a delicate flower

[Evil Heather]

Beautiful, I love the clouds. And those look like some vicious thorns.

[Malena]

aww, pretty shot, Brad! :)

[Vicky G]

A very well protected, delicate flower! Ouch! Great shot.

[Megan]

delicate and scary! beautifully composed!

[Cheryl Macy]

Lovely shot. It looks like the flowers are reaching toward the cloud.

[brett currie]

the flowers are lovely, but those thorns are impressive!! and i like the perspective, looking up at those clouds.

[sissybufu]

very pretty but sad and lonely picture... poor flower forever destined to be alone because nobody will pick it and if they did they would get hurt.

[hellcat]

That delicate flower is packin' some heavy artillery. If you know what that plant is called, let me know. I was thinking of something thorny in front of my gate. ;-)

[cglist]

Wow! So unusual - I've never seen one before!

[Sydney B]

Ouchy! I like the contrast between the orange and blue!

[Bill Evasco]

amazing perspective! very beautiful!

[Kent Chadric Evasco]

the flower waiting for the clouds to come! WOW to this picture!

[jennylee]

Delicate?? It looks like it would attack!!

[migs meds]

dangerous flower, beware of it.. :D

[jumel--pineda--chua]

nice capture brad. as if it is reaching for the sky

[ELS Sosa Moore]

oh wow that is a beautiful flower! awesome shot!

[Jaydee]

i like it brad!!!! very nice!

[Adhish Ravindran]

wonderful...i love it....Brad thats a great shot .

[Rick Schies]

Great shot against the sky.Sets it off nicely.

[Zephan]

Awesome shot brad! I love blue skies and clouds, and the colour of the flowers are so lovely!

[Ana Martins]

peace in thorns

[Frances A Robinson]

Wow! Do you have any idea what kind of plant this is, Brad? Is it some form of flowering cactus? It's a beautiful, beautiful shot. Great perspective.

[Tanya]

Wow- delicate and fierce!!

[Della]

pretty--the thorns really add to it :)

[Chimom]

stunning shot! don't know the plant well but it's beautiful!

[Chimom]

i just went through your calendar and absolutely love the variety of your photos! they are full of live, very lovely!

[FaerieMoon]

Never seen a plant like this before--wow, beautiful and wicked at the same time

[Louise & Ken]

I thought you'd want to see what Eleanor's up to :-)
http://365project.org/eleanor/365

[Dalia ElMaghraby]

This is a FAVEEE!
I love it!

[Lori Rompolski]

so pretty against the sky. I love the thorns!

[BRAD]

Cool shot Brad :)
Thank you again for the support. I truly appreciate it.
Its very good to be back :)

[Louise & Ken]

"A dichotomy", to say the very least!

[Kirsty .P]

Great pic,looks like an interesting plant!!

[Melissa]

Love this photo. I like the clouds off to the right.

[Nicole Carr]

Wow... Very popular photo here! I scrolled forever just to comment!

Maybe that's because this is FABULOUS!! I love the stems/branches - very interesting.

[Slava]

Gorgeous!! It's like the flower is reaching to the clouds! Perfect framing!

[Hee]

Beautiful composition...love the little hint of cloud.
The stems quite interesting with its 'thorns'.

[Smilyn]

Oh boy. Ouch. Great capture of the dichotomy of beauty and pain! And with the clouds...perfect framing!

[Paul DeGuelle]

The Crown of Thorns- The common names allude to the legend that the Euphorbia Milii worn by Christ at the time of his crucifixion was made from stems of this plant. Interestingly, the stems of this plant are pliable and can be intertwined into a circle. There exists substantial evidence that the species, native to Madagascar, had been brought to the Middle East before the time of Christ.

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[Jaimee Daigle]

pretty!

[Michelle❀Rademan]

love this one ~ great composition drawing your eye to the corners of the photo!!

[Lois P]

Well shot - those thorns make a contrast to the small blooms on the end. Nice

[Julie Ryan]

pretty against the sky

[Richard R Tuckey]

Paul, another thing is that as the flowers wither up they get smaller, drop and resemble the blood of Jesus as it gets caught on a thorn