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Subtle Beauty

            Autumn Fern on Green Background
Chesterfield County, Virginia

The landscaper who suggested several years ago that we include some ferns in front of our north-facing house said the autumn fern takes its name from the fact that fronds open in spring showing colors associated with autumn, rather than a purer or lighter green.

To make the fronds as distinct from the green background (mostly grass, as this was shot from above the ferns) as I could, while retaining a natural look, I used shallow depth of field (my crop-sensor camera with telephone zoom at 194mm gave an effective focal length of 310mm).  This allowed the fern to stand out, but I wanted greater separation; happily, the background color differs enough from the fern that a Lightroom brush with auto-mask turned on allowed me to darken exposure of the background (I settled on about a half-stop differential).  With a bit of gloss on the fronds, despite being in the shade, I used a polarizer; because there was a breeze, I boosted ISO and used servo autofocus.

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Taken in: United States / Virginia / Penn Acres (show map)

Taken on: May 6, 2020

Tags:

virginia

chesterfield county

flowers and plants

ferns

may 2020

may

2020

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Sets appears in: • Central VA 2 • Other Flowers & Plants

Groups appears in: • Flickr Nature

Camera: Canon EOS 80D, f/6.3, 1/125 sec, 194mm, ISO 1250 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 80D
Lens:	EF70-200mm f/4L IS II USM
Aperture:	f/6.3
Exposure Time:	0.008 sec (1/125)
Focal Length:	194mm
ISO:	1250
Exposure Bias:	-2/3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 9.2.1 (Macintosh)
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