This is a single, developing fern that was photographed against a black background and then copied 3 times to form a single, montage photo. Equipment: Canon 50d with Canon macro lens EF 100 /F2.8, on a manfroto tripod at ISO 100, f22 at 1.6. Processed with Adobe bridge CS5, Viveza 2 and merged together in Photoshop CS5.