Teazles by auntietk
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Description
On a lovely day in late January, Denise (MrsRatbag) and Bill (bmac62) and I went out exploring. We stopped by a lake where Denise got some great shots, and I got mostly crap! LOL! There was a notable exception ...
Alongside the nearby road was a gorgeous stand of teazles. Bill and I experimented with different shots, and I was particularly happy with the ones I took with the flash.
These really are as prickly as they look. When I was a teenager, we had a big pot of teazles in the entry hall at the house, and it was a good idea not to back into them. Guests would invariably touch them to see if they were soft or not. Ummm ... NOT! Ouch!

Comments (35)
Great capture, Tara!
Wow, your shots of these came out so much better than mine did; great definition on that lovely honeycomb pattern! Well done!!
Really great POV! The clarity is indeed beautiful, and the most interesting form of plant species! Exceptional capture!
In a Christmas idea book a few years back I saw directions for making a Christmas Wreath out of teazle. I thought to myself, "think I'll pass on this idea". I wonder if the person writing the directions had ever tried to work with the sutff. You sure did get a good picture of it though, and it is pretty.
OH Tara, I find this shot very beautiful with wonderful colors and clarity. I Once picked a whole bunch of these dry teazles. We used them in Decorations. Need I say I used garden gloves and shears. I found them on a hill not far away from hear :-)
Really beautiful!Stunning the gold colour against the dakk colours in background.The effect of the diagonals in your image is superb!
I foolishly grew a few in my garden, and am in danger of being taken over! Superb pic!
I like the apparent lighting helped along by adding your flash to this daylight photograph. It appears to have lit up the near target...the inside of the teazels and at the same time darkened the non-descript background. Great use of your flash to add a bit of drama to what otherwise could have been a drab shot. Well done.
great shot and lighting! :)
Oh yes - perfect light! I actually thought it was late afternoon African light... LOL... Fantastic clarity and a very pleasing image of a rather prickly subject!!! :))
Not familiar at all with teazles...but a very colorful and clearly detailed image...
Great shot and excellent lighting...
Cool plant & great capture!
fantastic shot
Impressive photo art. Enormous wonderful.
Wow! There is no spot to touch which isn't pointy! Flash was perfect for this.
wow never saw one of these
Lovely shot of this prickly things, well done!!
Not familiar with the name but the lighting is spot on. It seems to glow from within. Excellent capture.
Gorgeous capture!
Wonderfully captured!
cool shot, I'll remember not to touch them :)
Oh wow, this is just gorgeous--sharp and light and full of detail!!
Beautiful symmetry!
Beautiful Tara!Love the detail and color!
great focus.......excellent
Ha! My late wife's (Deb's) Fave plant/Flower!...And who was the one always sent to pick them, me! They are awesomely prickly! Great shot, beautiful... Rob
lol...we have them over here too, they make really fine objects to shoot at as your wonderful shot shows, but they are pretty prickly indeed as I had the pain to experience too...lol
excellent shot
What a beautiful capture. The details and colors are fantastic. Great job. Aloha