Red Tuna by Richard G Witham
The tuna is a juicy cactus fruit eaten as a refreshing snack in Mexico by humans, birds and insects. I have also had it in the form of cactusade, like lemonade but made with tunas.
They grow on the Nopal cactus and can occur in red and green. (I like the red ones better).
Taken in the Sonora desert near Hermosillo, Sonora Mexico.
Olympus E-3, Sigma 105 mm f/2.8 Macro, 1/250 sec, f/4.5, ISO 100
Comments
Beautiful shot Richard !! love the background colours !
Thanks Mona; that’s desert sand and more of the Nopal cactus leaves in the background.
– Richard G Witham
je! me gusta eso.. de “humanos, pájaros e insectos”…
me hace sonreir.
Oye….. ¿es dulce?… ¿ácido?…. o ¿mitad y mitad?
Precioso.
Rosa
Gracias Rosa; la fruta es dulce y muy jugoso lo cual es refrescante en este ambiente tan calido. Solamente hay que tener cuidado de no comer muchos porque tienen miles de semillas pequenas que pueden causar dano si comes demasiado. Tengo entendido que se muelen con todo y semillas para hacer el agua … asi no hacen dano.
– Richard G Witham
beautiful photo Richard, great dof and colors
Thank you so much Tazzina for your wonderful comments and for the fave’s :)
– Richard G Witham
I did not know that about this cactus……wonderful close up. Always so nice to learn something new.
Thanks Elizabeth for all your wonderful comments.
I’d send you a glass of Tuna Juice to try if I thought it would make it, but I guess you’ll just have to wait until your travels bring you down Mexico way :)
– Richard G Witham
its a great photo, good composition and nice colors…
also great taste…I tried it in Italy :)
Thank again Aleksandra for you nice comments.
– Richard G Witham