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The Desert Rain

            As someone who loved even the ubiquitous rain in Portland, rain in the desert is quite special to me. When I woke to rain last month I waited for it to slow then hurried into the backyard for some macro shots of one of our saguaros. I had to work fast, the spines dry quickly and lose the wonderful colors, a couple have already dried here. The water drops on the skin evaporate quickly and gravity is constantly tugging at the drops dripping from the spines. One day I'll play around with a watering can to get just the right droplets on my favorite areole, perhaps a fun project for a day when my mobility is limited, but that's not what I wanted here. I didn't want a picture of water drops on a saguaro, I wanted a picture of the rain.
   

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Taken in: United States / Arizona / Troon (show map)

Taken on: November 18, 2023

Tags:

saguaro

cactus

water

Scottsdale

Arizona

desert

Sonoran Desert « less

Sets appears in: • AZ: Our Yard • Plants & Flowers

Camera: Nikon Z 7_2, f/16.0, 1/50 sec, 105mm, ISO 1600 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon Z 7_2
Lens:	NIKKOR Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S
Aperture:	f/16.0
Exposure Time:	0.02 sec (1/50)
Focal Length:	105mm
ISO:	1600
Exposure Bias:	+1/3 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	Low gain up
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	DxO PhotoLab 6.11.0
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