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[microman23]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2065/1849850618_52c0a486f4.jpg?v=0

[tim]

I think it's good. Better lighting of the couple could've made it very good.

[microman23]

I think it's good. Better lighting of the couple could've made it very good.

How do you mean, better lighting?

[amonline]

I'd bump the saturation... but I also would have underexposed the ambient more and warmed it up in RAW. I don't really care for the crop and camera height. The horizon should have been at her shoulders instead of his IMO. A slight tilt might turn it around too. ;) You seem to value the truth... this is what I see. Hope that helps.

[tenoverthenose]

How do you mean, better lighting?

IMO, off camera flash would have helped this photo by giving the couple more depth. Maybe it might work to see the couple head to toe to give the scene more context - maybe not.

Regardless, its a good shot!

[wizard13]

Trying to bump the saturation as already suggested to try and bring as much color out of the background as possible may help to improve this already good shot.

[SHULTSIE!!!]

I'd also clone out the bird...

[newbie_photog]

I agree with the above posts, I think it is deffinatly workable after a little PP. I did a quick edit if its ok I'll post it here with what I did to it.

Jared

[microman23]

Sure... feel free to giver er a try!

[sl3966]

Just bumped the saturation in the clouds. His face went a little ruddy on me but this literally took about 5 seconds to bump up the sat and clone the bird I was not paying attention to the details. I actually like the blue. Good photo.

[paul33]

Are you serious ?!!!

[chestercopperpot]

the second edit looks way oversaturated to me. perhaps it could use a touch more saturation, but not that much. also, the girl's neck looks a little strained. i thought the lighting on the couple looked right, just the background could be a touch darker. otherwise i think its pretty good.

[trantz]

I think that photo looks amazing, and the client would be EXTREMELY impressed.

[simon_says]

IMO, off camera flash would have helped this photo by giving the couple more depth....

Regardless, its a good shot!

I agree with both statements.

[buddy4344]

comments above are good, but my biggest problem is that the heads intersect the horizon. I think a slightly different angle would create less conflict with the background.

[SBCmetroguy]

It's a good photo, but could use some contrast in Photoshop to make it pop. I agree with the statement about the heads intersecting the horizon.

Other than that, it really is nice.

[microman23]

Anyone else care to take a try at PP? I don't really care for the first one.

[Adam Trevillian]

The edit is nice, but I think the background is so saturated, it almost looks as if the couple was photoshopped onto it.

I actually would've bumped levels, like so:

http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/8871/184985061852c0a486f4qz9.jpg

Also, make sure that you're saving your photos in sRGB before hosting on the web. When I opened it up in Photoshop, it felt like some saturation was added.

[Strick]

Here is my quick edit. It is a liite more compresed to fit here.

[thebrewer]

here is my 2 minute pp attempt ...

[sl3966]

Wow tough crowd, admittedly I do tend toward the heavily processed look but those are the kind of clients I work with. Please forgive the transgression, here is one not quite so over the top and warmed up a bit as someone else suggested.

[amonline]

Just a 30 second edit...

[newbie_photog]

Here is what I did. I selected the couple out did a 3 pixel feather on my selection lightened them up and added contrast. then I inverted the selection and brought down the exposure on the background in levels, then deselected every thing and added saturation to the entire image. This is a quick edit and I left the halo around them for speeds sake but with a bit more time and care that could go away.

[arch1tect]

It's a good picture but it's a little flat. I agree with what Tim said...better lighting would've made it much better.

[computerguru3190]

I love the idea, but it almost feels as if the couple was shot on a green screen. they just seem out of place in the picture.

[sblais]

Yay, another PP competition!

Good photo and I prefer amonline's version.

[bnlearle]

It's the composition for me.