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Time for a Fern Again


Time for a Fern Again
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Copyright: Janice Dunn (Janice) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3315 W: 148 N: 6113] (18648)
Genre: Plants
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-07-10
Categories: Bushveld
Camera: Canon EOS 300D, Tamron 28-300 XR
Exposure: f/4.5, 1/60 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): New Zealand ferns, New Zealand native fauna & flora, Janice's FerNZ [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2005-09-14 1:25
Viewed: 1637
Points: 28
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NZ Ferns.

I haven’t posted a fern for quite a while, so here is another one for you.

New Zealand tree ferns are a very special plant. They have a certain charm about the way they grow. As the name suggests, tree ferns have a trunk which supports an amazing and beautiful crown of fronds. Some of these fronds can reach out to over four metres /12 ft.

I found these notes about NZ ferns written by Dennis Greville, a NZ author of many gardening books, which I have found very interesting.

Falling For Fronds
Dennis Greville

Ferns are ancient. In fact, they have their origins in the time before coal was formed, over 300 million years ago.

They evolved long before flowering plants came on to the scene and bear neither flowers nor seeds. Theirs is a quiet beauty. A beauty of form rather than colour.

Without flowers, it was long thought that ferns reproduced by some mysterious method. Today, we know that ferns bear spores on the backs of their leaves.

These spore sacks are sometimes protected by scales. Spores may be produced on all leaves or only some. They are tiny and dust-like; the number of spores from one frond amounting to millions.

The air, where ferns grow, is full of spores that are capable of surviving for very long periods before germinating. The dark brown and sometimes red, spore-bearing fronds of many ferns create an interesting contrast with the other green leaves.

Ferns are easy plants to grow and require little more than moisture and shelter from the burning sun and drying winds. Many ferns are especially suited to growing in low light conditions.

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dew77, Eko, Comandante, honza, scottevers7, carper, marhowie, liquidsunshine, Luc, mjdundee has marked this note useful
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Very nice picture, Janice-
Good use of the flash. Nice colours and good details.
I like the composition too.
Very well done.

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4774 W: 294 N: 4020] (13209)
  • [2005-09-14 3:54]

Hello Janice!
Wonderful capture.Lighting,dark BG,contrast between BG and green ferns,DOF,3D effect,framing and composition are excellent.TFS...:-)

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  • Eko Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 187 W: 10 N: 38] (121)
  • [2005-09-14 4:18]

Hi Janice!
Perfect capture.I liked DOF,lighting and composition very much.Thanks for posting.

Hello Janice!
Magnificent post.Lighting,POV,framing and composition are perfect.Thanks for sharing.

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  • honza Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 537 W: 0 N: 716] (4191)
  • [2005-09-14 6:44]

Very nice photo of fern Janice. Perfect composition, sharpness and light.

Hi Janice,
I love ferns, but the climate around where I live does not allow for many to grow. We have a few in our shade garden, but nothing like these beauties. Your notes on this subject are excellent.
Scott

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  • carper Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2009 W: 122 N: 2581] (8424)
  • [2005-09-14 10:21]

very artfull shot Janice,
I like the lines, the light the good composition, the pov and the very nice dof, very well seen, good job,
gr. Jaap

Hi Janice!
I don't have enough time to write a decent comment ;) but the big smiley is, no doubt, well deserved here :)

//Your photos of ferns are superb. I love the colours and framing here//

Nice shot Janice, Thank You!

Janice, very interesting plant. Colorful photo, good sharpness and details. Well done.

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  • livios Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2156 W: 322 N: 4258] (16906)
  • [2005-09-14 15:53]

Janice, another artistic composition.

Excellent and vivid colors, great contrast between green and dark shades; excellent sharpness.

A very beautiful and pleasant picture.

Great shot Janice,
Very good exposure, nicely composed, good colours and well detailed. Good POV and notes. Very well captured, thanks for posting

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  • Luc Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1873 W: 304 N: 4300] (14729)
  • [2005-09-22 15:42]
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A very good picture with this nice composition, Janice. And I liked as well the words of Dennis Greville and yours too ;-)
Thank you 'amie'.

Hello Janice,
This one looks very delicate and noble. Great catch of light - ferns never run out of fashion. Send more!
Thomas

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