Long-head Coneflower, with Spider's Web

My contribution to the World Photography Day group. Taken in West Dean Gardens, in West Sussex. We usually visit these lovely gardens several times a year, but this was the first time we'd been this year for various reasons.

We set out in overcast and quite miserable conditions, hoping that the sun would come out and burn off the cloud cover, but it was not to be. I had planned some landscape shots, but the skies were grey and featureless, so I decided to concentrate on taking photos of the flowers instead.

This was one of my favourites as it was a flower I'd never seen before and I think it looks quite odd, but strangely beautiful. The spider's web was a bonus.

Thanks for looking and I hope you all had a successful WPD.