Prickly Pear at Sunset, Lajitas Size:40x60 I leaned into abstraction and

I leaned into abstraction and proximity

the Milky Way rises with clarity

then slowly dissolve back into something else

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Prickly Pear at Sunset, Lajitas Size:40x60 I leaned into abstraction andLajitas, Texas This photograph was made beneath Lajitas Mesa in Big Bend as the day moved toward sunset. A fully opened prickly pear bloom fills the foreground, its petals catching the last warm light before the desert begins to cool. I worked close to the ground, allowing the flower to dominate the frame while the mesa and surrounding terrain recede behind it. The contrast between the softness of the petals and the rigidity of the land was what held