Fern Forest

Philip: Inspired comp IMO and wonderful FG lighting. Reminds me of an advertisement for Velvia. Very well done.>=))>

Phillip,

I like this very much exactly as posted but would also think it would work with the forest cropped out at the top. Love the ferns, the comp and the rich color.

Pat

Wonderful ferns! I'm fortunate to be around them all of the time, but it is always great to see such wonderful specimens.. especially in a setting like this! Reminds me of my recent time spent in Northern CA.

Wow, that's a dazzling fern forest. What prime subjects they are, too. Maybe it's me, but I feel like the trees are falling forward. I'd favor a crop down to the ferns for that reason. And there's even shamrocks (oxalis) in view under the ferns! Splendid!

Lovely.

These ferns are bueatiful Phillip. I like your choice of composition with placing the horizon high. It draws great attention on the ferns and show the DOF nicely.

Excellent comp, color, and light on this one, Phillip. Great greens, too.

Love the radial lines of your foreground here Philip, you picked the right fern and your emphasis on the ground patterns was a good choice.

David M. Cobb

Brilliant use of the fern for the foreground, Phillip. Works just perfect as presented for me

That is a gorgeous area with no shortage of green. I like your composition as is and especially the way the fronds leads your eye into the photo

Wow! This is cool, Philip! I've always visualized a shot similar to this, but I can never seem to pull it off as well as what I have in mind. You did an excellent job here!

If a 3-day drive was short, I'd be in Colorado, New Mexico and the rest of the west all the time!

Phillip, in the thumbnail I wsn't sure what the bg was, but seeing it here I think it adds to the capture by giving your subject a home. What a lush green capture. Seems almost surreal. I like the presentation of looking down into the foreground fern and then wandering up into the image. I believe those are shamrocks in the center of the foremost fern as well as surrounding it. Sweet!

Beautiful green color. Very nice light in the front section and well mastered compo. Good catch after such a long drive.

Beautifully done. Wonderful comp and color.

Excellent comp and wonderful lighting

I think you've got two excellent shots in one here, Phillip. Great comp with the foreground fern leading the eye to the BG trees and also looks good cropped down to the main subject. Well done.