The Daily Walk Photo - Thistle

On our walks, I’ve been chasing a photo of thistle that had a clean background along with the structure of an interesting thistle plant. This has been harder to find than I thought. After all, the area where we sometimes do our walks is along a quarry pond littered with a bunch of thistle, both old growth as well as new growth. I find the graphic nature of the thistle to be an interesting subject for black and white nature photography.

I think I finally found what I was looking for in this image. This photo feels like a piece of art with all of the elements working together. The backlit subject with the smooth tones of the pond as a backdrop helps to make the plant stand out. It’s probably time to take a break on thistle photos, well… for a while. 

I used my trusty Nikon D7100 with a 70-200 f4 lens for this handheld shot.