Beachy love - exploring an old tropical wedding shoot

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Beachy love - exploring an old tropical wedding shoot

Postby Willy wombat on Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:42 pm

Have been revisting some wedding images I took last year for the clients

I dont do a lot of this type of work so Id appreciate some of you guys and girls to run your eyes over them before I send em off.

I have also been playing around with vignettes (again not something I do much of) - so feel free to include feedback on these.

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Cruise ship left them behind

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Beach loving

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More beach loving - I have a B+W version of this image too - but I wanted to try something a bit different and went yellow - but is this one "too" yellow?
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Re: Beachy love - exploring an old tropical wedding shoot

Postby biggerry on Tue Jan 06, 2009 1:44 pm

I am by no means an expert so take what i write with a grain of salt :)

I quite like the first two, both have excellent composition and the second has a very 'HOT' mood to it :)

The first one with the BW conversion is very nice, maybe feather in the vignette some more and/or use an oval shape, it seems to me to be more of a border at the moment.

I would like to see the second one in BW rather than yellowish? conversion, also was it cropped to remove the legs maybe having all the legs in the shot might improve the composition?

The last one in yellow does not do much for me...

anyway...just my thoughts...hth a tiny bit :D
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Re: Beachy love - exploring an old tropical wedding shoot

Postby Willy wombat on Tue Jan 06, 2009 10:52 pm

Thanks Biggy for the feedback. I hear you about the "border look" on the first vignette and the third is too yellow but it is good to experiement from time to time

Hope a few more might lend their views over the next few days 8)
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Re: Beachy love - exploring an old tropical wedding shoot

Postby Mitchell on Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:06 am

In the first one I almost feel that they are alienated from each other rather than from the cruise ship!
It may have been nice to have them a bit closer together?

The second is great. Lovely feel to it.

I agree the third is too yellow (and ?green)

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