Jumping Cactus

There is an accessory for tripods know and a ‘sidearm’. It’s designed to allow a photographer to shoot ‘straight down’. I was using ‘my arms’ to replicate a sidearm because there was not way I was getting too close to this prickly character. The proper name of this strain of Cacti is ‘Cholla’, but those of us who frequent desert habitats on foot or by motorcycle refer to it as ‘Jumping Cactus’. I that an u usual quality of transferring very small pieces of itself to clothing, shoes, even tires. Using my phone, I could not see what I was getting until after I had stepped back a safe distance to review the file(s). I confess to warming the color a bit because I was enamored with the tonality that was ‘almost’ sunset/sunrise like. No ‘chollas’ were harmed in this adventure.