Yesterday Norm and I took a trip to Longwood Gardens in PA. While there was lots to see outside we are always drawn to the conservatory with it's wonderful display of a variety of plants that we rarely, if ever, see otherwise. The problem is that the background of most plants is very busy and especially in the hallway were these plants are growing. There's greenhouse windows behind the plants which makes for difficult photography. Yesterday Norm brought along a black background. He held it while I photographed this unfolding frond of this fern. The ultimate length of this frond when unfolded is about 4 or so feet long.
Canon S95, aperture priority f5.6, 1/200s, ISO 400, hand held. PP: black background selected and lightness and brightness reduced, levels and slightly increased saturation on the plant. sharpened.
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