Nigella damascena, love-in-a-mist,
ragged lady or devil in the bush, is an annual garden
flowering plant, belonging to the buttercup family
Ranunculaceae. It is native to southern Europe (but adventive
in more northern countries of Europe), north Africa and
southwest Asia, where it is found on neglected, damp patches
of land. The specific epithet damascena relates to Damascus in
Syria. The plant's common name comes from the flower being
nestled in a ring of multifid, lacy bracts. {wikipedia}.
This
particular specimen was photographed at Crescent Garden in
Gosport using a Tamron 90mm macro lens at an aperture of f2.8
to completely blur out (bokeh) the background. I did take
several of this flower at different apertures, but this was
the most pleasing from the set as I think it shows just how
delicate the flower structure is. |
