Saturday, August 27, 2005

Prickly One

The only thing soft on this, are the sprays of purple coming off the head of this beast. It is nothing but menacing.

If everything on God's green earth has a purpose, could someone tell me the purpose of the thistle? To be 6' tall and covered in needles? Yikes. While it is visually pleasing, I don't understand the value of thistle. (other than giving me the ability to understand why there are other plants/flowers I like much better.) Does any good come from such a prickly beast?

Canon EOS-10D, iso 1600, lens 105mm, shutter 1/125 sec, aperture f/4.5.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Well I'm not a botanist, but seems this beaut' needs it's spiky spires just to protect itself from your verbal barbs ; ) If there are no things in life that we dislike, how would we know what we like? I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder after all. I love the shot BTW. The sharp edged subject against the soft shapes of light... very nice. If for no other purpose, then to become a piece of art in life!