Fern Rollout Repost

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What technical feedback would you like if any? Any

What artistic feedback would you like if any? Any

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Canon 5D MarkIII, with Canon 180 macro lens, f5, ISO 5000, aperture 4.5 at 1/200 sec and 252mm. This was taken in an area with a large fern growth and wild blackberry plants. The area was an old tobacco bed as Southern Marylanders call it. Repost-Cloned out top fiddle heads and sharpened after stepping down on contrast a bit.

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John: Looking at your techs it must have been pretty dark. I like your selective focus on this unusual plant. Nice find and a fine capture. >=))>

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Hi Bill, this scene and subject was under low branches with moss. It was not lit well but a vgnette was applied in Photoshop to highlight the fern curls. My Canon 180 Macro has 1.4III Extender and extension tube which affects lighting, I believe.
Thanks,
Wayne

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Hi John, I believe these are fiddleheads, very popular up in Nova Scotia and you can buy them locally down here…delicious steamed! I like your rendition here and I think the moss sets off the young curled-up plant nicely with all the tiny white hairs (I’m sure there’s a more scientific name for them, lol). The vignet works well to frame everything too. Thanks for sharing!

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Thanks Jim, Didn’t remember the eating part, thanks for reminding me. Appreciate your comment.
Wayne

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I like the vignetting of this, John, it really brings up the ferns nicely. It’s a slight shame you had to cut off the topmost curl, and I might like to see a little more in focus, but I guess the shot cannot have been that easy. I also like the textures of the fern and moss - you’ve brought those out beautifully.

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Hi Ian, Thanks for comments. Took your suggestions and believe it hit the mark this time.

Wayne

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I like the changes you made John; the composition is less busy now. As it happens, was out hiking in the CT woods yesterday and found some fiddleheads :grinning:. This is more of a snapshot than a photograph.

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Hi, Jim

Was out this morning looking for fiddleheads, deer really likes them too. Brought a few home to google a recipe for steaming them. Your center grouping looks good to me.

Wayne

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Correction. After showing my photos to our refuge wildlife biologist, she identified them as Christmas ferns, not fiddleheads. Mia Culpa!

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Thanks Jim, I also understand that the “Christmas Fern” is not eatable as is the “Fiddlehead.”