A light brown fern in the midst of a still green fern patch was already deep into it's trip through autumn while the others were all stubbornly staying vibrant green. I was on the lookout for ferns that day to cut and take home with me in order to do some still life studio imagery with them. Driving along a dirt road where I knew there were a bunch of great patches and varieties of these- this scene popped right out at me demanding a contrasty black and white photograph, I was thrilled to comply!