Ferns - Mt. Pisgah                                                                                 Steve Dixon
Technical and Purchase Information

Camera/Lens: Fine Art field 203mm Ektar
Format: 4x5
Film:TMAX 100
Print Sizes Available: 8x10, 11x14, 16x20


All prints are on double-weight fiber-based paper, archivally processed, selenium
toned, signed, and dry-mounted. Mats are archival quality and acid free.  Actual
print sizes may vary slightly.
Catalog Numbers:
8x10 - 10108
11x14 - 14108             
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16x20 - 20108
   I was up at Mt. Pisgah one day on a newspaper assignment, had finished up and decided to wander through the
campground, just to look around.  That's what photographers do after all, just look around.  I had been (and still am)
looking for the quintessential fern photo.  When I saw this grouping, with its sensuous curves, I thought, "This might
be it".  I had my 4x5 in the car, so I set up and exposed a couple of sheets of film.  I felt pretty good about it, but it
wasn't until I developed the film that I knew this shot was special.  It remains one of my favorite photos, especially
when printed larger than life-size.  I love the harmonizing shapes of the ferns and the wealth of detail.  In the lower
right quadrant of the picture, there's a fly resting on a fern leaf, rendered in perfect detail.  I still think there's a better
fern picture somewhere in the future, but this is the best I've gotten so far.