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B is for Bride
B is for Bride
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Challenge: B Is For _______ (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Tokina AF 11-16mm f/2.8 116 AT-X Pro DX for Nikon
Location: Burham, Kent, UK
Date: Mar 2, 2013
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/20
Date Uploaded: Mar 3, 2013

 Low light inside churches are always a pain, hence the high ISO and aperture. The result was pretty fortunate that the bride's face isn't just a blur! I quite like the slant of the photo as well, but that was also just luck.

Post-procesing steps I think I've done alright:
> Black and white conversion
> Up the contrast a little
> Graduated filter to reduce brightness of the top 3rd of the photo
> A little noise reduction and sharpening on export/resize to JPEG

Post-processing things I considered but didn't do/not so sure about:
> Clone out the over-exposed light towards the top.
> Clone out the highlights on the left at the level of the bride's shoulder.
> Is the crop ok? I tried different crops (to get rid of the light at the top) but found that due to motion blur around the rest of the frame, and the noise (from 1600 ISO) that a central location for the bride's face seems like the right spot.
> Some of the motion blur does make me feel a little sick - not a lot could do apart from crop but then I didn't want to lose the dress from the photo.
> Unfortunately, I didn't get the whole of the bride's dress in the shot
> Not massively sure whether the levels are ok, or whether I should up the exposure a little more (I suppose this depends on the monitor as much as anything).

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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Tamron SP 24-70mm f/2.8 Di VC USD Canon Mount
03/15/2013 06:44:07 AM
critique club.

let me guess, center point focus on the brides face. as a result you have too much of nothing at the top and not enough of interesting at the bottom. the blur is also very distracting.

i would also prefer you to have been a bit lower, looking up slighting at the bridge and letting her dominate the frame.

i think you ought to try to crop in a bit and remove a lot of the distracting elements.
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Canon EOS R6
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 03/12/2013 02:26:53 PM
With the bride being your element of focus, I would suggest cropping out much of the top of the image.
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Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 03/11/2013 06:11:08 AM
The dutch angle in this just doesn't work.
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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
 03/09/2013 03:17:02 PM
Like the out of focus background, not too sure about the dress / feet being chopped off considering the amount of space above the bride.
Also the thing / person on the left of the frame are distracting
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