Cabbage Butterfly on the invasive Yellow Star Thistle photo

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21-Aug-2023

At the Sunnyvale Baylands

The sharp thorns are very painful for humans and animals.

Nikon Z 8 ,Nikkor 300mm f/4 ED-IF AF-S
1/640s f/5.6 at 420.0mm iso180 full exif

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Apostolos Tikopoulos		06-Sep-2023 18:26
Beautiful image and so lovely colors. V

Dennis Hoyne		06-Sep-2023 15:55
Wow! Nice shot. I didn't know about this invasive.

Arnie Peterschmidt		06-Sep-2023 03:42
Beautiful golden tones and the shallow depth of field is nice too.

janescottcumming		05-Sep-2023 23:16
What a golden glow, beautiful!

Walter Otto Koenig		05-Sep-2023 16:34
Very nice with this focus and golden tones.

Pierre Martin		05-Sep-2023 12:48
these torns look like real weapons against any predators, great shot!

pkocinski		05-Sep-2023 11:58
Cabbage Whites are so pretty.

globalgadabout		05-Sep-2023 05:21
what a wild looking thistle...invasive or not it is attractive..

joseantonio		05-Sep-2023 04:59
nice angle for a good contrast.V.