Fall Fern

Gallery: FloraPosted October 26, 2011257 views12 comments

I spent the last month in AZ and MT, where I was focused on aspects other than flowers and details. Now that I'm back east, my vision is returning to details such as this Marsh Fern (Thelypteris palustris) growing in the woods near the Hawlings river. These bronzed leaves were standing tall in the midst of a large group of shriveled leaves. (5D, 100mm macro, 1/50 s, f/10, iso 800 because of the breeze, tripod)

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12 comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on October 26, 2011 at 10:04 AM

Nice comp. The diagonals and leaflet forms make for an intensely repetitive image.

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Comment posted by Gary Reed on October 26, 2011 at 12:47 PM

Nice colour and texture.

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on October 26, 2011 at 5:53 PM

Lots of texture and pattern in this image. rich, warm colors, too. I guess I'm always looking for the unusual or different parts of an image because its the two holes and the bent petal in the urc that I find most engaging. A very nice image,

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Comment posted by Brian Schrayer on October 26, 2011 at 7:55 PM

Your composition is strong and I like the repetition of the lines in both the stem and in the veins of the leaves. The color is also nice.

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Comment posted by David Spindle on October 26, 2011 at 8:30 PM

Fantastic photograph! I love the brilliant color and wonderful details.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on October 26, 2011 at 9:02 PM

Are you sure you weren't at the macro boot camp with Barbara? This looks pretty Mike Moatish. Well seen and captured.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on October 26, 2011 at 9:31 PM

Hi Mark

Well composed showing marvelous color and interesting patterns of detail and shape

:smile
Albert Darmo
Canada:

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on October 27, 2011 at 11:17 AM

Mark: Really well seen, composed and captured. The only thing that would make this better for me is if you made the light BG area on the center-bottom match the darker BG of the rest of the shot. Very well done.>=))>

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Comment posted by Craig Strand on October 28, 2011 at 6:24 AM

Love the autumn gold tone that you captured here Mark, very nice indeed!

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Comment posted by Bob Duff on October 28, 2011 at 8:59 PM

Very structural Mark. Those strong diagonals and sharp edges give a sense of great strengh.

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on October 28, 2011 at 9:06 PM

Very strong subject, very strong presentation. I especially love all the tiny lines.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on November 1, 2011 at 6:27 PM

I like everything about this one. No nits at all.

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