During my recent short visit to Freising, Germany, I made it a point to carry my camera. It was a short visit and it was raining in Freising, but thankfully there was sunlight till late in the evening. On one of the evenings on returning to the hotel, I waited for the rain to stop; and with the first sight of sun coming out, I stepped out. Right across from the hotel, I noted this bush with bright yellow flowers. However what attracted my attention was this "thorn ball"- goes back to my attraction for patterns!! another example of a unique pattern found in nature. I checked on the internet to identify this plant but without much luck; the closest I got was "thorn ball" - hence calling it the same.
I didn't have my 60mm Macro lens, but 17-55 Zoom served good enough to capture the above shot. Looking up at the sky there were all signs of drizzling to start again. I was so intrigued by the shape and pattern of the thorn ball, that I plucked one and took it to my hotel room, and under the bright light of a table lamp took a few more pictures including the one below.
The theme of "patterns in nature" continues to fascinate me.
