light was overcast.