Norfolk Island Fern (ii)

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Norfolk Island Fern (ii)
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Copyright: Janice Dunn (Janice) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3339 W: 144 N: 5643] (16725)
Genre: Plants
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-07-08
Categories: Trees
Camera: Canon EOS 300D, Tamron 28-300 XR
Exposure: f/6.3, 1/1250 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Janice's FerNZ [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2006-07-14 23:37
Viewed: 726
Points: 30
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Cyathea brownie
(sigh-ATH-ee-uh brownee)
"Norfolk Island Tree Fern"

Now this fern is a new one for me. I’ve NEVER seen these ferns growing before until last week when Pam / Coasties and Dawn / Dawn (TL) and I went visiting Auckland’s Botanical Gardens, home to over 10,000 plants from around the world, spread over 64 hectares in Manurewa, South Auckland.

The colours of the newly opening fronds and the thickness and colours of and crowns certainly caught our attention as we wandered through the grounds.

This is my first post of the Norfolk Island Fern.

Cyathea brownii, commonly known as the Norfolk Tree Fern or Smooth Tree Fern, is probably the largest tree fern species in the world. An endemic of Norfolk Island in the wild it is reported to reach 20 m or more in height. The broad, lance shaped, bipinnate-pinnatifid to tripinnate fronds can reach 5m in length.

Stipe, the true leaf stem of ferns, is long and has a line of white, stitch like dashes along its length. In the case of the fern, the stipe is only the or stem from the rootstock to the beginning of the leaf tissue, or lamina. The continuation of the structure within the lamina is then termed a rachis.

Rachis and stipe are covered in white-brown and darker orange-brown scales. The trunk can become smooth with age and may display oval scars left from fallen fronds. It is named after the botanist Robert Brown (1773-1858).

Cyathea brownii occurs naturally in subtropical rainforest on Norfolk Island. Average daytime temperatures reach around 23 °C during the summer months falling to around 17°C during the winter. The highest temperatures likely to be experienced in this environment are around 29°C, the lowest around 6°C. Relative humidity is fairly consistent at levels between 70 and 80 percent throughout the year. Yearly rainfall is approximately 1200mm.

The once extensive forests of Norfolk Island are now reduced to a single small forested area which has been designated part of a national park. Cyathea brownii is protected within this park. It is available in cultivation in many countries and though rare is not considered endangered.

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Hi Janice,
You have some great fern down there!
I like the lines in your composition...
Nice details and colours in the plant, sky works well as backdrop!
Greetings,
Pablo -

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5171 W: 297 N: 4050] (13069)
  • [2006-07-15 4:20]

Hello Janice,
Wonderful capture.POV,lighting,details,framing and composition are excellent.Have a great weekend!
TFS...:-)

Hi Janice,
Very nice photo, good details, sharp and colors.
Well done!
TFS Malgosia

Hello Janice, excllent unique plant, perfect colors, Bg, POV DOF Perfect details, Great work, TFS Kyle

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  • Karin Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 418 W: 5 N: 268] (2089)
  • [2006-07-15 8:22]

Hello Janice,
This one has a more twisted form, I even like it better, brings more life or suspence into the composition. Good details.
Well done and TFS

Hi Janice,
Such a unique shape and form to this tree fern. It looks great against that blue sky backround. Nice colors and detail. Great notes as always.

Scott

Hi Jenice, from your photos I understand that on
norfok Islands there is a lot of ferm. ;-))
Interesting plant in yung days. In Europa now it hot summer and plants are on their vay to maturity.
Marjan

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  • TAZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2395 W: 50 N: 3190] (10896)
  • [2006-07-15 10:34]

Quand j'ai vu la miniature j'étais sûr de reconnaître une photo de Janice ;-) Simple et élégante composition. Bravo mon amie de NZ.

Hi Janice

I am currently away on holiday and working from my laptop, so my critiques wil be 'short and sweet' for the next few weeks.

I've seen this somewhere before.... well done, the result is excellent. Good clear shot. Thank you! :-)

Hi Janice,
The details are nice, clear and sharp.
Good colours, lighting and exposure. POV is good.
Well composed and nicely framed.
Thanks for posting, have a great weekend.

Hi Janice
Great shot of fern.
Excellent colors and details and excellent POV and BG too.
Regards
JC

Good Morning Janice,
Great detail and nicely composed.
Natural colors and you managed the light well IMO.
These fern always look nice, set against the blue sky :)
Well done and TFS!

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  • aido Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1103 W: 173 N: 1227] (4038)
  • [2006-07-18 11:05]

Hi Janice,
Another very educational post from your part of the world. Nice POV showing us the detail and shape of the Stipe, Rachis (didn't know that before today :-)) and Fronds. Well isolated against the blue sky. Excellent post!
Cheers,
Adrian

Hello Janice!
Very good composition. Nice blue sky and fantastic twsited form of this fern. I like it!

I like the other posted better tha this, but still a very nice shot.
Why? I think the smaller aperture gave you more DOF and slower shutter speed improved colour saturation in the other shot.
But if something I have learnt here, is that "it is a question of taste". I am often told by "the masters" that high value F decreased my details, but my personal taste on DOF and colours keeps me using them.
This shot has more details, but I still like more the previous ;)

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