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Purple Vulcano

In late spring thistle begin to open. I love how the colours explode right out of nothing and extends throughtout the head of the flower. I tried intensifying this by playing around with contrast and colours and isolate the flowers head, to have no distractions.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 05.2020
Date Uploaded: 11.2021
Photo Location: Rostock, Germany
Camera: NIKON D750
Copyright: © Patrick Schwarzbach