Encounter with A Thistle

It begins with an observation...I noticed this dainty
thistle blooming...This is the first photograph...
very plain...very boring



So I touched the thistle and some of the petals flew away...now it is more interesting...
but could be more dramatic

So I crop and take away the color...now it is getting very interesting

This one has some distortion...some "noise" as they call it.  I would like to add some
text but I have to think about it some more. 

Just a few insights as to how the mind of an artist works! 
Hopefully I can turn this random encounter with a thistle into
something worthwhile.

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