On my first trip into the Arizona desert, I learned quite quickly about these little devils. They seem to jump and bury themselves onto you even though you SWEAR you never got close to them (which isn't true as they can't move, but even the lightest touch and they embed their quills deeply into you and all your clothing). its even harder to get them OFF of you, use one hand to pull them off your leg and boom, they are stuck twice as hard into that hand! I tried to kick one out of our path gently, but even my shoe was no match, and the spines went over an INCH into my soft shoe and into my toes!!!
As tough and evil as they are, their fine spines and fuzzy appearance definitely made them glow in the setting sun's golden light! Which is what grabbed my attention when walking through the Sonoran desert.
This first picture is what I am entering into the current steemit photo challenge, the rest are just to give people perspective and see the wider angle ;)
Camera: Canon 5DmkII
Lens: 70-200mm @160
Shutter Speed: 1/1250 secconds
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 200
This is a bigger view of the entire DANGERBUSH, inconspicuously waiting for the next person to walk near it! It drops some of its balls of pain, which blend into teh ground, and if your foot even brushes one, it will be lodged deeply into your foot.
Camera: Canon 5DmkII
Lens: 70-200mm @200
Shutter Speed: 1/1000 secconds
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 200
You can see how the blonde spines seem to glow in the setting sun's golden light.
Camera: Canon 5DmkII
Lens: 70-200mm @200
Shutter Speed: 1/1250 secconds
Aperture: f/9
ISO: 1000
So like I said, they seem to have this heavenly halo and glow about them, yet are little painful and sneaky little devils :p
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