Cholla backlit

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Cholla
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What technical feedback would you like if any?

What artistic feedback would you like if any? Is the ocotillo in the background too distracting

Pertinent technical details or techniques: D500, Nikkor 80-400 @ 102, ISO 400, 1/400, f5.6

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Skip: Great to have you posting in Flora; it’s been awhile. Really nice subject and light. My biggest suggestion would be to crop the sky away completely to bring all of the attention to the cholla. Nice find and a fine capture.>=))>

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Skip, Lovely backlit image. Love the halo of backlit spines. Agree with Bill on cropping the sky out.

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As suggested, I’ve attached a revision without the sky.

Chollas
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. An alternative, but not quite sure if its an improvement. The detail you’ve captured is amazing. Nice find.

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Hi Skip, lovely light you’ve managed to catch, and great detail.
I think the ocotillo is less distracting than the backlit plant also cropped out in the edit on the left hand border.
I like the sky, distance and landscape in the original, but as a pure plant picture, focusing more on the plant and it’s very close environment I think the tight crop is better.