Saturday, May 12, 2007

That’s Why Perhaps They All Wear Chaps…

Prickly Pear Flower

Photo Information

Taken: 12 May 2007 17:12 at Inks Lake State Park
Camera: FinePix V10
Exposure: ISO 64
6.3mm, 0 EV
f2.8
1/450

Backstory

While I’m not a big fan of the prickly pear cactus—I much prefer the ones I call “prickless pears” because of their lack of thorns—I do admire its lush flowers. They are large, abundant, and bright yellow. They are also a micro-ecosystem, full of various life forms. You can see a larger bug of some kind in the topmost flower of this bouquet. Smaller bugs adorn some of the other blooms.

–25 April 2012

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