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Cactus Garden, Huntington Gardens, San Marino, California. Processed with Lightroom, Photoshop, and Topaz filters.

at Isla Incahuasi

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Simply had to photograph this beautiful Cacti as l walked past a flower stall in Hull City Centre,

Kreative People group "Treat This " challenge #254

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'Green World 5' is a macro photo of a succulent plant. it is a part of the 'Green World series.

Kingman, Arizona

Isla del Pescado, Bolívia

Closer - life indoors!

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Nikon 7100 f/7.1 1/500 iso 400

Wide-open, indoors, light from the window. As close as I can go with this lens.

My first 2020 version of a Cactus Wren, in a quiet moment. It had been just tweeting its brains out. Check it LARGE - it's pretty sharp 😉😉

My cactus plant of many years had not previously flowered before this summer. The flower was rather spectacular at approximately 13 cm (5 inches) in diameter

Los Angeles, California

Beavertail cactus

Cactus

Kew Gardens, London

Cactus Garden

Ganna Walska Lotusland

Montecito, California

Normally the cacti at Lotusland bloom in wintertime, but they were spectacular in early May this year. No one seems to knows why.

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Este es uno de mis cactus

esta cuajado de hijitos y

ya no caben más en la

maceta, que se ha quedado

pequeña.

Cuando pase el verano

tendremos que pasarla

a otra mayor.

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Flowering cactus (Mammillopsis senilis) at the Tucson Botanical Gardens in Tucson, Arizona.

Spotted these rascals on a hiking trip to Joshua Tree National Park in Southern California. We were hiking the hidden meadows trail on the West side of the park. It was mid-day but I was still able to pull out some nice colors in the needles of these cactus.

Mike D.

Focus stacked in Photoshop.

Tucson Mountain Park, Pima County, Arizona

I was photographing these teddy bear cholla on the west side of Tucson Mountain in the morning shade, just below Gates Pass, when I was suprised by the rising sun popping over the ridge. I quickly reframed for a starburst and the glow of the sun on the cactus needles.

Cleistocactus stravisii

Slender, columnar clustering cactus with dense silvery downcast spines and reddish cylindrical flowers which emerge from the sides of the plant.

I am always amazed at the beautiful blooms that spring from such a menacing plant. I suppose it's nature's way of balancing.

from sureshjose photography

Rubber stamp for the pot, 0.05 uni pin fine liner for the ink.

"Le théâtre de l'intime", un des tableaux de l'œuvre OÙ BOIVENT LES LOUPS de Stephen Schofield.

Quartier des spectacles, rue Jeanne-Mance