I Like Daisies

Posted by Monte Stevens (Westerville, United States) on 20 June 2009 in Plant & Nature and Portfolio.

My grandmothers name was Daisy but that's not the reason I like daisies. Some people consider them weeds and some consider them flowers. We find them growing in peoples gardens and in an open prairie. They stand tall on their stems and sway with the wind. In fact do you remember making daisies chains with their stems when you were little? They are also used for medicinal purposes. A little known fact is that in ancient Rome, the surgeons who accompanied Roman legions into battle would order their slaves to pick sacks full of daisies in order to extract their juice. Bandages were then soaked in this juice and then would be used to bind sword and spear cuts. But what draws me to them is their beauty. In this image you will notice I was not the only one attracted to the daisies.

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Nikon D300
1/100 second
F/8.0
ISO 200
35 mm

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