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10/19/2008 10:03:31 AM |
| This is a masterpiece. It really is. |
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06/21/2007 05:42:46 AM |
| Haha, love it dude! Awesome job from the couple as well, their expression is what makes this work so well as far as I am concerned :) |
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09/12/2006 12:58:44 PM |
Hi again,
I looked at the VIDEO/SLIDE SHOW and I have to tell you that I really didn't think I would bother to watch pictures from a strangers wedding but you sure made it interresting.
What a Genius you are. Perfect photos and editing!
Total time of over 23 minutes but It was fun for me!
Again, congratulations on a perfect Wedding memories for the couple. |
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09/11/2006 11:06:56 PM |
Woooow Pedritooo!
This is great! Didnt vote on it but I would have gave it a 10!
Niiiice! |
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09/11/2006 06:12:49 PM |
| HA! I knew this one was yours! |
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09/09/2006 09:48:52 PM |
ok, I just kept thinking about this photo and i very seldom do that.I think what intrigues me the most is my eyes see the traditional black and white attire leading me to assume that the traditional pose will follow,not so here. The space between this couple speaks volumes here and begs the viewer to take another look.
very,very well done! |
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09/09/2006 12:34:00 PM |
Hahahaa..this was so funny, one of my faves, it was nice to see something creative and different! I hate boring wedding pictures, things like this are so much better! The scenery is also perfect btw :)
Edit: thie groom looks a lot like Luke Wilson
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09/09/2006 09:41:20 AM |
| Classic....This was one of my favorites from this challenge. |
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09/09/2006 12:28:42 AM |
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09/08/2006 02:49:04 PM |
| I would have pandered to the masses. You're a better man than I am. Beautiful image. |
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09/08/2006 01:16:03 PM |
| i "got it". But one doesn't necessarily have to read distance. I almost read the basics which are thrust in your face: man/woman ... future/present ... black/white ...beautiful field=hopes/ 6" seperation=marriage is a challenge. But then again, the image is simply pleasant, yet quirky, but not to the point of nuisance. |
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09/08/2006 01:01:18 PM |
I didn't get it, so thank you for sharing.
I didn't vote, so it didn't matter! :-)
I like it! |
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09/08/2006 04:42:28 AM |
| Its hard to believe how many people have such preconceptions of 'wedding' photos (happy couple?) and the belief that this is a wedding photo in the first place. The image is great as is, voters just don't know how to get out of their box. |
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09/08/2006 03:19:35 AM |
You know, I want to hate this shot but it is so compelling - awesome in fact. Possibly the first wedding shot I have seen that adds in the notion of future prediction, of what will be, as well as what is.
Possibly your best work EVAH, Peter :-) |
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09/08/2006 01:42:38 AM |
ok..well now I need to get a date, fall in love and get married Just so I can get Pedro to take an awesome wedding pic like this for me :-)
Very cool work, u rawk! |
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09/08/2006 12:38:00 AM |
| They look unhappy already. LOL j/k |
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09/08/2006 12:37:01 AM |
| i'm so surprised this didn't finish higher. i can't even begin to describe how perfect this shot is. it should have placed in the top 10, at the very least...top 3 if it had been up to me. |
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09/08/2006 12:34:57 AM |
I love that you are throwing the American Gothic stance into your weddings now.. if for no other reason than to create a bit of controversy.. It makes people stop think and look. Which represents to me, the beauty of Art and you create it so deliciously.
Beautiful and thought provoking shot P :) |
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09/08/2006 12:28:58 AM |
| Pedro, I really like this. Your wedding shots paid off with this shot. |
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09/08/2006 12:27:21 AM |
| It's been a while since I've seen a wedding photo this striking. Great expressions. |
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09/08/2006 12:23:29 AM |
| Very Very cool image brotha'! |
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09/07/2006 09:25:08 PM |
| L()L This is funny, they look so grumpy with each other, like they don't like each other, but the symblance is they were just married I would assume. L()L, bunny image. Sky needs more blue but the rest seems too work well. Not sure whos dream it would be with those mean looks though L()L |
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09/07/2006 07:08:01 PM |
looks like a pledge against marriage
i like the absurd mood |
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09/07/2006 04:18:50 PM |
| Wow, what a wildly different concept for a wedding photograph. Amazing color tones in this very cool photo. This reminds me so much of the American Gothic painting. I also find the grain patterns and detail very fascinating. |
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09/07/2006 02:39:27 PM |
I like everything about this photo except the look on their faces.
It's a nice idea to shoot this in a field like this, in many cultures grain is a symbol of fertility. |
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09/07/2006 10:25:36 AM |
| Wild idea. I love the wheat texture and the veil. However, not the dreamiest expressions... a little more grouchy than enigmatic. |
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09/07/2006 09:16:46 AM |
| The expression on their faces says "we don't want to be here"! the setting is idyllic and the capture and work is good but but...they're not happy..7 anyways |
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09/06/2006 11:15:35 PM |
| hey, what happened to their legs! hahahah wonderful shot...all they need is a fork and a spoon! 10 adding to faves! |
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09/06/2006 10:47:48 PM |
| This is really fun. The sense of meaning and symbol is very nice, and I love your light here, especially on the faces and in the wheat florets. |
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09/06/2006 08:51:15 PM |
| GREAT wedding shot! i love this! 10! |
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09/06/2006 05:29:49 PM |
| hmm they don't really look very happy. Love this idea, but not sure about the bride and groom. I can see this shot with a nice woman, with a long scar or something like that. still, I like the image. |
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09/06/2006 01:21:54 PM |
| Another interesting surreal image. Good job. |
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09/06/2006 12:55:28 PM |
| Best. Wedding. Photo. Ever. 8 |
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09/06/2006 12:54:36 PM |
| Very interesting location for a wedding shot, I like it. The couple doesn't seem very interested in each other however. The reason I chose to comment on this photo out of the numerous entries is because of the bright skies in comparison to the rest of the image. Very difficult to reconcile the differences in brightness, you adjust for one and you lose the other. My suggestion is to use a graduated neutral density filter when you take the shot, probably a hard edge filter in this case. It will help to even out the differences in brightness to more manageable levels. Having more detail in the clouds and a deeper blue to the skies would have greatly benefitted this image. Other that the filter that I have alreadly mentioned, a polarizing filter would also help if you didn't already use one for this shot. - 7 |
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09/06/2006 03:24:55 AM |
| Hmmm they don't look very happy. But it would be great for a movieposter of a weddingcomedy! |
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09/05/2006 11:24:16 PM |
| Not your typical wedding shot. Not quite sure what you are trying to say about marriage. I do like it though 7 |
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09/05/2006 10:54:55 AM |
| I like the idea of the shot alot. Wonder if a gradiant ND filter would have helped darken the sky a little, also not sure if I like the horizon running through the brides head. |
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09/05/2006 09:39:31 AM |
| Love the way the sunlight plays on the wheat field for as it sways in the wind it looks like it is alight with a golden fire. Lighting is wonderful in this for it illuminates the bride & groom wonderfully. The bride and groom that stand there don't look too happy and it makes me wonder why - their expressions appear neutral. Given that this represents their wedding day I would think that they would at least be wearing a smile or be holding hands in the composition. Instead they stand apart and it makes me think that they are not at all close to each other - in fact, the stance and neutral expressions communicate an uncomfortablness between them. I am not sure that is what you wanted to communicate in this photo given the positive imagery of the title. One last insight is that that you could crop off about 20% off the top for there is too much sky/negative space that does nothing for the composition overall. A closer crop helps keep the attention more tightly focused on the main subjects. |
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09/05/2006 08:40:13 AM |
| What a beautiful concept. Why do they look so unhappy? |
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09/05/2006 06:47:05 AM |
| Hmm, they look less than happy, but a great spot for a wedding photo. (hehe, I originally typed "weeding" ;>þ) |
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09/05/2006 05:22:00 AM |
| I love the awkwardness of this photo, from the stiff pose and straight faces and centered composition. I wouldn't change a thing. 10 |
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09/04/2006 07:05:09 PM |
| Love the location and the idea. Maybe bump up the blues in the sky a bit for better color. The horizon cutting into their heads is distracting. Don't know the best way to fix that. |
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09/04/2006 02:46:16 PM |
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09/04/2006 02:17:18 PM |
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09/04/2006 10:51:29 AM |
| Amazing...can even feel the wind. Just why so serious? |
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09/04/2006 09:33:43 AM |
| WOW - this is great. Maybe a touch bright, but still exceptional. 8 |
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09/04/2006 07:20:07 AM |
| I really like what you were going for but it needs someting, pitch forks or for them to be touching. This unattached unemotional shot may be what you were going for but for me I like emotive shots or at least shots where their hands are not just hanging. |
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09/03/2006 08:00:17 PM |
| Very creative, I love the surreal feel to this. I just wish the horizon was less centered and didn't run right through the middle of their heads. |
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09/03/2006 12:48:17 PM |
| Very cool idea and well executed. I love the textures of the wheat. Your colors are great and you did a good job keeping detail ni the white dress. I wish the horizon didn't cut through their heads, especially with the three line back there. Maybe a lower camera position would have worked better, putting more wheat in the foreground and having their head and shoulders above the horizon. |
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09/03/2006 11:54:20 AM |
| Wow, I think in a way, there are so many things wrong here - the couple are so sad, there is a physical split/distance between them and they both look super uncomfortable, the guy is very rigid too, almost like a scarecrow. But as a piece of artwork, it's great - I've been looking at this photo for a while now just trying to guess whats wrong and what the story is behind the shot. In terms of technical details, not much to say, except maybe a polarizer would've given you a nice sky, I don't know if that would fit the feel of the image. I think that the slightly washed-out feel is probably better. Good luck! |
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09/03/2006 09:49:42 AM |
| beautiful wedding portrait, i love the setting! bride looks a little angry but i love this shot |
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09/03/2006 08:36:24 AM |
| Can't explain it but Tarantino springs to mind with this scene. Like it :) 7. |
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09/03/2006 07:10:47 AM |
| Gosh is it me or do those two look utterly miserable? Great composition and idea but the expressions on their faces just do not compute with your title. |
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09/02/2006 10:09:54 PM |
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09/02/2006 07:56:16 PM |
| Heh - what's with the sour expressions? |
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09/02/2006 04:58:41 PM |
| You photo stopped me in my viting tracks. The personae have a gravid sort of look. Wheat fields are usually a metaphor of life and sustenance. It's an interesting juxtaposition. |
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09/02/2006 03:42:48 PM |
| They look so unhappy! I like how the plants (wheat?) are blurry while they're sharper - adds a fantasy feel. A tighter crop on top, like just below the cloud on the upper right, would've kept my eye from wandering off the couple and emphasized the field in the title. |
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09/02/2006 12:51:19 PM |
| Nice idea for a bride and groom. Great photo, but I wonder why they look so unhappy? |
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09/02/2006 11:59:08 AM |
"American Gothic" with an odd twist. Pretty cool! Definitely like it. Glad oyu didn't hyper saturate the sky - would have lost something for me at least. Well done! 8
After viewing all the others must bump to 9 |
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09/02/2006 11:21:55 AM |
| Photo seems to lose something without the people being in sharper focus do love the wheat |
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09/02/2006 10:26:50 AM |
| What immediately caught my attention here is the odd dissociation and seperation/space between this just married bride and groom with the stark expression on their faces. It's as if there's no unity between them and yet it's a wedding picture. It's the exact opposite of the sense of romance and love one would expect a picture of a newly wed couple to show. Makes one wonder what's going on there. |
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09/02/2006 10:18:05 AM |
| geee do we look happy to be here or what ;} |
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09/01/2006 09:14:22 PM |
| This is a really really fantastic wedding portrait. I love the fact that instead of smiling, they both have blank expressions on their faces as if they were both like "WTF was I thinking?!?" Great job. |
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09/01/2006 06:57:19 PM |
| Fabulous concept, and I love the irony of the dour expressions in this 'field of dreams'. This image is just two details away from a 10: The cloud in the upper right corner pulls the eye away from the subjects, and the horizon going through the heads just doesn't work for me (higher vantage point with their heads entirely below the horizon would have been best). |
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09/01/2006 03:00:33 PM |
| this is one of the fines wedding photographs i have ever seen; these people are so lucky to have this to keep! everything is completely perfect; their pose being not too lovey, the mix of colours is glorious, the light and shadows on the field really gives a sense of swaying and wind, the gorgeous sky... one of my top favourites i've seen so far in the challenge. 10. |
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09/01/2006 01:49:24 PM |
| This is a GREAT photo with one KEY mistake ... what your horizons. The Horizon through the head will kill a shot every time. Also the sky could use a little saturation ... did you use a polarizer? Great effort. |
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09/01/2006 12:37:22 PM |
| The couple standing apart makes the shot feel a little odd or contrived - I think people just get used to seeing wedding couples holding hands or really close together, great shot only other thing I would like to have seen is a polarized sky to almost get the opposites from the color wheel blues on yellows ... Good luck 8 |
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09/01/2006 11:32:49 AM |
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09/01/2006 11:06:30 AM |
| This is great. I like the way the vail is placed, and her look is hysterical. |
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09/01/2006 10:21:04 AM |
| I like the pose and the facial expression a very unique wedding picture. I wish the focus had been a little sharper on the subjects but I love the soft focus on the wheat. Good luck. |
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09/01/2006 10:20:57 AM |
| this is superbly creative and I hope it rocks when it comes to score...it tells a story and the composition and colour, wow! it is so interesting that I am looking at it over and over 9 |
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09/01/2006 07:23:52 AM |
| Maybe a tighter crop, to his shoulder and take out most of the sky - but a nice idea. |
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09/01/2006 04:58:56 AM |
| Strange wedding photo if thats what it is, they don't look happy at all. Good exposure and comp though. |
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09/01/2006 03:54:14 AM |
| This one held my attention for quite some time. Very interesting and intriguing image. They don't look very happy :-) I'm probably missing some symbolism or meaning here. I'll come back and look more later! Hope you have some info in the comments section post-challenge. It's definitely got me thinking. I like that in an image very much....so....well done! |
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09/01/2006 02:52:14 AM |
| I like this, though I would have preferrred a more minimalistic approach. I like the groom's expression too. |
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09/01/2006 02:08:35 AM |
| Ironically, I just watched the film "Dandelion", which has many elements very similar to your photo here. I'm not a member, so I can't vote, but I think this shot is great. I personally prefer black borders, but this one works out great. |
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09/01/2006 12:22:23 AM |
| This is like a wedding style of "American Gothic". The lighting is really nice, and the field is very vibrant. What a creative shot! |
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