21st Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Artistic
Explosion

A dried flowerhead of the globe thistle plant that was clipped off, brought back to the studio, and photographed. Then the color was altered. The resulting image looked like an explosion to me.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 06.2023
Date Uploaded: 11.2023
Photo Location: Poughkeepsie, New York, United States of America
Camera: NIKON D300
Copyright: © Russ Martin