Fuzzy Fiddlehead
I photographed this at my NY mountain cabin. these are the emerging fronds of a certain species of fern. I desaturated all the colors but green....
Read more
I photographed this at my NY mountain cabin. these are the emerging fronds of a certain species of fern. I desaturated all the colors but green.
Read less
Read less
Aperture f/6.3 ISO 200 Shutter 1/200 Focal Length 1050/10 
Jul, 2018Views
899
Likes
Awards
Winner in stunning hairy plants and flowers Photo Challenge
Peer Award
Absolute Masterpiece
Top Choice
Outstanding Creativity
Superb Composition
Magnificent Capture
All Star
Superior Skill
Genius
Virtuoso
Emotions
Impressed
Happy
Top Ranks
Top 10 rankTop 10 rank week 1
Top 30 rankTop 30 rank week 1
Top 10 rank
Categories
Ultimate
Platinum
Platinum
Platinum
debbiereynoldswinn
August 26, 2018
Such an interesting species this must be. Do you have any photos or this once it matures, lol, or whatever it does? I'd be interested to see it at that stage.
Platinum
chiphendershot
August 27, 2018
Thanks, I believe this would be mature being it is called a fiddlehead. This is a frond from the fern family and is edible in the early spring time.
Platinum
PRO+
Platinum
Same photographer See allBehind The Lens
Discover more photos See all
Behind The Lens
Location
The image was capture at my cabin in New York. I often hike my property with two cameras dangling from my neck.Time
I believe this was shot early afternoon.Lighting
Being I was on the side of the mountain in Spring the lighting would have been somewhat diffused by the canopy the tress create.Equipment
I used a Nikon D700 with a Nikon 105mm f 2.8 N lens.Inspiration
I love the hairy, fuzzy look that the spiral fern frond display. The lighting seem to highlight the bed head type hair and unshaven stubble.Editing
I always import my RAW file using Lightroom. I will do some minor adjustments and usually my crop there. The next step is opening a TIFF file in Topaz Studio where I did a number of adjustments. My goal was to highlight the hairy fuzzy texture, but keep some of the color of the frond. My last step is making final adjustments in Photoshop and saving both a TIFF and JPEG file. I add a logo to the JPEG file and flatten the layers and save it separately from the original JPEG.In my camera bag
I shoot with a Nikon D700 and a Sony A7R mirrorless. I have a large selection of Nikon ED, AF and AF-S lenses as well as adapters to use older Canon FD mount manual focus lenses. When using my Sony I shoot with vintage c mount lenses. My favorite c mount brands are Kinoptik, Angeniuex, Cooke, Wollensak and Birns & Sawyer Hollywood lenses. These lenses were designed for 16mm cine cameras. I use these lenses for the amazing creamy bokeh they create.Feedback
I like to be sure to get as many different point of views as possible. Get down in the dirt, do whatever it takes to get the position that will reveal what inspired you to capture the image. Learn and know how to use your image editing software.
