The spiny leaves

The silver thistle in winter

[Issi Bannerman]

Lovely dreamy image - despite the thorns of the thistle!

[Jacqueline]

Magical capture!

[Joan Robillard]

Wonderful use of dof

[Peter H]

Nice technique.

[chikadnz]

I like the softness the shallow dof and subdued colour palette give to this prickly subject.

[Islandgirl]

Lovely close up!

[bruni]

Now that's how I would like a thorny thistle to look. fav.

[Corinne]

Very nice details

[Clare Gadsby]

so very beautiful

[Jan Bell]

Great photo

[Linda Godwin]

wonderful

[Monique]

Love it

[Graeme Stevens]

superb

[Peter Dulis]

Very nice - fav

[KoalaGardens🐨]

stunning result!

[Barb]

Deceptively soft!

[gloria jones]

Great textures, tones

[GG G]

Nice one 👍

[Kathy]

The wicked thorns looks very glamorous.

[Jean]

Lovely

[Chris Johnson]

Love the focus you chose. It really helps to emphasize the color and texture of the thorny parts of the thistle.

[Faye Turner]

Lovely capture fav

[Kara]

Beautifully captured!

[bkb in the city]

Very nice shot

[Wylie]

beautiful DOF

[Taffy]

Beautiful!

[Dustyloup]

Furry fav

[Ann H. LeFevre]

This close-up really makes you think twice about touching one. Beautifully soft for something so prickly!

[Taffy]

Just saw this on TT -- congrats! It's lovely!

[*lynn]

Congratulations on Top 20! It's cool how you softened this harsh, thorny thistle. Great shot!

[CC Folk]

Congrats to you on the TT page! Beautiful shot!