Prickly Pear at Sunset, Lajitas Size:24x36 not only to photograph

not only to photograph

The Alabama Hills sit at the edge of the Owens Valley

Placement mattered

and the sky above it

the shadows stretched

Prickly Pear at Sunset, Lajitas Size:24x36 not only to photographLajitas, Texas This photograph was made beneath Lajitas Mesa in Big Bend as the day moved toward sunset. A fully opened prickly pear bloom fills the foreground, its petals catching the last warm light before the desert begins to cool. I worked close to the ground, allowing the flower to dominate the frame while the mesa and surrounding terrain recede behind it. The contrast between the softness of the petals and the rigidity of the land was what held