Thistle / Distel
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Bull thistle is a moderately large wildflower, I must say it looks very beautiful and it placed itself in a corner where 2 fence meet, although is a family of Sunflower it looks nothing like it, I will cut each flower that blooms and bring it indoors before the seeds form, this Thistle will take over any garden, end of the season I have to dig it up.
I set this at -2 EV because I was shooting into the sun. The bright bokeh came from dew drops on the grass behind.
Another sign that summer is over is to see how the thistles look after the flowering time is completely over and their tiny little flowers are gone.
What I like about this flower is the way that light hits it at that time of the day making the color disappear from one side or to say it correctly reflects it, and how the lens of the camera reacts to it.
It is sad that this format here in Flickr doesn't allow a vertical photo to show all its details and beauty like an horizontal one..
If you want to know more about this very photogenic subject, here is something to read about:
" Like the flower needs the rain..."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk-7n1hdK3M
Have a great weekend everyone!
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On one of our outings in Colorado, we came across this patch of wild thistle by a lake. I thought that the light was hitting it beautifully and decided it was worth taking a picture of.
Echinops is a genus of about 120 species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, commonly known as globe thistles. They have spiny foliage and produce blue or white spherical flower heads.
I took a walk at my neighborhood on 16th August 2009.
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A pretty wildflower blooming now in Ohio. Goldfinch feast on the dried seeds during late summer and early autumn.
How can such a pretty delicate flower be mounted on such a nasty plant? Mother Nature is playing a cruel joke. Taken at Willow River State Park in Wisconsin.
"Plant your hope with good seeds
Don't cover yourself with thistle and weeds
Rain down, rain down on me
Look over your hills and be still
The sky above us shoots to kill
Rain down, rain down on me
But I will hold on
I will hold on hope." -Mumford and Sons
First and foremost, I'd like to thank Katie for wearing that embarrassing dress *and* nearly bleeding to death. ;)
I'm super happy with this. Katie's lens and I are on better terms now.
P.S. I just realized I have 70,000 views on my stream, so thank you!
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#103 - Thistle
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