Constructive analysis needed

Need a second eye to help me see the errors of my ways on this image. Thanks

New to the forum, so I doubt I'm the opinion you're looking for, but 1st thing I notice is the moire. Wrong dress for the lady.

Clothing, posture, excessive depth of field to name but three.

AR15th wrote in post #16745889
New to the forum, so I doubt I'm the opinion you're looking for, but 1st thing I notice is the moire. Wrong dress for the lady.

Maybe the photograph wasn't pre-planned, so perhaps it's a little indelicate to comment on the lady's dress sense.

Woodworker wrote in post #16746152
Maybe the photograph wasn't pre-planned, so perhaps it's a little indelicate to comment on the lady's dress sense.

But he asked for critique....so..

Also I'm not commenting on her dress sense, I think the dress is fine for any other day of the week, but it does not photograph well. The photographer should have recommended his subject wear a solid color, or diff pattern, that's all.

Besides, this looks like a planned couple shoot, but I could be wrong.

It was planned. I never thought to tell them to wear solid prints. I knew when I seen the dress I was going to have issues but there wasn't time to drive an hour round trip to change so I made the best of it.

She will see the result of all the images tomorrow so I was thinking of asking her if she would like a do over.....

Subjects are dead center, pose is awkward, background is distracting, excessive green cast in the image.

mdaddyrabbit wrote in post #16746197
It was planned. I never thought to tell them to wear solid prints. I knew when I seen the dress I was going to have issues but there wasn't time to drive an hour round trip to change so I made the best of it.

She will see the result of all the images tomorrow so I was thinking of asking her if she would like a do over.....

I've had issues with moire myself, as I've been hired to do shoots where I have no say in what the models wear, and I shoot with at 6D... moire for days.

That being said, I've found ways to fix it in photoshop, but honestly I haven't had it as strong as it shows in your picture. But it's worth a try...
http://youtu.be/LIq57i​R72Vg

chris_holtmeier wrote in post #16746204
Subjects are dead center, pose is awkward, background is distracting, excessive green cast in the image.

How should I have composed the photo or cropped the photo in order so that they are in in the center?

You have what is essentially a vertical subject in a hoizontal frame, unfortunately almost dead center. nothing on the sides add anything to your image. It appears that youve added some vignette or edge burning which draws more attention to the awkward framing. Generally you want to have the couple stand closer, it shows more intimacy. In this shot she is standing upright and he is leaning toward her. Given that she is a full figured woman standing square to the camera it almost appears like he is drawn into her gravity. Get her to turn and get them nearer to one another.

Their poses are horrible!!! He looks like he is being forced to be in the image and she looks like she is posing for 3rd grade class pictures. She is flat footed and just does not look comfortable. He has a strange lean to him, like, "Ok, take the picture, I am close enough to her!"

I don't want to sound mean, but posing her in front of a train is not the greatest idea, it has kind of an alternate meaning.

There is too much dead space to her left. i would have posed them on the side of the train and filled the BG with the train. Actually, why the train and tracks? This is WAY over done and unless done perfectly, it does not work (Sorry, yours doesn't work IMO).

Technically, the image is very nice (maybe a little less vignette), just the composition, outfits, and poses are not good.

Thanks guys, I feel like as long as the person critiquing offers opinions on how it could have been better its not meant to be mean spirited. I am sure this won't be the last image I take so I will take the mistakes and make my next image better.

Before a reshoot, ask yourself why this location and the train as a backdrop. Was that your selection or theirs? If theirs, why? In other words, how important is the train to what the client is trying to achieve? The clothing issue is obvious, but only if you've run into it before. Not so obvious is the railing from the train growing out of the woman's head; but again, after you've seen this once you're not likely to make that mistake again.

Then there's the pose itself. Frankly, this should have been obvious to you before capturing the image. Bring them together, put the woman at an angle. She's a larger woman, so try poses with her slid in slightly behind the man's shoulder. Get the man to stand up straight. Smooth out the woman's clothing and brush out her hair. Use narrower depth-of-field and tighter crop to eliminate unnecessary distractions.

I played a bit with your image, but there's nothing to do about the pose or moire.

Hopefully the full-resolution image doesn't suffer as much from moiré.

I would crop it to portrait.

Did they specifically like the train in the background - in that case crop so the full train is visible.

The customer chose the train....I have no idea why folks like that old train but this is the second person I have photographed who wanted their images in front of the train.I knew how to pose them but got carried away during the shoot and forgot all about attention to detail. All the comments is why I post here. I want to be better than this and sometimes I don't see my mistakes. After I get them pointed out to me I say to myself "really" I mean really did make that mistake and not even see it. Makes feel like crap at times but I hope it helps to develop my eye for photos and the skills that I need.