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The Brides Maid
The Brides Maid
dustin03


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: October Free Study (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Location: St. Louis, MO
Date: Oct 2, 2004
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 100
Galleries: Emotive, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Oct 23, 2004

I was at my cousins wedding this month. With of course with my camera in tow. I had spotted this angle, in which I thought was nice a perspective.

Post edits Info: Adjustments made with levels, unsharpen mask, cropping, and some cloning from some unwanted distracting objects in the background. Added an adjustment layer: Hue/Saturation to remove the color from the background. Then applied some "painting" over with a mask to remove additional color. Then used hue/saturation, brightness/contrast, and Gaussian blur for the foreground subject.

Statistics
Place: 248 out of 487
Avg (all users): 5.4298
Avg (commenters): 6.7692
Avg (participants): 5.4058
Avg (non-participants): 5.5714
Views since voting: 888
Views during voting: 341
Votes: 242
Comments: 15
Favorites: 2 (view)


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11/08/2004 03:03:22 PM
Originally posted by Arcanist:

Wonder what kind of emotion would have come from reversing the coloration.

I also wondered about that!
11/08/2004 02:11:26 PM
well done photo - i like everything about it.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/07/2004 10:55:08 PM
I like the soft focus and the desat. (Though I'm sure you'll get *lots* of cranky voters who don't... I know my current image is being said to be too soft even though I wanted the 'glow' effect. boo hoo.) Nice warm colors.
11/07/2004 08:02:12 PM
Great use of selective desat - definitely works in harmony with this image.
11/07/2004 12:57:02 PM
One of the best-ever uses of partial desaturation I've seen; turns the background into a photograph of the scene rather than the scene itself (or maybe it is a photo -- no matter), and virtually forces the viewer into empathy with the subject, off in a separate reality from the remainder of the party.
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11/06/2004 12:46:41 PM
this doesnt even need a title, you captured it perfectly..i have friends that feel this way..thier crazy...my point is here...great job 10
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11/05/2004 02:25:38 PM
I see what you're trying to do here. I like the sharp focus on the bride's maid. I like the saturation of the girl and the flowers and the desaturation of the weding party. Showing her from behind (through her eyes, sort of) creates immediacy to the girl's lonliness and perhaps, envy. I like all of that, but background is a bit too dark. It's out of focus, I'm sure with intentional choice of DOF. You might try other choices of desaturation... saturate the bride and groom and desaturate all else, for example. Desaturate all but the flowers and the bride and groom, for example. You get the idea. I'm not very good at this, yet, so these are just personal opinions. Keep shooting, it's a great idea for a photo and the idea is the hardest part.
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11/05/2004 02:19:36 PM
Very nice...you should have tinted her green though, ha, ha! Nice to see a wedding shot without schmaltz. Looks like a grigrigirl??
11/04/2004 10:20:37 AM
Fantastic composition, all the eyes on someone else while the she looks on. Great use of DOF to immediately draw the eyes to her and the flowers (signifying she's next maybe?). One of the best of the challenge (and there's a lot of great pics in this challenge!).
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11/03/2004 11:48:56 PM
Wonder what kind of emotion would have come from reversing the coloration.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/03/2004 11:24:57 AM
Good processing of the light, colors and contrasts. The effect is quite appealing.
11/02/2004 11:52:59 AM
I was asked to do a wedding last week, but I refused. I am realy to scared to mess things up. This would have been a good inspiration.
I realy like the use of selective desaturation in this photo.
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11/02/2004 07:56:56 AM
I think you could have composed this better, you have all this space on the right and topside that is unused and also that her facial expression isn´t partially in sight it looses some impact. Anyway, good shot though, I would have been proud to have taken it myself.
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11/01/2004 08:20:01 PM
Very cool, but cropping some off the right might have focused attention better.
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11/01/2004 02:55:50 PM
nice use of desat... unique angle -- thanks for giving me something new to view :)
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