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Wedding with borrowed gear

PostPosted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 9:36 pm
by dviv
Well thanks to the generosity of a couple of friends I managed to get through the wedding on the weekend.

Was interesting to use some lenses different to what I'm used to - the 24-105L is a fantastic lens.

Would love some feedback:

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Re: Wedding with borrowed gear

PostPosted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 3:54 am
by lightning
I really like #2 but I would crop out the letter box? thing.

Re: Wedding with borrowed gear

PostPosted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 7:49 am
by Mr Darcy
#1. The bride looks really nervous. Understandable, but perhaps you could work on your "Hey its a day to have fun" patter. She looks much more comfortable in #4 Perhaps selectively tone down the chain link fence so it is not as obvious.

#2. I agree with Lightning, but would clone rather than crop as I like the leading lines the plants give you & you would lose these (or the bride!!!) if you cropped.

#3 Yes it's a wedding photo. Watch his hands though. Unless you were after that look.

#4 Nice concept. Very 1950's. Perhaps crop a little RHS, also just below bottom elbow & about 1/2 - 3/4 head height above bride's head

Mind you. They are all bloody good considering you didn't have a camera to call your own two days earlier. Well done on organising the replacements. And kudos to those who helped you out. You owe them big time.

Re: Wedding with borrowed gear

PostPosted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 10:11 am
by Ant
Just to reflect previous comments:

#1 the bride needs to drop her shoulders and relax, she looks like "hurry up and get this done".

in #4 it is much more natural and appealing. It also helps that I am a fan of the less formal shots anyway.

Re: Wedding with borrowed gear

PostPosted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 9:43 pm
by biggerry
Mr Darcy wrote:Mind you. They are all bloody good considering you didn't have a camera to call your own two days earlier. Well done on organising the replacements. And kudos to those who helped you out.


:agree:


David, I think you need just a bit PP on these to get them over the finish line, rather than wear out my tired fingers I had a PP crack, I think this makes it pop and removes some of the shadows. It is a great shot imo, made so by the composition! the offset subject, the leading line down to girls in the BG...blah blah...its all good :up: :up:

Let me know if ya want it removed.

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Re: Wedding with borrowed gear

PostPosted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 10:58 pm
by surenj
Dave you've done exceedingly well with equipment that's foreign!

I quite like Gerry's edit with the shadows lessened. Great compo on that photo btw. Love the lines etc..

All of these need a bit of warmth on the WB front.

Re: Wedding with borrowed gear

PostPosted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 9:21 am
by dviv
Thanks all for the comments and suggestions.

The first was on the wat to the ceremony, so no surprise the bride was nervous :mrgreen: I noticced she was doing it just after this and kept having to tell her to relax the shoulders :violin: Will be more on the lookout for this next time :up:

Thanks for the edit Gerry - looks great. I'll definately do something similar when I do more PP.

I didn't do any PP on these so you're spot on Suren :up: Plan is to start going through them right after Jason gets out of hospital on Friday