Ferns

Taken in Redmond, Washington.
50mm, f1.8, 1/320 sec., ISO 160.
I had fun with the colors in processing.

This is beautiful Anita. I like the triangle of the fern tips, and the colours are wonderful!

Very interesting colors and shapes, and I like the treatment. I'm a sucker for ferns. I'm curious how you got the effect, if it's not a military secret! Or did it all come from the lens?

Thank you both Jackie and Diane.
Diane: Nothing in my photos come directly from the lens, but the lens I use makes a difference. And, I'm always happy to share my processing. :bg3:
Most of the colors come from saturating the existing colors. I used the Hue/Saturation adjustment layer, and the Saturation Sponge (for selective saturation). I used Tonal Contrast in Color Efex Pro to bring out more detail, and Viveza to lighten a few areas. I finished by running Topaz DeNoise. The interesting shapes and out-of-focus elements were created by the very shallow dof (f1.8) and my f1.8 50mm lens.
I'm attaching a screen shot of my layers showing the original image.

this is very nicely done I adore the colors.

Would love it even more if the main in focus fern was a bit more diagonal, but that's a personal preference.

A joyous blend of colors and shapes and blurs! I can almost see the ferns growing and stretching towards the light, like those time lapse movies of a seedling growing and twirling upwards. Only you captured all that motion in one glorious image! Thank you for posting your procedure.

Thank you Linz and Nancy.

This is one very lovely image, Anita! I love the shallow DOF and the colors are gorgeous!

Thank you, Chirstopher.