A little colour in B&W

Does this type of thing work or is it old hat?

Personally, selective colouring is very old-hat. In this specific case the stained glass windows are over-exposed too, so you're drawing the viewer's eye away from the subject (the couple getting married) and directing the viewer's attention at a weak part of the capture.

I feel like the bride is casting a striking figure with a gorgeous dress and she should be the 'wow' factor in the image.

Are you aware of the fact that this only makes people look at windows first and totally overlook bride and groom?

picture itself would be decent, but selective coloring kills it. Sorry.

I'm going to agree with the previous posters as well. Just doesn't work for me. Always try and expose for the brightest. Much easier to bring up the shadows than it is to retrieve any detail in something that's blown out. Nice shot otherwise, very dramatic and the dress and the couple need to be the focus.

It does draw the eyes away from the bride. Thanks. Those windows were a pain in my shooting all day and now I am highlighting them. What was I thinking

MRphotoIRE wrote in post #18112884
It does draw the eyes away from the bride. Thanks. Those windows were a pain in my shooting all day and now I am highlighting them. What was I thinking

It's ok, you were just trying to "rescue" them as they're blown. Sometimes it's better to just go with the flow and blow them entirely for a different look as you'll never get all aspects perfect.

Also, try boosting the contrast in the image. Black & white is all about tone and contrast creating shape, the scene is looking a little flat to me. If you're using LR have a play with some of their B&W filters and then go from there.

After the ceremony, I hope you talked them out of any portrait stuff with family or anything else in the church. Early on, we had a couple wanted of course just like mom and dad, portrait stuff in the church. We caught Jesus's feet on the cross in every photo. I see at least you did not have that to contend with.