#silentsunday with a dried ‘Syrian thistle’ (Notobasis syriaca) by the coastal road close to Plakias (Crete, Greece).

Nikon D700
AF-S NIKKOR 24-70 f2.8G ED

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That‘s what you call it - a thistle? In German it‘s a „Distel“…
I like them as motiv for testing sharpness and bokeh of a glass. And because they are beautiful.

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