michaelmas daisy
A bedraggled survivor of this wet wet scottish summer soaks in a little warmth in the briefest of sunny intervals. I think it’s a dwarf aster or michaelmas daisy – a goodnatured border perennial and hardy with it – just as well!
;)

A handheld macro hastily taken along with japonese anemone

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terezadelpilar
Sweet purple, lovely:)
Maggieposh
So very pretty..Straight to My Fav’s..Miss P
reflexio
Super colours and DOF.
Teeze
Beautiful colour! Nice work.
Paul Gitto
Beautiful capture Maggie!
David Roman
Lovely Mr D
Richard Veal
Looks lovely dinger.
PigleT
Like the DoF :)
PhotogeniquE IPA
pretty good for a bedraggled survivor!! nice image.
dinghysailor1
thanks dave! and you should have seen the others – they were wasted!
:))
eddiepark
Lovely!
Joyce Dickens,...
mMaggie, this is so delicate and beautiful….your light is shining bright, my friend!!!
dinghysailor1 replied
Aw Joyce (blush) you are soo kind my friend – thank you for you lovely words and for faving this .. :))))
SharonAHenson
What a lovely capture of this flower !
photobymdavey
Good depth of field, I guess you have upgraded your camera?
dinghysailor1
Hi Mark thanks ! this was the old 2nd hand nikon compact coolpix 4800 I got and it takes great shots – this was handheld in the wind so a really lucky one as mostly had blurs that day!!
see you soon !
cheers
ding ;)
JLDunn
Wow! I have never seen a purple daisy! Awesome!
Kelly J
Oh bless it!!!! Funnily enough I took some photos of purple daisies 2 days ago!!! Havnt loaded them yet though LOL… great shot maggie :)
dinghysailor1
teehee there’s still time to get them up and into the challenge here kelly and thanks everyone for your great comments!! ;))))))
SueAnne
Very nice Ding, I love the colors…
reflector
Another great garden shot Dinghy ! I really like the detail present in those stamen ! Nice DOF and colours too.
lianne
Awwww – she looks perfectly lovely to me Maggie – love the clarity and the soft color here. Really pretty!
julie08
Beautiful:)
cherylc1
gorgeous! incredible detail, colors and DOF!!
Sean Farragher
beautiful
jacqi
This is beautiful and absolutely perfect, bedraggled or not!
yankeegrl99
Very pretty
Tainia Finlay
Your garden must be beautiful ding! This is such a sweet capture :D
debsphotos
Such a lovely shade Maggie!! Excellent image!! They have to be ‘hardy’ to survive my garden as well!! LOL…*-)
AARDVARK
Hello Sailor!
Nice colours.
Sharon Johnstone
Beautiful shot Maggie!!!!
Jason Connolly
Smashing…
Sensiworld
Lovely shot !
brian pendrey
beautiful
gatherdowns
A really sharp macro well done. Bring the bees to make honey and I would be in heaven with this shot.
Christopher E...
your lighting and dof is totally awesome on this, perfect comp and focus
Jokus
Perfect flower, the colors are beautiful, love the soft fluffy yellow heart!
Jen Whyte
What a glorious capture Maggie … ’’the girl done good’’ !!
Agnes McGuinness
This is beautiful, Maggie. A great macro:)
Antanas
Very beautiful shot
DawsonImages
Nice depth control
Robin Brown
Another 1st class floral Dinghy, a gold star on your report card!! XX