Daisy (Bellis perennis), on grass verge, April 2017.
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Peter Hillman
Categories: Macro Photography, Nature Photography, Photography, Plants, Wild Flowers, Wildlife PhotographyTags: Bellis perennis, Daisy, Daisy Bellis perennis, Flower, Flowers, Macro, Macro Photography, Nature, Nature Photography, Photography, Wild Flowers, Wildlife, Wildlife Photography
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Nature Journeys 
A wonderfully simple photo Pete. Do daisies follow the sun? I knew sunflowers did but didn’t know about other flowers.
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Thank you very much, Jude 🙂 I was actually just photographing the tulips at the time, and these caught my eye so I thought I would snap these, too. But yes, other flowers follow the sun also. They are called Heliotropic flowers, and follow the sun from dawn until dusk. Many of these flowers belong to the sunflower family, Asteraceae, which is what the Daisy belongs to.
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We’re lucky to have fields of sunflowers in this area. They’re wonderful. 🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻 Fancy the daisy and the sunflower being the same family, I’d never have guessed.
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Those sunflower fields must look magnificent, and must be great to photo. I have never seen fields of them before.
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Lovely shot. One of my favourite wildflowers.
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Thank you, Belinda 🙂 Mine, too!
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I always react to see your pictures like WOW 💜
Love the high contrast 😍
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Thank you very much, Snehal 🙂 I love daisys, but they can be quite hard to photo in bright sunshine and all the whites tends to blow out. So I reduced the exposure somewhat which has given the contrast and retained some detail in the white petals.
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Love the contrasting colours in the picture! 🙂
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Thank you, Indira 🙂
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How long have you been blogging for Pete?
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Since June last year.
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You’ve done really well. I haven’t found my photography niche yet. I am still experimenting!
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Thank you 🙂 I do like all kinds of photography, but mainly the natural world.
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