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This Hart's Tongue Fern Asplenium scolopendrium has been growing in splendid isolation at the bottom of our garden for many years. Two days ago, I noticed that it was looking photogenic.

I fetched my camera and decided to go for daylight exposure. It was a sunny day but this fern never gets much the sun due to shading from tall trees. It is growing at the base of a boundary hedge/wire fence combination. To minimise the contribution of the wire in some shots I got down close to the wire at just above ground level. (I cloned out most of it from the images of the whole fern).

Had I not been in that position, I would probably not have notices that gusts of wind occasionally parted the foliage of the trees, allowing narrow shafts of sunlight to very briefly paint the fronds with golden light. It took me many attempts to capture this at all. The bad news was that the wind which provided this sometimes also move the fronds and I did not have the short exposure of flash to deal with the motion. Shutter speeds were from 1/20 to 1/100 second at ISO 800.

I used my 4/3 50mm macro for the fronds and my Lumix 14-45 for the whole plant.

The stereo is crosseye.

Harold



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May 06, 2017 at 12:51 AM
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Nice Harold. I've not seen that fern ~ Ron


May 06, 2017 at 07:06 AM
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surfnron wrote:
Nice Harold. I've not seen that fern ~ Ron


Thanks, Ron.

Found in Gardens. I suppose the Victorians would have included it in their fern gardens.

Harold



May 06, 2017 at 07:29 AM
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3 for me Harold

Morris



May 06, 2017 at 08:41 AM
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I've always liked the way my ferns seem to unfurl their leaves. I really like this particular fern. Thanks for sharing Harold!
Douglas



May 06, 2017 at 09:40 AM
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morris wrote:
3 for me Harold

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Thanks, Morris.

Harold



May 06, 2017 at 09:48 AM
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douter wrote:
I've always liked the way my ferns seem to unfurl their leaves. I really like this particular fern. Thanks for sharing Harold!
Douglas


Thanks, Douglas.

I have photographed them in hothouses but have always overlooked these early stages until this year.

Harold



May 06, 2017 at 09:50 AM





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