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Brian Collins is my incredibly gifted nephews. Among his other achievements is photography. My brother, David Crook, took Brian to Desert Botanical Garden recently. Just see what he came up with: a Malachite butterfly (I am so envious) and a cactus blossom. Each first photo is Brian’s, and I did a little redigitizing in the second in each group. Brian Collins rocks.
How thrilling to be able to photograph blossoms in my own yard and neighborhood. One of my huge prickly pear cactuses has some stunning yellow blossoms, and my neighbors’ red hibiscus is in full and radiant bloom. Couldn’t resist.
I recently took this photo of a Julia butterfly on a daffodil at Desert Botanical Garden, and the Arizona Republic published it today in the Arizona Scenic section. However, it didn’t seem to display as well as I would have liked. Perhaps too much of the background wasn’t focused, but then that’s the way it’s supposed to be. At any rate, I played around with the photo to see if I could give it a bit more definition. First: the original.
And the touched up photo is here:
What do you think?
One of the many things I like about the Arizona Republic is that is asks its readers to participate. I’m part of a group that responds to some of its surveys. And I submit photos, along with many other photographers. Yesterday morning, the Republic published a photo I took Tuesday. Here it is: a beaver tail prickly pear blossom from one of my own cactuses:
