Janet Brien's photos with the keyword: fern

Photographed on the Rogue Gorge Trail, near Union Creek, Southern Oregon

[best appreciated at full size against black] I finally got to go on my first "real" photo hike with my new camera!! Steve and I went with the local hiking club to to a place called Buck Rock, and I had a fantastic time taking pictures! I was concerned whether I would be able to deal with a tripod AND hiking, but it turns out that I didn't need to worry at all! Just as Steve told me, a tripod doesn't have to be an annoyance. They are totally necessary if you want to take macro shots, and it turned out to be no big deal! Here is an image of the tip of a colorful fern! This image was taken in February, 2012.

[best appreciated at full size against black] It seems to me that if you like macro photography, you automatically love ferns. I don't know anyone that doesn't love these beautiful, elegant plants, and it seems that we all want to see close-up detail of these lovely fronds. With my new camera and macro lens, I am able to take the kinds of pictures I've always dreamed of. I've got a lot to learn about taking good pictures with a macro lens, so you'll probably notice the focus is off by a hair on the right, but I thought it was crisp enough to share with all of you! :) This image was taken in February, 2012.

I've shown a couple of pictures now of unfurling ferns, and mentioned that I should take a picture of an opened fern so you can all see what these look like! Below are the two pictures I took of the tiny, unfurling ferns. This open fern is about 2.5" in diameter. If you can believe it, I had to desaturate this because it's so brilliantly green that it looks unnatural! LOL!

Last year I was amazed to find ferns growing on our property, as I was convinced they didn't grow here. I decided to see if I could find them today, and I was successful! Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust (French pronunciation: ​[maʁsɛl pʁust]; 10 July 1871 – 18 November 1922) was a French novelist, critic, and essayist best known for his monumental À la recherche du temps perdu (In Search of Lost Time; earlier translated as Remembrance of Things Past). It was published in seven parts between 1913 and 1927. Wikipedia: Marcel Proust

Today I walked over to our seasonal stream on the way to a sprout I found the other day...but I never got there! I stopped to take a closer look along the edge and to my surprise, I found a tiny fern! How I adore these plants, and most especially, I love to see the ones which are unfurling. I looked very carefully until, with a squeak of delight, my eyes alit upon this incredibly tiny frond which was pushing its way up just 1" off the ground, its tiny head a mere 1/4" in diameter! When I looked at my pictures, I decided that the image was a bit on the bland side, so I turned it into a texture piece and found a pretty poem to go with it! I hope you like it! :) Thanks to Brenda Starr for the lovely texture, and as always, another nod to my dear Flickr sister, Stephanie Calhoun for her inspiration to use textures in some of my images! *high five* Robert Lee Frost (March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963) was an American poet. He is highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech. His work frequently employed settings from rural life in New England in the early twentieth century, using them to examine complex social and philosophical themes. One of the most popular and critically respected American poets of his generation, Frost was honored frequently during his lifetime, receiving four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry. Wikipedia: Robert Frost Egal Bohen: "My poems are my thoughts, dreams and memories, scribbled down primarily for myself as part of a lifetimes search to find out exactly what I am, who I am, where I am, and what the hell I'm here for - but I hope also you might find something in them too, for yourself, somewhere, if you find yourself asking yourself similar questions, which I am certain you do." Egal Bohen

Steve and I were very excited to go on one of the MeetUp hikes in our area, but last night we discovered the hike would be on Sunday, so we decided to go on the hike today. YAY! It turned out to be about a month early for flowers but I was able to find some wonderful subjects, including one of my favorites, FERNS! :D I was so happy to find some to take pictures of them, they are so wonderful to me! Pedro Calderón de la Barca y Barreda González de Henao Ruiz de Blasco y Riaño usually referred as Pedro Calderón de la Barca (17 January 1600 – 25 May 1681), was a dramatist, poet and writer of the Spanish Golden Age. During certain periods of his life he was also a soldier and a Roman Catholic priest. Born when the Spanish Golden Age theatre was being defined by Lope de Vega, he developed it further, his work being regarded as the culmination of the Spanish Baroque theatre. As such, he is regarded as one of Spain's foremost dramatists and one of the finest playwrights of world literature. Pedro Calderón de la Barca

I'm in San Francisco for the week, visiting my dad, and this is Day 4! I am so sorry that I don't have time to leave comments while I'm gone, but I really appreciate every one of your visits and comments! They mean the world to me. *hugs* Miss you guys!!! Today I helped my dad with an important project we began the last time I visited. My mother was a world-class quilter and has dozens of quilts. My dad wants to have pictures taken of every one of them, and added to his personal website (which isn't live yet). It's a huge job but we manage to get a wall cleared of everything and have taken pictures of four of them so far--many more to go! I will be sharing pictures but I don't have time to go through them just yet. This morning I had only a few minutes to play with my camera, so I walked up the block and back again, taking pictures of some of the flowers and other fun things I found along the way! I can't believe all the amazing things there are to take pictures of!! It's probably a good thing I don't have my Mark II with me...I'd never want to leave!! :D :D :D My dad is fortunate to live in a very nice neighborhood and it's always been very safe, very beautiful, and it's in a centrally-located spot in the city, which makes it easy to get anywhere without much trouble! :) Russian language proverbs are words of wisdom created in Slavic languages by Slavic peoples. The proverbs originated from oral history and ancient written texts dating as far back as the 12th century. The Russian language is replete with many hundreds of proverbs and sayings. The proverbs express a universal concept, have a moral lesson and provide an insight into many aspects of history, culture, and national character of the people who created them. By the 17th century, the proverbs were collected and documented. They were studied in the 19th and 20th centuries. Vladimir Dal was a famous lexicographer of the Russian Empire whose collection was published in Russian language in the late 19th century as The Sayings and Bywords of the Russian People, featuring more than 30,000 entries. They continue to endure in modern literature and folklore. Evidence of this is seen in the collection of Russian anti-proverbs collected by Reznikov. Wiki: Russian Proverbs