The Golden Spikes
by Gary Holmes
Title
The Golden Spikes
Artist
Gary Holmes
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Hundreds of vivid yellow succulent blossoms, backlit by mid-morning sun, grace a large field of prickly pear cactus at Union Grove Wildlife Management Area. The blooming season is the only time of the year when I would have any interest in picking my way through this risky field. I paid a price for this shot, and was pulling out dozens of tiny yellow spines from my legs and feet the rest of the day today. Fortunately, the thousands of bees buzzing around these flowers left me alone.
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Gary Holmes, photographer: I am an opportunist photographer of nature, landscapes, abstract, and other found objects of interest. Although I have done single and group portraits, I prefer the challenge of trying to capture the unpredictable spontaneity of things and events as they are occurring. I started with a Kodak Brownie as a child, but entered the world of real photography with a Canon AE-1 in the late 1970's. In the 1990's, I recognized the hugely expanded opportunities offered by digital photography. I have continued to develop my compositional and post-processing skills and have slowly acquired higher quality equipment. I finally became confident enough to begin posting my work online in September 2012, and have successfully sold several of my photographs.
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May 11th, 2014
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