The cactus garden in Balboa Park at dawn on Sunday. I had about 10 minutes of really pretty light.
Post challenge...this did much better than I expected. I submitted it because I liked the backlighting and the dawn feel of the thing, but I agree with the commenters that thought the composition was too busy. Since someone asked about proportion, the agave in the background is about 6 feet tall, and the cactus in the front is 2-3 feet. The cactus garden in Balboa Park is on the rim of a canyon, and the background is the other side of the canyon. I'm shooting slightly down into the canyon here.
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Though the composition leaves me wanting, the display of backlighting is quite nice. It is a neat effect, but the image comes off a little busy with all the cacti in there. Moving in closer or simplifying the composition by framing a singular cactus with a simpler backdrop would have been more appealing to me. << 6 >>
Nice combination of shapes and textures. I have no idea what the scale of this is; the big leaves in the back look like aloe which would mean this was a small desert-type garden, but the lighting and perspective make it look like these plants are huge. That rather sparks my imagination :-)
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