Prickly Pear flower

gslaten · Post by **gslaten** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 5:18 pm

The cactus in Tucson are coming into bloom in a hurry. This is a common prickly pear.

Full frame, as exposed

1/800 sec @ f16
ISO 1600
Canon 5D/EF 100mm f2.8 Macro USM

Thanks for looking.

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 7:41 pm

A very beautiful Picture and flower. The things under the flowers, are they the fruit? I love prickly pear fruits

gslaten · Post by **gslaten** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 10:34 pm

Thanks Doug,

No, they are unopened flowers. The fruit will set a bit later. We have literally hundreds of prickly pear plants, so we always have plenty of fruit. We had a lot of rain during the late summer and fall, so we will have a bumper crop this year. My wife and granddaughters usually pick a bunch and make jelly. Delicious.

Here is a close crop of the flower. I really like the texture of the petals.

MacroLuv · Post by **MacroLuv** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 1:08 am

Very nice flower and color contrast.

Surprisingly decent appearing for ISO 1600!