Sonoran Desert 2025

Taken 23-Mar-25

Unromantic Mistletoe

Bright green branches of a Palo Verde tree at Margies Cove glow in evening sunlight. The dark clumps in the tree are parasitic desert mistletoe.

[9 captures blended in Helicon Focus for focus stacking plus one capture for exposure compensation]

NIKON CORPORATION NIKON Z 8, f/8 @ 150 mm, 1/80, ISO 200, No Flash