I think these are Black Knapweed, but I’m happy to be corrected on this. (And I have been…. this more likely to be a Creeping Thistle!)
I should be investigating possibilities of a few tablet based field guides that I can take round with me – it’s far easier to identify things at the time rather than later. Having said that, I used to take my birding field guide on my trips out but I was seldom referring to it – not that I knew all the birds, but I was seeing the same things all the time – it just became dead weight.
(The crop is wheat. I couldn’t choose between the two compositions – though having prepared the post, I think the break in the tree line of the second, at the left frame edge is a bit distracting. )
—-Stephen—
Stephen G Hipperson 
Beautiful pic! I love the color contrasts between the knapp weed and the wheat! Hugz Lisa and Bear
Thank you, Lisa.
The top picture is so pretty, because you can see the sky, the clouds. Very nice.
Thanks!
We call it Thistle. Nasty weed that takes over…
You’re more right than I am, I’ve been advised this is a Creeping Thistle. Cheers.
(The clues in the my photograph, I chose to ignore…… )
Thistle!!! Prefer #1…vast space…all the green…open sky. xo
Thank you!
Yes, I’ve been advised this is known as Creeping Thistle – the dangers of guides and lack of experience.
Very interesting capture … l prefer the first shot
🙂 Thank you!
it crept into the shot like a perfectly lovely photobomber
🙂 – good one!
I agree that the first frame gives the subject thistle more emphasis. It then becomes its portrait rather than a landscape with the plant in it.
🙂 Thank you.
The relationship between the main subject and the background is something I continue to explore.