Fern Frond

Gallery: FloraPosted July 9, 2012217 views14 comments

Nikon D300 and Zeiss 100 mm trying to get the dof that I liked...settled on this.

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14 comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on July 9, 2012 at 12:45 AM

Ken: The light on this makes it one of the best fern shots I've seen here in a long time. My less than 1¢ nit is the small patch of brown sowing between the 3rd and 4th leaves from the bottom on the right side. I think I would make that go away and then print it as large as possible. Superbly done.>=))>

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on July 9, 2012 at 1:36 AM

Gorgeous, especially large. Speaks volumes for the quality of Zeiss! You could stack and do as well with this, IMO.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on July 9, 2012 at 3:36 AM

Ken:
Stunning!
Best fern curl I have seen. The light is just on the right spot and the color of this developing fronds really stand out from the bg green leaves.

Is the vignette added in pp?

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Comment posted by scott lanz on July 9, 2012 at 8:15 AM

Outstanding, Ken.

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Comment posted by Rick Turner on July 9, 2012 at 10:10 AM

This is two thumbs up. Ditto Bill's observation. Great fern capture

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Comment posted by Mark Windom on July 9, 2012 at 10:12 PM

Love the vignetting as it really focuses attention on the fiddlehead. Nicely done.

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Comment posted by Ken Smith on July 9, 2012 at 10:59 PM

Thanks for the comments. Yes, (Bill) I will have to clean up a few more spots. Some flagrant spots were cloned out. Gary, ...vignetting was added in pp. So too, the frond was touched up to appear highlighted and distinct...colors were enhanced along with shadows and brightness to add pop. Finally, I selected the frond in order to sharpen for web posting. I should have named it Octopus... Ken S

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Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on July 10, 2012 at 6:51 AM

WOW, great vision and capture Ken. The light puts this over the top for me.
Bob

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on July 10, 2012 at 11:30 AM

Excellent use of the vignette. Adds nice drama. And, the dof and pof works just great.

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on July 10, 2012 at 12:01 PM

First class lighting, Ken - wonderful high contrast which really brings out the form of the fern. Very fine image !

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Comment posted by Elisabeth Czwikla on July 11, 2012 at 10:01 AM

very beautiful, kind of mysterious image. I like the light on the little fern. Excellent!

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Comment posted by May Haga on July 11, 2012 at 11:47 AM

Very interesting. Love the curl of the overlying frond.
May

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on July 13, 2012 at 5:06 PM

Mysterious, artistic rendition of the ferns, Ken. I love the look of this!

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Comment posted by Bruce King on July 14, 2012 at 12:53 PM

Ridiculously well done Ken. I was doing some reading earllier and had the resolution on my monitor cranked up to 150% and it still looked great. Love the vignette, details are excellent. Zeiss?......I gotta get me one of those.

Still shooting with the D300? Hope to see you tomorrow at the salmon feed.

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