The developing fronds or fiddleheads of ferns are always a point of interest in spring. Cinnamon Fern (Osmunda cinnamomea) is an easy target because it’s abundant in most wetland habitats and the root stalks, fiddleheads and fronds are all prominent.
Dense clusters of fuzzy fiddleheads, each with a unique configuration, present one of the more pleasant spring scenes in a wetland habitat.
Photos by NB Hunter. © All Rights Reserved.
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Like the tagline. The last one reminds me of baby birds just out of the egg.
I like that interpretation too! Thanks.
I never saw them so close, amazing bit of plant architecture and macro work. The last two look like they are the parents protecting the family. Oh, my imagination roams. Very nice photos, Nick.
The imagination-running-loose aspect can get a little crazy, but is fun. My first thought when the last image appeared on my screen was “Alien Love”. 🙂
I like photographing fiddleheads too. There are nice! They remind me of embryos … anyone else?
Thanks Denise. OK, now I’m starting a list of creative interpretations from the clouds!!!
My reaction to that last one was much like yours… aliens head to head. ET finding his mate?
Gorgeous ferns, snick. Do you know fiddleheads are edible, and quite good.
Sorry, that would be Nick, not snick, which is the sound the shutter on an old 35mm camera makes, and clearly not your name.