Prickly Pear at Sunset, Lajitas Size:24x36 shaped by erosion

shaped by erosion

There are no marked trails and no obvious landmarks

The canyon doesn’t perform

Placement mattered

the shadows stretched

Prickly Pear at Sunset, Lajitas Size:24x36 shaped by erosionLajitas, 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