We had taken a few days holiday in Scottsdale and one afternoon took advantage of light and shadows and went out shooting. My husband was my scout – pointing as we walked by things of interest. The shadow of this cactus caught his eye for looking like an absurd cross between a duck and an ostrich. The subject made me giggle a bit as I stood there framing the shot. Most of all, I liked that we were both having fun. In the end, it was the composition of the rocks and gravel and the way the shadow fell in the photo.

We had taken a few days holiday in Scottsdale and one afternoon took advantage of light and shadows and went out shooting. My husband was my scout – pointing as we walked by things of interest. The shadow of this cactus caught his eye for looking like an absurd cross between a duck and an ostrich. The subject made me giggle a bit as I stood there framing the shot. Most of all, I liked that we were both having fun. In the end, it was the composition of the rocks and gravel and the way the shadow fell in the photo.