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.
The Cholla in Joshua Tree were literally everywhere you looked. We didn't let them stop us from playing Frisbee, however.
