Another mane thread... I finally shortened it.

accphotography · 08-06-2008, 10:08 AM

I'm not done with it (I want it a little shorter and a little more even), but what do you think? Yeah I know the pictures aren't very good for comparison... I'll get a posed photo of the new look this weekend.

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ACC

lvmypnt · 08-06-2008, 11:44 AM

Looks great, but i just really really love a long mane

accphotography · 08-06-2008, 12:09 PM

I do too, but I'd much prefer see a tidy short mane, than a SCRAGGLY long one. If her's had been full and thick, I'd have never touched it... but it wasn't and she always looked messy to me. She looks so sharp and polished now, and I think she'll look even better when I'm done. Not to mention, she's got a lovely neck. :-D

ACC

Heavenly Jumper · 08-06-2008, 02:45 PM

She looks older!

Like in a mature, I'm a real horse way.

denraydar · 08-07-2008, 09:43 AM

She looks great, now you can see more of her physique which is very nice. My mare has a mane that same color but is a darker chestnut/white combination.
Your girls mane looks so nice and silky smooth now. She probably doesn't give a hoot about it but our horses are here to look pretty for us!

ShyShylow68 · 08-07-2008, 09:49 AM

she looks a lot better, how come when you cut a long mane it goes thick?

Heavenly Jumper · 08-07-2008, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by ShyShylow68

she looks a lot better, how come when you cut a long mane it goes thick?

Because there are more hairs at the top of a mane than at the bottom. That is why the ends of a mane look wispy.

If you cut the long hairs off then the weight of them can no longer pull the mane down as flat as before. The result is a bouncier, fuller looking mane.

This CAN be very bad though if cut poorly or not thinned enough by pulling. Some horses have very thick manes and will end up looking like they're wearing a long paintbrush down their necks...

If you trim carefully, pull some and make sure it looks natural rather than blunt it can be a very good look.

ridetolive · 08-08-2008, 12:56 PM

it looks kind of... cut.
but pretty. what a gorgeous horse.

FatSpottedAppy · 08-09-2008, 06:52 AM

I think it looks really nice.. I can't tell which one I like more, though. Pretty horse you have there.

Kizza · 08-09-2008, 08:56 AM

I like it! It'll look even better when it's a bit shorter too. I love a nice short mane, they look so much tidier!

08-06-2008, 10:08 AM	#1
accphotography Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 3,742	Another mane thread... I finally shortened it. I'm not done with it (I want it a little shorter and a little more even), but what do you think? Yeah I know the pictures aren't very good for comparison... I'll get a posed photo of the new look this weekend. Before: After: ACC

08-06-2008, 11:44 AM	#2
lvmypnt Senior Member+ Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Virginia Posts: 1,653 Images: 67	Looks great, but i just really really love a long mane __________________ God gave us two ears, two eyes and one mouth, so we should hear and see twice as much as we say.

08-06-2008, 02:45 PM	#4
Heavenly Jumper Senior Member+ Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Camden County GA Posts: 14,547 Images: 1286 Blog Entries: 240	She looks older! Like in a mature, I'm a real horse way. __________________ My husband is away...if I am crabby, whiney or generally unpleasant, I apologize. Being a Navy wife is the hardest thing I've ever done...and I do it for you. .'~'. epi tan e epi tas .'~'.

08-07-2008, 09:49 AM	#6
ShyShylow68 Full Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Littlehampton, West Sussex, South of England Posts: 39 Images: 5	she looks a lot better, how come when you cut a long mane it goes thick? __________________ Together we will have fun, together we will compete and together we will win. Danielle & Dougal, Together forever.

08-09-2008, 06:52 AM	#9
FatSpottedAppy Full Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Potter County, PA Posts: 333 Images: 20	I think it looks really nice.. I can't tell which one I like more, though. Pretty horse you have there. __________________ ~ Morgan/Kiger/FatSpottedAppy

08-06-2008, 12:09 PM	#3
accphotography Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 3,742	I do too, but I'd much prefer see a tidy short mane, than a SCRAGGLY long one. If her's had been full and thick, I'd have never touched it... but it wasn't and she always looked messy to me. She looks so sharp and polished now, and I think she'll look even better when I'm done. Not to mention, she's got a lovely neck. :-D ACC

08-07-2008, 09:43 AM	#5
denraydar Senior Member+ Join Date: May 2008 Location: im a nut in a hut Posts: 820 Images: 6	She looks great, now you can see more of her physique which is very nice. My mare has a mane that same color but is a darker chestnut/white combination. Your girls mane looks so nice and silky smooth now. She probably doesn't give a hoot about it but our horses are here to look pretty for us!

08-08-2008, 12:56 PM	#8
ridetolive Full Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Western New York Posts: 339	it looks kind of... cut. but pretty. what a gorgeous horse.

08-09-2008, 08:56 AM	#10
Kizza Senior Member+ Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: S.Yorkshire, England Posts: 2,647 Images: 208 Blog Entries: 51	I like it! It'll look even better when it's a bit shorter too. I love a nice short mane, they look so much tidier! __________________ Kyrie Emerald Rock & Miss Dynamite "I love you, not for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you."

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