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Life Finds a Way
Life Finds a Way
kanaj


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Challenge: Life II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon PowerShot SD400
Location: Park near Babcock & Hauser in San Antonio, TX
Date: Dec 2, 2006
Aperture: 4.6
ISO: Couldn't find this
Shutter: 5.7
Galleries: Nature, Candid
Date Uploaded: Dec 5, 2006

 I had some time to kill while my fiancee was at a bridal shower for a friend in San Antonio, and so I wandered into this little nature park not far away and brought my camera in case I saw anything that struck me. There are two things that I find fascinating about this little cactus pictured here: (1) the beauty of this evergreen stood in stark contrast to everything else I could see in this park at this time of year, and most of my photos that day were of gnarled, decayed branches of wood against a cold, hard sky; and (2) this park is right smack dab in the middle of a housing development project, and so you can hear tons of construction noise throughout the park, yet this cactus seems almost quietly undisturbed by any of that. I was impressed by the patterning of its sheaves--as though in the midst of a time when all is dying around it (e.g., the fall and coming winter), it stands proud and seems rather to thrive.

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 01/02/2007 08:30:49 PM
yes .. this is an excellent comment on nature's adaptability and it's an fantastic photograph as well ........
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/11/2006 05:44:09 PM
Love the pattern
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 12/09/2006 03:03:17 PM
Soft Focus
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 12/07/2006 03:42:49 AM
Seems abit out of focus to me?
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 12/07/2006 02:59:21 AM
Interesting, I wonder what it is exactly?
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 12/06/2006 08:20:25 PM
Yes, life DOES find a way of unravelling us. Fantastic.
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 12/06/2006 05:16:43 PM
image looks a little flat and i'm not sure what i'm looking at exactly but it is interesting, it caught my attention.
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 12/06/2006 08:00:53 AM
I like the energy!
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 12/06/2006 03:55:25 AM
I think it would have looked more balanced if it was more centred.
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