Seedheads

I went to Waterperry Gardens today for a walk round. It's been a while since I was last there but then it's hardly been the weather.

Apart from a tiny crop I haven't done anything to this

Thank you very much for taking the time to look in/comment. It's much appreciated :-)
#a10

[Michelle]

Great focus.

[Jen Hudson]

I just love seed heads. These are great and the focus adds to the charm.

[Brian Baptie]

Gorgeous!!

[Julie Purnell]

Wonderful shot! Love the gold seeds against the sky.

[Jim]

Oh, this is excellent

[CHARLES MALLIA]

nice and beautiful

[seasnappi]

really good focus and dof

[carol white]

Great focusing!Lovely!

[Fiz]

I really like the focus on this.

[Jean Tookey]

A beautiful focus. The seedheads look so soft.

[Jennifer C]

gorgeous image faved

[Nat]

Everything they said :-)

[Susan Bell]

Not globe thistle as those are round. See http://www.theseedbasket.com/?attachment_id=534

They might be one of the Cirsium family, but I couldn't find any good photos of the seed heads. This wasn't too bad. http://www.gapphotos.com/imagedetails.asp?imageno=263356

The scales and delicacy are more like catananche caerulea though.

Lovely pic, whatever they are!

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

@bigsusan55 Thank you. :-)
I've deleted the bit about the globe thistle, silly me, should have remembered! These are about 6' tall and the heads are bigger than my fist. The main stems bear thorns and the flowers are purple and configured like a thistle flower.

[Susan Bell]

So definitely a thistle of some sort. Very slender stems for the usual ones. Not circium rivulare as that hasn't got thorns.

[Lesley Allen]

Found you from the PP, well done, my kind of shot. lovely

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

@lesleyallen Thank you. :-)

[Debbi M]

Alison, this is a beautiful shot. It is so focused and clear. The depth of field is beautiful with the background blurred which makes the seeds stand out that much more. Nice photo!

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

@debbim Thank you, Debbi, much appreciated. :-)