2013, Day 211 - Spiked tower

I am obsessed with flowers right now.  We've had such a mild summer that they are lasting much longer than the normally would and I am taking full advantage.  When I came upon this flower I couldn't help but take a few pictures.  The colors are so vibrant and they contrast so well that it practically begs to be photographed.  These kinds of discoveries are one of the reason I love to wander, you would never see this flower from a car and probably not from a bike either but on foot it is easy to see the world in macro.

Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 100/f2.8L IS
100mm, f5.6, 1/1250 sec @ 400 ISO