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Old Oct-23-2012, 08:25 PM
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This was the brides parents. Before wedding. She was pinning this on him and the way he looked at her, got me. I know its a little soft (on purpose in post processing). Anything else you might have done different, or any critique? Thanks!
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Old Oct-23-2012, 10:37 PM
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the softness is way overdone in my opinion
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Old Oct-23-2012, 11:14 PM
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No processing wider framing. But that's just me.
Old Oct-24-2012, 05:21 AM
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Unsoften it and make it a black and white.
Crop to just above his hand from the bottom.
To bad her eyes were closed, just bad luck.
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Old Oct-24-2012, 05:27 AM
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you captured the moment, the most important part of this image. The rest is icing, maybe try one with less frosting , less sugar. My only nit is the door hinge being so close to his face,in the circle of attention. that can be cloned out. The love and happiness you captured is priceless.
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Old Oct-24-2012, 12:58 PM
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I'd ease up on the saturation just a bit, but I like the softness. Quite a retro look for me. Wonderful capture.
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Old Oct-24-2012, 06:03 PM
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I agree with Qarik, with the softness.
Less softening and BW would work well!
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Old Oct-25-2012, 04:15 PM
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I like those rounded corners vignettes (black and white), are ones I make sure are installed on LR. They fit the older styles perfectly. I think it looks over softened because of the small size displayed? When I went larger, it doesn't look bad at all to me. Some of us older folks, well, we haven't aged all that gracefully lol. So we made sure those softeners were out there lol. You might try a sepia with this as well, with the rounded corners, might be so retro. I would definitely ditch the hinge and plate behind him, they seem to intrude to me. Nice image, brings a smile here.
Old Oct-25-2012, 07:41 PM
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First of all, thank each and every one of you for your valuable critique and compliments. Its the best way to grow as a photographer to get feedback on your images. So I really appreciate it.

I have looked at each response and agree with them. I see things I didnt see in the original photo (hinge was the biggest whoops lol). The processing was a bit much after looking at the image again. This wasnt the client's image, hers was straight out of camera. This was some messing around with editing, which I will keep to a minimum from here on out with the over softening and saturation. It makes sense now that others have seen it. Valuable feedback!

Thanks again and I love hearing critique on my images.
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