'I Do'

The Eleventh in my series on 'A South Indian Wedding' - 'I Do'. The 'Kanya Dhaanam' is followed by the bridegroom taking the girls hand in marriage and to keep her happy in all ways possible. In this photo you can see lots of bangles worn by the bride and the armlet that she is wearing is called 'Vanki'. Look forward to the next in the series of 'A South Indan Wedding'

 

A small request - I would like the members to see all the photographs in this series in totality as this is more of a series and a story rather than individual photographs :)

Pradeep, I like the focus on the hands. I wish we could get the mehndi to stand out some more.

Nice shot and i like the sepia effect.

Nice tone - is this a marriage? I love the henna they do on the women.

Pradeep, I tried to find a way to darken her Mehndi. In the process, I adjusted the levels a bit and then used some softlighting to attempt to darken the her mehndi. I'm not sure if I accomplished what I sought to do. Let me know what you think.

Thats nice! the main reason that the mehendi is not too dark is because it started fading off as the mehendi was held a few days before the wedding :)

This is good Pradeep, thanks for persevering.Otherwise if you have quit I won't see it through....That's the spirit I like..

I like the way it looked as I said before yours is photojournalism. No alteration...

 

Well that explains why Pradeep. Thanks for mentioning it.

Informative and good photography combined. Nice series.

this is a lot better....you know what,cant wait to feel the exhilaration of this moment in my life.....hahaha,yet to come but sure to come....in a few years' time.

I'd increase the contrast a bit.

I prefer the original photo without contrast, because it gives feeling more antiqe and improve the importance of the action.

Good use of sepia tone. Beautiful composition

i prefer the adjusted version above. The original photo is very busy, the scene is not contrasty enough so it's hard to find the point without the description you wrote... The sepia tone does not help with this. The composition, however, is really nice.