Ferns

Wow, that is incredible! I've never seen such a green and perfect monoculture of ferns like that. I love the white trunks for contrast too. I would take a slight crop off the right (or add more space on the left, if you happen to have a composition with that). Also the web sharpening looks like it could take quite a boost. Lastly, I think if you darken the image you could work a little more with the contrasts, creating some more tonal variations (using the subtle shadows in the ferns) to add more depth to the image. That might sound like a lot of nits - just ideas to consider, overall I really like this image!

Hi Todd - The imagrey is wonderful but the focus seems very soft. Greens also seem a little too bright for my taste. You may want to tone those down since the comp works for me as an abstract.

Great eye Todd!

Todd,

Wonderful scene! I would just take Floris' comments and rubber stamp them; excellent suggestions on all counts. Makes my job easy.

Nice work, ditch or no ditch. Thanks for sharing.

Lon

Better?

Wonderful, fresh and inspring. Love the contrast between the fern and the static trees. Overall the shot feels a bit heavier on the left and a crop might be worth a try. This shot deserves to be better sharpened for the web to see even more of the lovely details.

I like the first version better - it's more vivid.

Superb intimate composition and wonderful use of color. It does look very soft in this version, though, and could use more sharpening (and/or less compression).

Guy

Very neat image. I agree with Floris on the crop suggestion and sharpening suggestion. The basic ingrediants are certainly here for a great image, just needs a little refinement IMO.

Todd, I'm glad I scrolled down to look at more as I usually take the All Galleries route when viewing images here. This is a great capture. I love the contrast in color and texture on this. If it were mine, I'd increase the contrast and sharpening on this. If this is the only comp you have, I'd also suggest cropping the bottom quite a bit, and a small amount off the right side to balance the trunks in the frame. One great image!

Very Unique, well done, agree with the suggestions

Todd,

Thanks for posting a re-worked version. I think the sharpening for the web looks a bit better, but personally I would say you went too far on the darkening. I think you lost some of the vibrance and saturation. Not sure how you went about darkening, but if you can play with just the highlights - dropping those down a bit rather than all of it. I think somewhere between your original and re-work is a happy medium. And actually I'm personally leaning more towards the original. Oh, and the small crop works well too.

Lon

This is STELLAR Todd. The composition is outstanding. One of the best intimate forest compositions I've seen in quite awhile. The textures are wonderful. It's amazing how similar all of the ferns are, and they all look so vibrant. Really, really nice image!

Love your composition. An amazing sea of ferns with wonderful, vibrant color. Would go with your first post and bump the sharpening as you did in the second in my opinion.

Phenomenal composition and photo!!!

But the processing especially the lack of sharpness hurts it. Apply some advanced custom sharpening to it and it will soar.

Mark

Todd, for me the first version is really, really appealing with colors and incredible lines.