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  • August 2022 Sunset Photographs

    August 16, 2022 /

    Hi everyone! Earlier this year, I mentioned that the natural desert I love to take photographs is changing. At the time I wrote that post, I believed the desert would change too much for me to photograph it. A few months later, things have changed, but not enough for me to not photograph the desert. I did need to change my camera angles, but I could still photograph the desert! In August, I went to my favorite photographs spots to take a few photographs of the desert and the summer sunset. On the day I took the photographs, the sunset was not as nice as others I photographed in the…

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  • Florence-Kelvin Highway Photographs- December 2020 Part 5

    June 3, 2021 /

    Hi everyone! This is the last post of the photographs I took during my trip to the Florence-Kelvin Highway in December 2020. In this post, I wanted to share all the photographs I took during the trip but I took before I left the highway and went home. Because of this, there are photographs of a variety of subjects I already posted about such as the crested saguaro, road, and desert with clouds and virga in the background. Also, I took photographs of other cacti near the road.

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  • Florence-Kelvin Highway Photographs- December 2020 Part 4

    May 28, 2021 /

    During my trip to the Florence-Kelvin Highway in December 2020, I made sure to take the opportunity to take plenty of photographs of the cristate, or crested, saguaro. I took so many of them I decided to dedicate this post to them. If you want to know more about the cactus, this article about them on Arizona Highways’ website will help explain what they are. And now here are all the photographs, including close ups, of the crested saguaro cactus…

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  • Florence-Kelvin Highway Photographs- December 2020 Part 3

    May 21, 2021 /

    When I went to the Florence-Kelvin Highway in December 2020, I wanted to focus on taking photographs of one saguaro cactus that can be seen from the road. The cactus is a cristate, or crested, saguaro cactus, which means the cactus has a mutation that makes the crown, or top, of the cactus to create a crested fan formation. You can read more about the cactus here. The cactus is located off the highway and can be seen while driving on the highway. On the day I went on a drive on the Florence-Kelvin Highway, there were rain storms and passing clouds in the area. I thought these clouds would…

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  • Florence-Kelvin Highway Photographs- December 2020 Part 2

    May 14, 2021 /

    In my last post about the photographs I took during a December 2020 visit to the Florence- Kelvin Highway, I shared the photographs I took of the scenery with the highway pavement in the photograph. In this post, I wanted to share the photographs I took not only of the scenery and the pavement, but also some photographs I took of the desert and the clouds. On the day I took photographs of the scenery, there were storms in the area. It was starting to clear when I went to the highway. I love the way the clouds look on the Florence- Kelvin Highway, so taking photographs during times like…

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  • Florence-Kelvin Highway Photographs- December 2020 Part 1

    May 6, 2021 /

    It’s been quite a while since I posted photographs on my blog. I was able to take photographs of the outdoors for the past few months, but I never had the chance to edit them. This past month, I was able to have enough time to edit them. Not all the photographs I took are finished editing, but I was able to finish editing some of them. Some of the photographs I recently finished editing are photographs I took of the Florence-Kelvin Highway. I started to take photographs of the Florence-Kelvin Highway in Arizona in December 2020. I needed to spend more time away from the area where I currently…

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  • Desert Sunset Photographs- March 6, 2020

    April 7, 2020 /

    In March, I went for a hike. It was near sunset so I decided to go for a walk and take photographs of the desert scenery. On that day, there was a beautiful sunset. So, I went to my favorite sunset photograph spot and began to take a few photographs.

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  • November 1, 2019 Desert Sunset Photographs

    December 16, 2019 /

    I’m currently in the process of looking through my old photographs and moving my oldest photographs to hard drives. While moving my old photographs, I discovered I had more photographs I can post! These photographs are from a hike I went on in November. The sunset was so beautiful I took a few photographs of it as well as a saguaro cactus. I have some more photographs I took that same day, but that’s all I have to share for now. Thank you for reading!

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  • August 21, 2019 Cactus Blossom Photography

    November 25, 2019 /

    Hi everyone! I found some more photographs I took earlier this year that I never posted. These photographs are of a cactus’ blossoms. That’s all for now! Thank you for reading!

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  • September 1, 2019 Desert Photography

    October 29, 2019 /

    Hi everyone! After taking the cloud photographs I shared in this post, I went back to my favorite photography area and started to take more photographs. I saw the storm clouds passed behind one of my favorite saguaro cactus, so I took some photographs of it. Later, I returned to the cactus when it was sunset and took a few more photographs. I wish I could take more photographs of my favorite saguaro cactus and the clouds, but I didn’t want to get caught in the storm that passed by that day. Well, that’s all for now! Thank you for reading.

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