Discovered this awesome swimming hole exploring on last day of our trip while we were hiking out of the wilderness.
Nice shallow depth of field on this budding cholla cactus.
I only took a small table top tripod on this trip, because every ounce adds up when you are lugging everything you need for 6 days on your back. This little tripod is way too flimsy for my macro lens so all the macro shots in this gallery were taken hand held, which is a real challenge. Luckily both my Sony camera body and macro lens have built in image stabilization, making these super close ups possible to capture hand held.
