Flowergirl

I'm just starting as a second photographer/assistant/student. This was

my second wedding and was shot at the Butterfly conservatory in Niagara

Falls. I snapped three shots of this girl spinning, and this one turned out

the best. I also got to use my employers 70-200L 4.0 for the first time. I

like it!

Nice candid shot! Here is one flower girl I took.

 

She dropped her rose pedals and I happened to see her picking them up. :)

absolutely drop dead adorable, this is fantastic -- the colors are rich and natural, the exposure (that dress is awfully hard to pull off well and you did it PERFECTLY), the moment adorable.

What a great capture, nice use of the shallow DOF.

Great capture of a very sweet moment!

Gives new meaning to "Playing in the Road" Really sweet. You did good! NIce job!

For someone just starting out you have a great sense of timing. The technical items can be corrected in photoshop, such as removing the carriage in the background and adding (cloning) another tree in to the gap on the left hand side, then removing the yellow strip, and cloning in more background trees to fill the sky gap in the upper right hand side, all of which would enhance the image. Try it and you will see what I mean about enhancement. Also next time this situation comes up take more shots, the image that would appear in 0.5 seconds would have been a classic as the young subject would have been facing the camera and maybe making eye contact. I agree with you the lens you used produced an excellent image (in terms of quality), but you produced the moment that will be cherished. Best of luck to you.

Sweet.

Great exposure! I only wish the horse and carriage weren't there to distract.

Lovely image!

I just realized however that the wheelchaired figure in back seems a little ominous. Adds a little bit of a horror movie aesthetic to an otherwise pristine moment.

It's actually a horse and carriage. About the manipulation. I do photoshop work, but I just wanted to throw a completly un-edited picture up. I definatly will work on it though.

Here is an example of what I meant by my earlier comments.

My mistake. Nevertheless, it still adds an interesting aesthetic.

Leave it alone. The picture is perfect. The child is precious and the carrage in the background gives a DOF I have yet to achive. Besides the carrage gives a sense of timelessness to the photograph. Well Done

I have to agree with Jeff, leave it alone. The carriage and the line in the road add added interest for me too. WOnderful the way it is.

Sweet and lovely. Excellent work. 7/7

Yeah, you can get rid of the carriage, but I see it as another element of the picture. You know it's a wedding and the carriage approaching is fine. The yellow line is a bit distracting, but in the PS'd example it leaves a yellow "stain" in the flowergirl's dress. You could probably fiddle with it enough to get rid of it, but leave the carriage.

This is an example of PERFECT timing!!! Great shot.

I agree with Carlos, leave the carriage and maybe work with the stripe. Regardless, this is a seven if I've ever seen one!

In my opinion the shot works perfectly as it is. I like the contrast between the girl 'world' (she seems to live and dance in another, perfect, world) and the real, imperfect, world around her: the road, the yellow line, the carriage ... great shot. I like the shadow under the girl too: it underline the figure.

Alberto (not a native english speaker!!)

I like the way the yellow line leads right to her...but what I want to know is where does it go after that?

 

Wonderful capture!

Let the carriage and the line for what it is.

For that moment, that place and circumstances you did the perfect job!!!!!!!!!

And..... what a beautyfull child.

 

I can only rate with sevens.

 

 

Absolutely perfect! Don't change a thing. This is simply beautiful. Goes to prove that you don't need to be in the business for 20 years to put out wonderful shots. Keep up the great work! (a side note- the carriage is perfectly fine, everything leads your eye to the girl, including the yellow line, the pole and point of view.)

Spot on! Pin sharp where it needs to be and beautifuly blurred where it doesnt. Doesnt need manipulation, leave it alone and be proud!