Rachel Senior 013.jpg
by goinskiing

Comment:
This has wonderful focus and a very nice DOF. I realize that the top of the image cannot be cropped off without losing her head but it really needs to be darkened down a bit or cloned out. Remember your angles. If you had taken a step to the right or left, what would that have given you? If you had raised the angle of the camera slightly, cropping would have been a non issue. Don't be afraid to shoot down on a woman. Be afraid to shoot up at one looking down on you (it rarely does our faces justice LOL). She does have a couple trees growing out of her shoulder but most people don't care about that. It's really mostly the trees in the head that are the biggest issue. hehe I really like the pose, she looks natural and relaxed and your WB is great. Okay, that's all... shutting up now :)

Flare
by goinskiing

Comment:
Ok, have looked at this 3 times. Decided it needs a comment :) hehe

Sun flare behind people is always difficult to handle but I have found a trick I'd like to share because your people are a tad soft. I tried (and failed) more times than I care to mention. You have done much better here than I did on my first 50 tries, soooo, a big ole KUDOS for you there. Okay, on to the trick. :) I have found that if you block the sunlight until your camera focuses and then lock the focus and release the shade, you get a much sharper image with more contrast on the people. Also, use a little bit higher DOF rather than a faster shutter speed to kill some of the ambient light and make your sun/flare pop a bit more without being quite so intrusive/bright on the faces of the folks. One more thing... (I know, shut up already) use either a flash or a reflector to get some of the light back onto the faces of the subjects. He is a tad dark and she is really bright.

Shutting up now, I hope this helps :)

Mirror, Mirror on the ball...
by jeger

Comment:
Congratulations on the Red! You know you have made an amazing photograph when the background becomes inconsequential to all but enhancing the subject. Very nicely done. :)

October Sunrise
by PhotoDave

Comment:
HEY HEY!!! Congratulations on top 20!!!!!!!!!!! This was a tough challenge!! 13 in a FS is VERY good :) Hope it made your day.

*Glad I threatened you hehe*

Alice in Gothland
by yanko

Comment:
Congratulations on the blue! Did you gel the flash? The tones in these are just great.

cathedral.jpg
by yanko

Comment:
Love the DOF on this.

IMG_9071.jpg
by yanko

Comment:
Does the light from the front kill any lens flare that may happen from flashing at your camera like that? These are wonderful, btw :)

IMG_0215web.jpg
by Marjo

Comment:
This is lovely. I like the way you used that spot to do the rimlight. She is very pretty :)

by nixter

Comment:
This is very striking. I like the child jumping in the background. It adds an extra touch of joy to the already (obviously) thrilled bride and groom. Simply lovely.

dream, escape, fantasy
by AP

Comment:
Holy tamales, batman! This is awesome! I want to wander around there, it looks like a fairy tale...