While Shaun and I were on our Southwestern United States road trip to Burning Man, we stopped to visit some friends who live in Scottsdale. I always take advice from local friends on where to explore. We all hopped into the car and headed into the saguaro filled desert mountains.
We came across what appeared to be a western “Disneyland” full of fake and AWESOMENESS. While meandering our way through kitschy Western antique stores, I found this beauty of a saguaro cactus.
An aunt and uncle of mine lived in Tucson for a several years while completing their PhDs. They had a friend from Texas who absolutely could *not* say, “saguaro” (suh-WAHR-o). They convinced her that she could, after pointing out that she pronounced “barbed wire” as “BOB wahr.” I think she still had trouble, but managed to choke out the word correctly once or twice, lol.
@Katrina: Wow – you have to live out in the boonies to have that much of an accent in Texas!
Great capture Erica. It makes it look massive. I’d love to get to spend a day or so taking photo’s of the Cacti in the Southern States. How tall actually is it?
@Jason: I would have put it at 20 ft or so? This thing was huge!
I remember I revived a brochure of a resort in Scottsdale. It’s pictures of alot Cactus and I wonder how big are they. Now that I see this, I know some of them are huge. lol.
@Sarah: If the cacti are like the saguaro, you’re looking at 10+ ft tall. They are SUPER HUGE!
love it!
Lovely angle on the cactus, and effective use of black and white. Great shot!
@Laurence: Thank you!
Oh I love the angle
What lens did you use? *curious me*
This was actually done with a kit lens – 18-50mm that came with the camera.
Love it!
Beautiful! I love Saguaros!
@D: They are so striking!
I really love how you got right under the cactus to shoot it. A nice, dramatic angle!
@Laura: I couldn’t help it! It was towering over us while we were walking around. It basically begged for a picture!
this is gorgeous! love the perspective- really goes a long way toward conveying the majesty of that cactus! and my mom, bro, nephew & niece live in scottsdale!
@Lorna: One of my best friends lives in Scottsdale! Saguaro cacti are so awesome. I would like to hug one – they are so magnificent – but that would end badly.