{"id":7833,"date":"2016-05-02T17:16:45","date_gmt":"2016-05-03T00:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/?p=7833"},"modified":"2016-05-02T17:16:45","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T00:16:45","slug":"cactus-photos-in-phoenix-az","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/cactus-photos-in-phoenix-az\/","title":{"rendered":"Cactus photos in Phoenix AZ"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Desert cactus photos in Phoenix AZ<\/h1>\n<p>A few weeks ago my wife and I made a rather brief trip to Phoenix to visit with some friends, while on the way to help my parent move move back to Seattle from their winter home in Borrego Springs. \u00a0We usually make a journey to Phoenix early in March to watch the Mariners at Spring Training, but this year we were almost a month later and the weather was much different than our usual experience. \u00a0Not only was\u00a0it considerably warmer, man of the various species of cactus were flowering, something I nearly always miss.<\/p>\n<p>I was at a bit of a disadvantage as I did not have a true macro lens with me, but I did have my trusty Canon EF 24-105L lens, which will focus in pretty tightly. \u00a0I managed to find a few times when I could get away from the house and indulge my desire to photograph some of the different cactus. \u00a0Here is a small selection of what I shot, more to follow in a later post &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Borrego-2016-004.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7836\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7836\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Borrego-2016-004.jpg\" alt=\"Borrego-2016-004\" width=\"667\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Borrego-2016-004.jpg 667w, https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Borrego-2016-004-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Borrego-2016-006.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7837\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7837\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Borrego-2016-006.jpg\" alt=\"Borrego-2016-006\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Borrego-2016-006.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Borrego-2016-006-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Borrego-2016-006-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Borrego-2016-009.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7838\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7838\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Borrego-2016-009.jpg\" alt=\"Borrego-2016-009\" width=\"667\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Borrego-2016-009.jpg 667w, https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Borrego-2016-009-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Borrego-2016-011.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7839\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7839\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Borrego-2016-011.jpg\" alt=\"Borrego-2016-011\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Borrego-2016-011.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Borrego-2016-011-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Borrego-2016-011-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Borrego-2016-013.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7840\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7840\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Borrego-2016-013.jpg\" alt=\"Borrego-2016-013\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Borrego-2016-013.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Borrego-2016-013-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Borrego-2016-013-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Borrego-2016-016.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7841\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7841\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Borrego-2016-016.jpg\" alt=\"Borrego-2016-016\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Borrego-2016-016.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Borrego-2016-016-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Borrego-2016-016-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Borrego-2016-021.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7842\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7842\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Borrego-2016-021.jpg\" alt=\"Borrego-2016-021\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Borrego-2016-021.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Borrego-2016-021-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Borrego-2016-021-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Borrego-2016-022.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7843\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7843\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Borrego-2016-022.jpg\" alt=\"Borrego-2016-022\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Borrego-2016-022.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Borrego-2016-022-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Borrego-2016-022-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Borrego-2016-045.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7844\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7844\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Borrego-2016-045.jpg\" alt=\"Borrego-2016-045\" width=\"667\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Borrego-2016-045.jpg 667w, https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Borrego-2016-045-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Borrego-2016-048.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7845\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7845\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Borrego-2016-048.jpg\" alt=\"Borrego-2016-048\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Borrego-2016-048.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Borrego-2016-048-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Borrego-2016-048-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Borrego-2016-057.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7846\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7846\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Borrego-2016-057.jpg\" alt=\"Borrego-2016-057\" width=\"667\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Borrego-2016-057.jpg 667w, https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Borrego-2016-057-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Desert cactus photos in Phoenix AZ A few weeks ago my wife and I made a rather brief trip to Phoenix to visit with some friends, while on the way to help my parent move move back to Seattle from their winter home in Borrego Springs. \u00a0We usually make a journey to Phoenix early in 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