Yeah, the added blur seems to be trying to correct for something you should have nailed in camera. For one, the bride's face is centered in the frame. For two, the only thing I see of one bride's maid is her back, and unfortunately her back is a lot bigger in this frame than your focal point, which is the bride.
I think if you had kept working this scene with your camera, you'd have come up with a fantastic shot that didn't need any post-production. Shooting a group of pretty women all made up and dressed in pretty dresses is a photographers dream (well, this photographer anyway)... next time, just keep shooting away and forget about the post-production. Eventually, you'll get a magical shot in camera that will not only be better, it won't require a blur!
Well composed shot, and I like the idea, but maybe you used the wrong kind of blur. I'm assuming you looked at your capture and said "DANG, why'd I stop that sucker down so small" or much more refined words to that effect. Were you hoping to create a narrow DOF effect in pp? If so, try a layer of gaussian blur and an eraser. I don't think that's what you did.
I have to agree with Pete though. Some mighty pretty women there to be blurring!! Just sayin' from the guys' point of view
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Thanks for the suggestions...the blur is actually Daves Ethereal Glow photoshop action, the whole point was to keep the other girls in blur and focus on the bride
Personally, i think your original shot would be better without any blur. This one doesn't work on the shot, there is something that's not coming together. Have you tried motion blur instead?
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The more colorful trees above her head are also distracting a bit.
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I think if you had kept working this scene with your camera, you'd have come up with a fantastic shot that didn't need any post-production. Shooting a group of pretty women all made up and dressed in pretty dresses is a photographers dream (well, this photographer anyway)... next time, just keep shooting away and forget about the post-production. Eventually, you'll get a magical shot in camera that will not only be better, it won't require a blur!
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I have to agree with Pete though. Some mighty pretty women there to be blurring!! Just sayin' from the guys' point of view
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I think she seperates herself from the rest of the girls by simply being the only one looking at the camera.
Natural selection is responsible for every living thing that exists.
D3s, D500, D5300, and way more glass than the wife knows about.