Thistle Swirl

The birds had picked out most of the seeds on this thistle, but left such a pretty pattern behind it warranted a picture. It's growing next to the parking lot at church.

[katy]

Beautifully unique subject and fantastic clarity Ann FAV

[Elisa Smith]

Love this. Really interesting and so clear.

[gloria jones]

Fabulous capture

[Shutterbug]

Oh that is so cool. Nice spotting. Did you see my darkroom photo? It reminded me of your Ann Foolery…..darkroom-stillabstract.

[Beryl Lloyd]

Such a prickly beauty.. but a great fav of the birds. Super shot in focus, clarity ... fav

[Kathy]

Good close up. I've never seen a thistle so bare.

[Dawn]

A lovely close up

[Joanne Diochon]

A double helix thistle!

[Diane]

Interesting to see it so bare. Great detail.

[amyK]

Well spotted…don’t think I’ve seen that before!

[eDorre]

How cool! Great shot

[Issi Bannerman]

Beautiful.

[Babs]

Aren't the birds clever it looks like an artwork fav

[Diana]

Such a wonderful close up and detail, well spotted and captured.

[JackieR]

It hasn't yet finished developing its flowers Ann then the birds will come down when it's seeds are formed.

Gorgeous details

[winghong_ho]

It is sharp and has a very strong texture. Great capture.

[Wylie]

spiky as!

[Joan Robillard]

Gorgeous - great detail

[Rob Z]

Super detail and colour..

[Harry J Benson]

Beautiful macro

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Beautiful colors and details.

[Carole Sandford]

Beautiful macro shot!

[PhotoCrazy]

Nice capture!

[haskar]

Lovely pov and details.

[wendy frost]

Wonderful details captured .

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@shutterbug49 I didn't but I couldn't find that listing when I went to look for it either. I found the copy cat post but I didn't see it on the Weekly Shoot list or in the themes and competitions or General listings either. Post the tag so I can give it a look-see.

I found it later- a nice shot!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

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Thanks to all for your views comments and favs!

[JackieR]

@olivetreeann just remembered it's a teasle!!

[Kathy A]

Nice shot, lovely detail

[Vesna]

Fav!

[Pyrrhula]

A beautiful focus and close up.

[Walks @ 7]

What a wonderful find.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@30pics4jackiesdiamond @kjarn @vesna0210 @pyrrhula @joysabin

Thank you Jackie, Kathy, Vesna, Ferry, and Joy!

[JackieR]

@olivetreeann so lovely to see this on TT

[katy]

Wonderful to see this one all the way to the TT Ann

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@30pics4jackiesdiamond @grammyn
Oh wow- thanks for letting me know!!!

[Karen]

A gorgeous capture! It’s simply beautiful. I love thistles - although I sometimes battle to pronounce and/or say the word … lol. I get tongue tied and say things like sistless, thisless, or sissesses… 😂

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@cocokinetic Thank you Karen and thank you so much for the fav!