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What do you think?
I think it is quite lovely. :)
I love it! excellent job! :highfive:
Very nice picture, but since it's in the critique section, a couple of nitpicks: (1) The background has to go. It really does not do this picture justice, and (2) It's just a bit high-key; the highlights in the chest area are blown/nearly blown. I would say that dialing back the exposure 1/3 - 2/3 stop would have nailed it.
Thanks for the compliments and comments. The highlight a bit blown and I lost some detail in the gown. Not sure what I could do about the background as it was taken outdoors.
Can you clone out some of the black shadows on either side of her in the middleof the image? They look like bits of reeds or grass. I find them a bit distracting but other than that I like the background.
I do think the whites are a smidge too bright white though.
Other than that, it's a beauty! :)
I would bin the background. Perhaps just replace it with all black, a dark gradient, or composite her onto a totally different scene.Quote:
Originally Posted by scorpio_e
This is nice.
I really don't mind the background at all to be honest. Playing with it might yield some interesting results though.
Thanks MA...I'll give it a go.. It certainly need some cleaning up. I was looking at the RAW file and did not see the blown out highlights. The image here was brought into LR3 beta and exported. I wonder if that has something to do with it.
Thanks for all of the comments and recommendations:)
Really nice shot! Other than the pure white in the chest area, I can't think of anything wrong with this shot. I actually really like the background.
I quite like this one. The background doesn't bother me at all.
For me the points for improvement are the exposure; bride looks about 1/2 stop too bright as T.I. mentioned.
Also the hands are way too dark and draw attention to themselves. Composition is a bit conventional here, sometimes that's good and the bride will love it. But for us photo people...I think it's a bit dry. I would have liked to have seen this shot in a landscape orientation with the bride on one of the thirds. Hope that helps and just my :twocents:
Marko
Yeah I agree 100 % those hand are WAY to dark. I had two lights. One camera left and one camera right. I think a reflector could have brought in more light. I 'll have to try it next time.
Thanks for all of the comments and suggestions.
I realize I'm late here once again, I don't regularly visit the critiques forum. But glad I did today because I really like this shot- composition, pose, and lighting, AND I really like the background. There's nothing much I could say other than it might be a good example of what I learned in a Scott Kelby book a while back where he said that the colour punch and exposure of the bouquet was stealing focus from the bride, which launched him into a post technique to desaturate the flowers slightly (if I remember correctly). But those flowers are so beautiful I don't know if I'd want to touch them at all... Oh and I agree about the hands needing some dodging.
Excellent image!
I think everyone has covered the technical bits so I won't repeat that but I do have one other comment. Maybe it's just me so take it for what it's worth. With the background behind her head being so dark and her expression so solemn I don't get the feeling of the joy of a wedding.
I lke it, but it has a sort of vintage look to it from my take. Works for me.
Very nice! I quite like it, though I also like it as a 'bust shot' (cropped just above the flowers). To me, the bride's (very beautiful) face/expression draws me in, and the (bright) flowers takes me away from that just a little. But the full (un-cropped) image is very nice too!!