IMG_5572gb.jpg
by luv2photo

Comment:
Nice off-camera lighting. Could be a little lighter skin color unless she really is that tan...

IMG_5528gb.jpg
by luv2photo

Comment:
Did you desat the green, or was it like that? I think I'd take it all the way to b&w because the green just feels wrong, even if that was the natural color.

For the most part, I do like the composition (her placement within the natural frame of the trees). And I love the backlighting on her veil.

Message edited by author 2007-11-13 00:55:22.

IMG_5568.jpg
by luv2photo

Comment:
Pretty lady. Hands are a little awkward. (yeah, I know, I often have trouble getting the hands right myself!)

IMG_5579gb.jpg
by luv2photo

Comment:
Nice composition. The crop could be even skinnier ... make it a 1:2 format (print it like a 5x10" print or something).

IMG_5580bg.jpg
by luv2photo

Comment:
This one is my fave of the bunch, mainly because I like her smile and the way she smiles with her eyes. A beautiful capture of a beautiful lady.

Thoughts on post processing: The top left of the image (specifically her hair) has gone completely black, while her hair on the right is brown. Too much contrast? Or forgot to lighten that part of the image?

Also, I think you have smoothed her skin too much. While it's nice to take care of blemishes and such, you still need to leave her looking "real".

Sandy Grant2 221a.jpg
by lentil

Comment:
I like this. This kind of image (where the couple are looking at each other) are so much more engaging than images where the couple are looking at the camera.

Sandy Grant2 218a.jpg
by lentil

Comment:
Fun! :-)

Sandy Grant 1 037a.jpg
by lentil

Comment:
Pretty girl. Love the shallow DOF on her. It would have been nice to get one more just like this without the hand behind her.

Sandy Grant2 259.jpg
by lentil

Comment:
Great idea for posing. I love images like this where everyone is looking at the B&G. The fact that others, in the image, are doing so, adds interest and forces you to look as well (sort of a "people'd negative space").

Drought
by SDW

Comment:
Having just come home from a 3-day photographer's convention, I'll pass along one of the tips expressed by several of the speakers. They said:

Every image should have a foreground, a middle ground, and a background.

That said ... I would consider this image mostly background, with no fore nor middle. And that explains why the image doesn't really "stand out". As you look at it, there is nothing in the image to "draw you in", to make you "want" to look at it. There is no specific subject ... the entire image *is* the subject.

Now, from a documentary point of view, the image is great. And perhaps that lends it somewhat to the photojournalism side of things. But had this image been submitted to the challenge, I'm sure the voters would have been lackluster in their voting specifically because of that lack of "wow factor".

Hope this helps.