Sunday, May 3, 2026

Ferns in the Ivy


We have ivy all around the property, and most obviously on the front bank from the lawn in front of the house, down to the street.  But those ferns are not up yet.  But some of them have migrated over underneath the Japanese maple tree.  They are pretty, rooted within the ivy because they sit isolated and surrounded by the ivy.  I tried this photograph in color but the green ivy blended into the green ferns.   So I got out my modified old SONYcamera that is sensitive to infrared light, and photographed them with that.  I love using this camera from time to time because it sees the world, and particularly plants that have clorophyl in them, in a completely different way.  Those plants reflect more infrared light and you can see the effect, above, that they appear brighter white in tone.

 

2 comments:

Joan Edwards said...

Beautiful photo. The ferns appear iridescent and really stand out.

Betsey said...

Made me think of little white Christmas trees :-) Very pretty!