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Looking into the gully my thoughts went to the first people who arrived in Australia from England. On misty mornings this is the sight they would see. The mist slowly making its way through the ferns and how mysterious would it have been for them. In Canberra we are so very lucky to have such beautiful ferns in our backyard and can go and see them anytime.
The Limestone pavement under Ingleborough is home to a remarkable array of plants that manage to survive in the sheltered fissures.
Mamiya C330S
Sekor 80mm
Portra160
2nd attempt at ICM...seems to impart a nice ghostly feel to the image of some ferns in a local wood.
Overlapping Ferns. © Copyright 2018 G Dan Mitchell - all rights reserved.
Overlapping ferns grow close together in the springtime redwood forest
Late in the day, a bit early for golden hour but late enough to start thinking about it, I visited a short trail in Del Norte State Park, along which there was the promise of a few rhododendron blossoms and many, many redwood trees. It was an easy trail, gradually ascending and traversing a low ridge through the forest, and then beginning a descent that led to the beach. Since I was interested in the redwoods and not the beach, I stopped just past the beginning of the descent.
The lighting conditions were just about perfect — thin clouds muted and diffused the light, and it came into the forest from the west at a low angle, side-lighting the redwood trees. While I mostly was there to photograph big, obvious things like blooming rhododendrons and the redwood trees, this forest was full of smaller details, too. As I started back up the trail to return to where I started I saw some thick groups of ferns and I stopped to take a look. This little scene immediately caught my attention, with its nearly symmetrical layers of fern fronds leading down toward the forest floor.
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Ferns hanging from the roof of a cave. Taken on the Wahclella Falls trail, along the Columbia river gorge.