When I was a kid my dad subscribed to Arizona Highways magazine and every issue seemed to have at least one full color photo of a Saguaro cactus silhouetted against a spectacular sunset.
When Karen and I ended our afternoon of hiking at Lost Dutchman Park and got into our car to leave I looked at the clock on the dashboard and suddenly realized that the sun would be setting in less than an hour. I re-parked the car, grabbed my camera, and headed back up a hiking trail where we had seen numerous saguaro cacti. It was almost time for sunset before I found just the right cactus that threw a silhouette across the sky, and then found a position from which I could photograph it against the setting sun.
Okay, I'll admit that my pictures aren't quite the quality of those in Arizona Highways, but they are mine and I'm glad I took the extra hour to get them.
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