Hey Peter,
I saw this in the voting booth and thought it worth commenting on. I didn't check out the original so I don't know what the manipulation was, but it clearly was the *right* manipulation as I think this is a superior photo of a daisy. They are tough little buggers to photograph, so humble and usually surrounded by entirely nondescript other plants. What you did here turned the surroundings into a bonus rather than a deficit and kept it all low key to work with the simple qualities of the daisy. Good work mate.
Mikel.