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Oct 14, 2011 23:42 |  #1

Took another shot at getting that late evening shot of the happy couple; Softbox camera left at 45 deg and about 3 feet away and above them

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Oct 14, 2011 23:51 |  #2

The skin tones has a a slight green tint. Also the bride doesn't look quite as sharp as the groom. I would have used F/4 just to make sure the both were tack. The background IMHO is a bit distracting. One thing you definitely did well was nail the exposure.


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Oct 15, 2011 09:45 |  #3

Way too much head room in this one. The couple comprise about half the frame.

And I think the image could use an exposure bump - it looks dark to me. Did you meter the flash?


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Oct 15, 2011 09:47 |  #4

Titus213 wrote in post #13253997 (external link)
Way too much head room in this one. The couple comprise about half the frame.

And I think the image could use an exposure bump - it looks dark to me. Did you meter the flash?

+1 way to much


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I think a bit of CameraRaw softening might be nice. Of course if you do that you would want to use Photoshop to sharpen the eyes as well and the dodge/burn tool.




  
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Oct 15, 2011 10:23 |  #6

Rocky Rhode wrote in post #13252960 (external link)
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Oct 15, 2011 12:24 |  #7

A quick exposure bump and face bump in ACR along with a crop. The blacks are still quite blocked up.


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Oct 16, 2011 14:47 as a reply to  @ Titus213's post |  #8

Thank you for all the feedback; Titus I like your adjustment the most, just with the crop didn't chop off the left side of the bride.


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Oct 16, 2011 15:06 |  #9

Thanks - I battled with that crop but finally thought it balance him better in the shot. The adjustments were done in ACR.


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Oct 16, 2011 22:25 |  #10

Rocky Rhode wrote in post #13258091 (external link)
Thank you for all the feedback; Titus I like your adjustment the most, just with the crop didn't chop off the left side of the bride.

The crop makes the shot more flattering to her though. It's much better.

Regardless the expressions are not very good IMO.


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Oct 16, 2011 22:45 |  #11

hmm...unfortunately, he looks more shocked and afraid than he does happy.


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Oct 17, 2011 08:19 as a reply to  @ russ71satellite's post |  #12

The blacks are definitely blocked, would be good if you could pull them up some. His jacket has not detail in it at all and blends into the background.


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