Gigantic Cacti

A visit to Saguaro National Park East, Tucson, Arizona, USA, gave me an opportunity of seeing some of the gigantic cacti. I think is a good experience of knowing more about cacti in relation to the environment.

A visit to Saguaro National Park East, Tucson, Arizona, USA, gave me an opportunity of seeing some of the gigantic cacti. I think is a good experience of knowing more about cacti in relation to the environment.

I returned from Pangalengan,West Java,Indonesia few days ago. I enjoyed my third visit to this beautiful place. The twilight in the evening at the tea plantation was just gorgeous. I think is one of the best twilight that I have ever come across. My sincere thanks to Pak Budi, Pak Effendi and many fellow photographers (twelve of them, too many to be listed here) whom has made this wonderful enjoyable trip possible.

To capture an image against the light is a challenge to me. First and foremost, a strong silhouette with good detail, as a foreground is my first requirement. For this particular landscape image, to have the sun appeared as a star is another enhancement to me. My usual practice is to close down the aperture to f.22 in order to achieve the strong star effect of the sun. No star filter is required.