# Maiden's hair **URL:** \ **Category:** Image Critiques\ **Tags:** landscape\ **Created:** [July 31, 2019, 10:41pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/maidens-hair/7960 "2019-07-31T22:41:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ronald\_Murphy](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/3e96dc/32.png) [@Ronald\_Murphy](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Ronald_Murphy)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 10:41pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/maidens-hair/7960/1 "2019-07-31T22:41:23Z")
![_MG_0447-2000](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/2X/5/51a936b1878cd11c21dd1ff9e47360f660358f11.jpeg) Along the trail to Twin Falls, WA. Canon 80D, 0.8 s, f/8, ISO 200, EF 24-105mm f/4 @ 73 mm, CPL. Raw file processed in LRClassicCC. TK resize/sharpening for web. Seeking any and all advice and comments. Thanks in advance. Please view the large image! ##### **_You may only download this image to demonstrate post-processing techniques._** ---
**Author:** ![Brian\_Schrayer](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Schrayer](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Brian_Schrayer)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 2:06am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/maidens-hair/7960/2 "2019-08-01T02:06:31Z")
The radiating leaves fill the frame nicely. As with your previous image I like how you have used light and shadow to emphasize the main subject. I do find myself wishing for a bit more room on the right hand side of the frame since those leaves are cut off, but maybe you were trying to avoid distracting elements. ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_McGuirk](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/ed_mcguirk/32/30542_2.png) [@Ed\_McGuirk](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Ed_McGuirk)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 1:22pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/maidens-hair/7960/3 "2019-08-01T13:22:35Z")
Ronald, I love the way the ferns are set against such a deeply shadowed background, and the way the center fern is framed by the other vegetation to the left. Your processing of color, exposure and contrast look right on the money to me. Good eye on your part to see this scene. With all the deep shadows, and interesting patterns and textures, i think this image would work very well in B&W as well as color. My suggestion for improvement is that for my taste, there is a lot of dark negative space in the LRC that is not doing much for me. You need some of it to create visual separation on the central fern, but maybe not this much. I would suggest considering cropping this to a square format, which would make the central fern even more dominant in the image. I would do something like this. ![_MG_0447-2000_copy](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/2X/7/7297accf19fd4eba11f53739505e9b6906e2b2b6.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Teller](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/richard_teller/32/611_2.png) [@Richard\_Teller](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Richard_Teller)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 11:05pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/maidens-hair/7960/4 "2019-08-01T23:05:05Z")
I like the light and the radiating leaves. I do like Eds crop suggestion. ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_McGovern](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/jim_mcgovern/32/6267_2.png) [@Jim\_McGovern](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Jim_McGovern)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 2:58pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/maidens-hair/7960/5 "2019-08-02T14:58:11Z")
I’m just a nut for maiden hair ferns! They are so beautiful and light…any puff of wind and they dance for minutes! This is beautiful and I like the direction Ed is going with the crop, but it feels just a bit cramped to me.