Trafalgar Thistle
The area of Trafalgar Park that burned last year now has a vigorous crop of thistle.
I don’t know what it is about this location that attracts sharp plants, but it seems to be the perfect place for them.
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Canon 5Dii, Canon 100mm/f2.8 macro, ISO100, f2.8
This post prepared in advance of my trip. I will be back in a few days; in the meantime this is a continuation of a series from Trafalgar Park, in Oak Bay near Victoria, BC. I won’t be reviewing the blog, but will reply to comments when I get back.
Beautiful! My favorite flower. I love the captures.
Are you Eeyore?
Ha! Good call.
Ha! I like that Eeyore comment, though I can hardly imagine you eating these plants : )
Thanks!
I really like the color and light effect in the second shot. Good job!
Hi Danita – that is my favourite too, I think. The out of focus bits and the way they echo/reflect the foreground.
That first colour shot has a really dreamy feel to it. Nice work
Thank you Andy, though in reality its feel would be more along the lines of a nightmare than a dream – if you waded into this thicket, for instance.
Ouch!!! Think I just got a thistle stab. Need I say these are “tack sharp”?
Ouch! to that pun. And thanks also
The colour is essential here- why grayscale them?
I made them black and white because I don’t think the colour is essential in the slightest. The monotone versions show off the lighting which is what I was most interested in, and the forms too. The colour is nice, but can be readily done away with in my view.
Your thistles are daintier than the ones I see around here. Ours have thicker stems and more leaves but an equal number of thorns and barbs. Nature has protected them well. They must be delicious or they wouldn’t need all of those defenses.
Hi Doug – we have thistles and also what we call teasels, which are very large, and tower over us mere humans with soft skin, ripe for punctures. I am not sure that either are native to this area – too many Scots settled around here in the 1800′s to be sure, and this same park is full of gorse, which is much worse in my mind, but for some reason, also of sentimental attraction to some Scottish expats.
The colors are very nice!!! Cheers Nonoy Manga
Thank you Nonoy