Color selective wedding shot

[mikesd]

From a wedding I shot a couple of weeks ago



Thanks for looking
Mike

[InskiP]

Nice capture. The flowers are really jumping out at me, pulling my attentiona away from the couple. I wonder how it would look w/ his flowers colored as well bringing the attention back up into the picture. I would crop it more on top, like right above his head and clone out the leave (top right) if necessary. I'm sure they'll love it.

[berrylish]

maybe when u do the selective color thing...lower the opacity so it doesnt pop out too much

[MCB]

I agree. A bit too saturated. Also, maybe colorizing the flower on his lapel would be good.

I think the color draws the eye down too much, away from the happy couple. So maybe desaturating the color you have, and adding some color up by their faces would help keep the eyes on them.

[mikesd]

Thanks for everyones helpful comments. I like this one better.





Mike

[MCB]

Hmmm... his flower really doesn't stand out as well as I thought it would against that dark background. Maybe if it was yellow or red? But I guess it should match her floweres...

Their faces seem a bit dark, too. Can you dodge them a bit to lighten them up? Maybe burn her dress/shoulder a bit to tame those highlights, too. Are they totally blown out, or is there detail hiding in there still?

If you shot RAW you could get a couple exposures and merge them easily enough. But if you have dozens of pictures to process for them, maybe that's too time consuming.

[InskiP]

The flower on his lapel does pull my eye back up into the picture. I would still crop out some of that area above his head. And like the other poster said, dodge their faces a bit, but not too much. And see if you can recover any of her sholder area.