To make these portraits of an up-close-and-personal Western sword fern (Polystichum munitum) frond beginning to unfurl, I used my 135mm lens on a bellows. This is the same setup I used for my recent Gazania image, except with capture using the Leica Monochrom 11 rather than the 11MP. I used an orange filter on the lens to help enhance the black and white.

It’s fun to be able to peer into a different world, the way things look in the exciting world of macro photography!