Phegopteris sp.

macro mondays theme: leaves

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Sony A7

Olympus OM Zuiko 2.8/135

10mm extension tube

morning light

Manual setup, manual focus, available light, handheld. Hope, you enjoy!

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In my yard.

This scene astounds me every year.

The elegant fern unfolding.

It goes from one day looking very 'un alive', no green to be spotted, to suddenly waking up.

Close up of fern leaf. On-camera flash diffused with milk carton.

I could say they are very helpful.....but I would be lying. Ha ha. At least they give me wonderful opportunities for photos and it is my fault for having food around for them so the deal is they do the gardening and I do the photo shoots.

(26/366) If you look closely (best viewed Large) there appears to be 3 types of fern growing out from behind this old drain pipe outside my GP surgery. I can see the obvious green one at the top, some darker plant with rounder leaves underneath & what looks like a Hart's Tongue fern leaf at the bottom?

A dying fern frond against a background of heather.

Better Large, trust me!

Overlapping fronds of tree ferns (Cyathea sp.) The colour is SOOC.

A change from flower macros.

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National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

The unfolding ferns,wonderful shapes and textures .........

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Bowman's Hill

The fern tip was reaching out over a drop down to the river. I wish I could have gotten a little closer, but like the bokeh effect.

I got caught in a heavy rain shower yesterday so stood under these wonderful tree ferns till it subsided, it didn't though and I got saturated walking back!

Enid A. Haupt Conservatory

One of New Zealand symbols.

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Twin Creeks trail, far northwest Austin

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Fresh fern fronds forming a fence. HFF

Unfurling. Series of Ferns

Prairie Creek SNA, Nerstrand Big Woods State Park, Minnesota

At Dunvegan Gardens, Isle of Skye.

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© Melissa Post 2019

The dappled sunlight on the fern and moss and rocks was lovely. Sat and enjoyed the babbling of the brook. Taken at Chatfield Hollow State Park in Connecticut.

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Pentax K-3 - SMC Pentax DA 55-300mm F4-5.8ED

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Fern with Intentional Camera Movement (ICM)

Spent an enjoyable, albeit challenging morning with some great friends and fellow photographers. Both the wind and the light were a challenge to work with. Once set up on a composition, you could expect to wait ten to fifteen minutes for a lull in the wind that would last only a few seconds, and you had to hope that you had cloud cover at the same time. It's good to be challenged on occasion.

Skrylle naturreservat, Sweden, Summer 2021

Minolta Hi-Matic F, AgfaPhoto APX 100@100, Adonal 1+50, 10 min.

I stumbled across this bed of miniature ferns in Alaska, along the Turnagain Arm. I wasn't expecting to see these beauties and of course was pleasantly surprised.

Following a track along the River Glaslyn I saw these ferns above traces of copper. There used to be copper mines in the neighbourhood and there is a disused railway line along which the copper was transported.

Taken with a Canon 60D and a Canon 100mm f2.8 Macro