Nightlights


Posted by Len Romanick on Sun Mar 15, 2015 12:38 am

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The mature flower buds of the prickly pear cactus generally open around dawn and remain open until they are in shadow or darkness. They bloom for a single day and then wither away. I imagined them collecting sunlight during the day and then casting a glow of that stored light, illuminating buds that have yet to have their day in the sun. 

This shot was taken one late morning in late June in full sun. Extensive post-processing was necessary to achieve this effect.
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by Gary Briney on Sun Mar 15, 2015 5:33 am
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Great idea well executed -- I love the glowing yellow!
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by Cynthia Crawford on Sun Mar 15, 2015 5:46 am
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What a lovely idea with beautiful results. Just enough glow to the buds to make it magical, and the flowers glow like candlelight.
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by jerryb on Sun Mar 15, 2015 7:47 am
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The darker BG sets of the flowers well. The buds look very nice too.
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by swanuck on Thu Mar 19, 2015 1:15 pm
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Nice we'll done knteresting
 

by Jackie Schuknecht on Sat Mar 28, 2015 11:32 am
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Beautiful image!
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