Family Meeting
These emerging ferns looked like they were having a family meeting!
These emerging ferns looked like they were having a family meeting!
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Canon EOS 80D
Aperture 8/1 ISO 100 Shutter 1/50 Focal Length 100/1 
Frankenmuth, Michigan, US
Apr, 2021Views
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Location
This photo was taken at Cross Park in Frankenmuth, Michigan along the wildflower trails that course through the park.Time
I shot this image in early afternoon, a little after 1:00 pm.Lighting
The lighting was all natural, and was diffuse from the overhead tree canopy shielding the bright mid-day sun.Equipment
This was taken with my hand-held Canon 80D, Tokina atx-i 100mm macro lens, ISO100, f/8, and 1/50s exposure.Inspiration
I was at the park taking pictures of all the wildflowers there, and these emerging ferns just caught my eye, as they looked like a family meeting.Editing
I post-processed the image in LuminarAI, adding a slight vignette to the image.In my camera bag
I typically carry my Canon 80D with five lenses (Canon 50mm f/1.8, 10-18mm wide angle zoom, 18-55mm zoom, and 55-250mm zoom, and Tokina 100mm macro prime lens). I also have my Haida M10 pro filter holder with a 10-stop ND and 3-stop GND filter and circular polarizer. Of course, I always have my standard accessories like spare batteries, lens hoods, memory cards, etc., and I carry a Godox V860-II speedlight with MagMod Sphere & MagBeam flash modifiers with color gels and gobos.Feedback
My advice is always simple...soak up everything about where you are, and feel the story that starts to reveal itself about your subject and your surroundings. I'm always amazed that eventually a compelling story begins to emerge, and my job then becomes how best to capture that story. Sometimes that's easy to do, sometimes it's damn hard, and sometimes I'm not able to do it at all. It's those times that I just enjoy the story and the moment, and then later it drives me to get better at my craft so in the future I can perhaps succeed.
