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morning mountain vista

tripledigitken - 1-19-2012 at 11:10 AM

Taken just north of Catavina. Cirios are all bearded right now. The foreground and middleground were all in shade with the mountains to the east all in sun.










[Edited on 1-19-2012 by tripledigitken]

Barry A. - 1-19-2012 at 11:44 AM

Wow, outstanding, Ken. So green, too!!!! Amazing. Great shot.

Barry

Bajamatic - 1-19-2012 at 12:18 PM

great shot

David K - 1-19-2012 at 12:19 PM

Love Boojums!:bounce:

24baja - 1-19-2012 at 12:25 PM

Beautiful Ken, Thanks for posting. Boojums are one of my favorites!

bacquito - 1-19-2012 at 12:31 PM

Great colors.

goldhuntress - 1-19-2012 at 02:34 PM

Beautiful! So green! I love this time of year in the desert.

Skipjack Joe - 1-19-2012 at 03:32 PM

This one's gold Ken. Maybe some crop work (less sky and wider format) but I really like this one. Colors are vibrant without going over the top.

DianaT - 1-19-2012 at 04:27 PM

Nice one Ken----a very pretty vista.

Natalie Ann - 1-19-2012 at 05:52 PM

What a beautiful scene, Ken. Makes me hungry for Baja in spring!

nena

tripledigitken - 1-19-2012 at 07:43 PM

Thanks all.

Ken

BajaBlanca - 1-19-2012 at 07:47 PM

really nice shot !

Osprey - 1-20-2012 at 06:44 AM

Ken, I replaced your bananas shot on my desktop with this great shot! I see agave, not boogums.

I can't travel the Baja like I used to and you and others bring the best of it right to my house now. Can't beat that -- thanks again.

Ken Bondy - 1-20-2012 at 07:00 AM

Beautiful photo Ken, wonderful rich colors.

tripledigitken - 1-20-2012 at 10:13 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Osprey
Ken, I replaced your bananas shot on my desktop with this great shot! I see agave, not boogums.

I can't travel the Baja like I used to and you and others bring the best of it right to my house now. Can't beat that -- thanks again.


Osprey,

Thanks for giving the shot fridge time.

We saw a lot of blooming agaves this trip. I didn't capture them in this shot though. The "bearded" stalks in the photo, 4 clustered to the right extending above the mountains in the distance are young Cireos/Boojums. The thinner stalks are agaves.

The landscape in Valle de Cireos (between El Rosario and Catavina) was especially green this trip and will probably yield a colorful springtime.

Take care.

Ken