Prickly Pear Cactus
An unusual plant that grows in the Indiana Dunes National Lake Shore is the prickly pear cactus, which is a plant more used to the desert regions of the Southwest.
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Helene Kippert
Beautiful shot
shellyb
what a pretty one it is!
John Edwards
Exquisite shot, looks like tissue paper
cathy savels
Beautiful photo.
Cornelia Togea
very delicate flower, stands out well against the green background. great lighting on the flower.
aphoto4you
GREAT macro into center AWSOME
Gary L. Suddath
very beautiful
micmac
Almost translucide,beautiful macro.
Joyce Dickens,...
I love it curtis; have one very similar in my portfolio…aren’t these awesome, delicate blossoms coming from such a “prickly” plant? This is awesome!
Jonicool
This is a beauty! detailed yet so soft!
Curtiss Simpson
Thanks all for the comments.
Jeff Burns
fantastic shot great lighting
DawsonImages
luminous but with nice soft light
Deb76
Lovely closeup!! great color and detail
velveteagle
What a beautiful capture.. so pretty..
WesternDreamer
The petals almost look like paper, very fragile and delicate looking… beautiful bloom, wonderfully captured!!
Charl045
Beautiful flower!
dominiquelandau
so beautiful!!! so sharp!
Judylee
Stunning…
anaphotography
Beautiul capture…Gorgeous photo!
Steve Taylor
Delicate feel to this.
gypsykatz
Very pretty flower, the petals have a transparency to them…nice shot!!!!!
Ingrid77
stunning photo !!