| camera | Canon PowerShot A520 |
| exposure mode | full manual |
| shutterspeed | 1/100s |
| aperture | f/4.5 |
| sensitivity | unknown |
| focal length | 16.0mm |
| resolution | 1704x2272 pixels |
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Becoming a Fern
comments (10)
Now they really say SPRING
Mary MacADNski: And it's about time with us having had snow this week!
Hi Mary, What kind of fern is this? Is it an Australian tree fern? It must be big! I like it!
Mary MacADNski: It's only abouth mid-thigh high when fully out. I'll ask my friend who has the fern what kind it is.
They all look like nuns in deep prayer and meditation before unfolding open to the world!
Mary MacADNski: I love when people imagine things like that.
nice shot!
Mary MacADNski: Thank you, kairopix.
Ah, new life about to unfurl. Did you know that these are actually the branches of the plant? The stem is underground and horizontal. Two years of botany at university feels one with such information for moments like this!!!!! Nice shot. Cheers, Dave
Mary MacADNski: I din't know it exactly like that but I know new ferns grow from underground rhisomes (sp) or something like that a couple of feet away from parents. I love ferns and my favorite word in French is fougere which means fern I don't know why.
Oh I like this. Like little shy creatures who hide in coats.
Mary MacADNski: I love your description, Julischka. Thanks.
You know I've learned so much coming to your blog tonight! I grew up next to a huge pine forest and would look forward to each spring and the baby ferns rearing their heads through the dead bracken of the previous year; those soft downy stems and that lush green colour that one minute wasn't there and then all of a sudden seemed to take over.
Your image works really well with that red/rust contrast - and you've brought back many childhood memories of playing in the woods.
Mary MacADNski: My favorite childhood memories are also of playing in the woods....gone all day with orders to be back for supper. Such adventures!
Oh yes! A sure sign that spring has arrived. I always think these look wonderful, and your picture shows them at their best. I do like the background too.
Mary MacADNski: My friends are renovating their porch rhis year and these may get trampled or moved. I'm glad I got this photo now.
Fabulous picture. This is the stage when ferns have an almost animal aspect to them. You have captured the young fronds so well.
Mary MacADNski: Thanks Ray. This is at my friend's house. I see them like this every year and this year I had a camera.
I like these plants they have a very funny shape !
Mary MacADNski: They are ferns just beginning to open.
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