COVID-19 lockdown: down at grass level, don't forget how beautiful the daisy really is in the evening light. Fine art with full bokeh treatment. A Potterton garden, Potterton, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Photos taken while complying with UK Coronavirus lockdown.

This was a single handheld shot taking advantage of the beautiful optics of the Tamron 35 mm lens when opened up to f1.8.

Bellis perennis is a common European species of daisy, of the family Asteraceae, often considered the archetypal species of that name. Many related plants also share the name "daisy", so to distinguish this species from other daisies it is sometimes qualified as common daisy, lawn daisy or English daisy. Historically, it has also been commonly known as bruisewort and occasionally woundwort (although the common name woundwort is now more closely associated with Stachys). Bellis perennis is native to western, central and northern Europe, including remote islands such as the Faroe Islands but widely naturalised in most temperate regions including the Americas and Australasia. It is a perennial herbaceous plant with short creeping rhizomes and rosettes of small rounded or spoon-shaped leaves that are from 3/4 to 2 inches (approx. 2–5 cm) long and grow flat to the ground. The species habitually colonises lawns, and is difficult to eradicate by mowing – hence the term 'lawn daisy'. Wherever it appears it is sometimes considered an invasive weed. It exhibits the phenomenon of heliotropism where the flowers follow the position of the sun in the sky. The flowerheads are composite, in the form of a pseudanthium, consisting of many sessile flowers about 3/4 to 1-1/4 in (approx. 2–3 cm) in diameter, with white ray florets (often tipped red) and yellow disc florets. Each inflorescence is borne on single leafless stems 3/4 – 4 in (approx. 2–10 cm), rarely 6 in (approx. 15 cm) tall. The capitulum, or disc of florets, is surrounded by two rows of green bracts known as "phyllaries". The achenes are without pappus. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellis_perennis

Taken in: UK / Scotland / Potterton (show map)

Taken on: May 18, 2020

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Camera: Canon EOS 80D, f/1.8, 1/4000 sec, 35mm, ISO 250 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 80D
Lens:	TAMRON SP 35mm F/1.8 Di VC USD F012
Aperture:	f/1.8
Exposure Time:	1/4000 sec
Focal Length:	35mm
ISO:	250
Exposure Bias:	-1/3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto bracket
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 21.0 (Macintosh)
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