Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Bringing the Desert Home

True story; we're growing cactus's that were bought at school. Only for a dollar! What's with all the botany recently? I don't know, but spring is coming up, and it seems like a decent time to grow cactuses in the house.

The tops of the baby cactus looks dangerous. Very dangerous. As if one touch could stick to you like a porcupine. But in reality, the spines, the scientific name for the "thorns or spikes", aren't very sharp. Against the sky background, the light makes the thorns/spikes color stand out. 

Yea there are a pair of cacti. In fact, these two remind me of the two chairs from the Disney and Pixar movie, Up. One fat chair and one tall one. This picture has a green plant background, something you don't normally associate cacti with. And it looks like I kept flash on when taking this picture, but its just the outdoor light from behind me. 

The colorful background is something new I tried. It's actually a bunch of gel pens in the back. In addition, I could've taken this picture from a lower angle. If you notice, the cactuses aren't exactly at eye level, but a little lower. You can tell becuase you can see the pot of each cactus. If I were at a 180 degree level, you wouldn't be able to see the pots. There's also an awkward gap on the left edge which could've been avoided as well. 




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