Be honest with me...

I have been looking at this image for so long now, I have lost all concept what it looks like

Basically, we were rushed, I didn't notice the long streak of sunshine across her dress. Is it ruined? Is my edit acceptable? Would the client notice? What can be done better? I need help my from fellow shooters. I have attached the original file straight from camera and my edit. Any feedback is welcome

My edit

That looks pretty good actually, I don't think I'd really do any better.

Looks pretty good at that size.

Looks good to me, maybe I would try using the selection tool and selectively bringing down the highlights in that area to restore some detail. Besides that, it looks great!

It looks OK to me. I'd crop off about 50-60% of the headroom.

Colours & lighting look fine. - I'd edit to adjust the perspective of the curtains, so that they don't converge towards the bottom.

Edit looks good, though it seems a touch bright to me. Her right eye (image left) seems partly closed, you could flip the open eye over. Also stand back and use a longer lens, the train looks a bit weird and the curtains look like they're diagonal. Perspective correction may improve it slightly.

Photoshop's new Perspective Warp would work wonders with the slanted curtains. And I feel it's a bit bright as well, although going too far the other way will muddy the dress and give you gray areas. All in all, a very good edit to remove that light beam.

Part of editing is knowing when to stop. You did an excellent job and there are always things that could be edited, but that doesn't necessarily mean that they should be.

At first, I didn't like the brightness. Maybe its just me (or my monitor), but after looking at it for a minute, the brightness does something funny to my eye... Looking at the bride's eyes the train almost disappears completely in my peripheral... yet when I focus down there it pops back.

I kind of like the effect actually.

I, too, think you did a good job with the light beam. You may consider cloning the top right corner and the tan panel on the wall.

Hmm, in your edit, you have lost some of the flower colour, skin tone and detail in the dress. I personally would heavily crop the original image to head, shoulders (keeping in the arms) to waist level just below the bottom of the flowers and place the bride slightly off centre to the right. That way you can concentrate on the subject more, and it also gets rid of the brass electrical point that is sneaking in on the right of both images..lol.

If you didn't say anything, I wouldn't have known...

I looked at the edit and thought it was fine.
Then I scrolled down and saw the original and then thought the edit was great.

BLUEONION wrote in post #17048187
If you didn't say anything, I wouldn't have known...

^^^ this - regarding the sun spot. Perfectly done for that region. I'd darken the flowers.

tim wrote in post #17044185
... Also stand back and use a longer lens, the train looks a bit weird and the curtains look like they're diagonal. Perspective correction may improve it slightly.

^^^ this was my very first thought at first glance.

There is a remnant of the light from the window, it has left a warm yellow cast on the train.