What You Should Photograph ⁴

• back of the leaf
• front of the leaf
• overall plant

In the photos above I have chosen the tangle ferns to illustrate this point.

The first photo shows the front of a tangle fern and they all look fairly much alike.

The second photo is the back of the leaf - this one is the Gleichenia dicarpa
The third photo is the back of the leaf - this one is Gleichenia microphylla.

You can quite cleary see the difference on the back which is why you must take photos of the back of ferns.

Tweaking Photos ⁴

Check out the General Guide for Tweaking Photos for tips on how to:

• Sharpen photos
• Lighten photos
• Fix washed out photos
• Crop Photos

Other Photo Guides ⁴

• Related Guides
• General Guide for Photographing Plants
• Photographing Sun Orchids
• Photographing Greenhood Orchids
• Photographing Sundews
• Photographing Searockets
• Photographing Rengarenga
• Photographing Dianella
• Shells and Rock Pools Guides
• General Guide To Photographing in Rock Pools
• Photographing Gastropods
• To Photographing Bivalves
• Photographing Hermit Crabs
• Photographing Brittle Stars
• Photographing Octopuses
• Photographing Bluebottles
• Bird Guide
• General Guide To Photographing Birds
• Insect Guide
• Photographing Praying Mantis
• Tweaking Guide
• General Guide To Tweaking Photos

Sources and Credits

1. (c) John Barkla, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by John Barkla
2. (c) David Hutchinson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by David Hutchinson
3. (c) Leon Perrie, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Leon Perrie
4. (c) tangatawhenua, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos

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