Unfurling Fern

Hi everyone, hope you are all well, and enjoying this fine weather!? Another variation from the norm for me tonight. This image of an uncoiling Fern was taken last Saturday between rain showers in the Mother In-Laws garden. I found it difficult to know where to focus on this image. I decided to leave the 'mushy' bluebells in the BG, to break up the green colour. Right or wrong? Any tips and pointers for this type of Photography would be welcomed with open arms! Thanks for looking,
Paul.

Canon EOS 7D, Sigma f2.8 150mm Macro.

f8, 1/60sec, ISO 200, @150mm. Handheld.

Depending what you want to achieve with this image should be the reason why you leave the bluebells in or not, My point of view is that it was a mistake, as I find them a distraction leading my eyes away from the subtle intracacies of the frond, to a certain degree. It would have been better.IMO. if the bluebells had more detail if the reason for leaving them was to give an idea of the surrounding environment. An excellent subject with plenty of detail and nice to see something without feathers.

Paul,

I agree with David about the blue bells, I think they are too low in the frame to fully contribute so I would have left them out.

There is defiantly bags of detail and very interesting subject. I order to highlight the pattern of the unfurling frond some more you could have taken the image in the same plane as the frond instead of at a slight angle.

composition isn't quite strong enough for me Paul, I wonder if more of a side view would have shown the spiral shape a bit better? A difficult one to compose well I think.

Matt

Hi Paul

the main image works well for me but I do find the Bluebells a bit distracting.

Still nice to see a different shot