Baby Ferns

This was a bright sunny chilly morning with hard direct sun. I almost didn't know what to do with it. The only thing I saw (or couldn't get out of my mind) was this little patch of baby ferns at the top of my driveway. A regular shot wasn't doing it for me. So I played.

Yellow Ferns

I guess I never think of ferns changing colors like leaves on the trees but they do. Usually I notice them when they've browned up and clobbered by the weather, these look nice and healthy. On a good day, with these ferns, I doubt I would have anymore light on them since they were low in and under evergreen trees. The blacks and the depth of field to make this interesting. I've since learned that mosquitoes make ferns there home. I don't know if I like this, but at least there were none on this day.

Past Ferns

I'm not sure how many bad images of this fern patch I made but enough so I almost gave up. I didn't pick the prettiest of ferns and that was part of the plan. Because I didn't have the light inside this treeline I hoped the shallow depth of field would give the image the character it needed for me to be happy. I chose this view because of the lightness of the featured fern. It sticks out naturally. The green (or almost green) of the image didn't do it so I dropped it into black and white. Now,......it's perfect.