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Her Day
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Challenge: Free Study 2008-06 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
Location: Ohio
Date: Jun 28, 2008
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Portraiture, Wedding
Date Uploaded: Jun 30, 2008

 My first "real" wedding and I had about 10 minutes to do some quick bridal portraits at the church. I'm very happy with this one and I hope you like it. I especially hope the bride likes it!

I have no hopes that this will be in the top 10, but I think it's at least worthy of a 6. I think standard bridal shots like this are tough to score well on, but we'll see.

Statistics
Place: 249 out of 473
Avg (all users): 5.6788
Avg (commenters): 5.7500
Avg (participants): 5.6061
Avg (non-participants): 5.8684
Views since voting: 978
Views during voting: 226
Votes: 137
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0

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 07/12/2008 02:00:52 PM
awesome black and white. i think you really nailed the post processing, the contrast, levels and focus look spot on. i just wish the flowers and her hands were doing something more.
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 07/09/2008 10:47:56 AM
I thought it was a lovely shot - very natural, lovely light. The only thing I'd suggest is watching for things behind the bride that create an unnecessary division - the way the wall changes behind her obscures her hair a bit. The part that's behind her face, though, provides very nice texture.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/06/2008 03:22:20 PM
My only nit pik is the upper right... her hair blends in with the background..
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 07/05/2008 09:03:21 AM
what a beautiful bridal shot, im sure she loves this. great tonal range and the lighting is perfect
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 07/05/2008 03:30:10 AM
lovely
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 07/04/2008 01:58:28 AM
nice as a b and w...she looks a little cramped in that seat
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 07/02/2008 09:51:00 PM
Simple and pretty shot.
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 07/01/2008 07:35:06 PM
great detail in the dress
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 07/01/2008 11:45:03 AM
Great composition. It seems a little soft, but bridal pictures work okay that way. A touch more contrast would help, I think.
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 07/01/2008 07:49:15 AM
Black and white works very nice here, well done.
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 07/01/2008 03:25:11 AM
A bit too soft over the face....try a selective sharpen to show the intensity of her eyes and her beautiful teeth.
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