I've never posted a comment before, although I've been a "lurking" member for quite some time. I'll confess that I'm quite the amateur when it comes to the sport of "shutterbugging" but as some sagacious soul once noted: "I don't know nuthin 'bout art... but I know what I likes!" And I like this picture. I find the content intriguing. Is it intended to be metaphoric? Symbolic? Whimsical? The original and 2 of the three crops maintain the centrality of the image. I find my eyes drawn to the center of the photo as if all lines are converging toward the focal point of the chopper in a swooping rush. A slower shutter speed may have captured an interesting blur of movement toward the center by the bride, the groom and a spinning main rotor. All three tails... the helicopter, the train of the bride's gown and the flipped up tail of the tux all seem to rush toward the center of the image. As does the linearity of the mountains, the edge of the meadow, the main rotor blades, etcetera. The crop of the photo with the bride, groom and helicopter shifted to the left doesn't quite do it for me. I think that the lighting, tonality and contrast are excellent... especially keeping in mind that the photo was captured within a heartbeat. If the image was shot in color, I'd really like to see that rendition as well. All in all, it's a fabulous photo! Congratulations!
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I've never posted a comment before, although I've been a "lurking" member for quite some time. I'll confess that I'm quite the amateur when it comes to the sport of "shutterbugging" but as some sagacious soul once noted: "I don't know nuthin 'bout art... but I know what I likes!" And I like this picture. I find the content intriguing. Is it intended to be metaphoric? Symbolic? Whimsical?
The original and 2 of the three crops maintain the centrality of the image. I find my eyes drawn to the center of the photo as if all lines are converging toward the focal point of the chopper in a swooping rush. A slower shutter speed may have captured an interesting blur of movement toward the center by the bride, the groom and a spinning main rotor. All three tails... the helicopter, the train of the bride's gown and the flipped up tail of the tux all seem to rush toward the center of the image. As does the linearity of the mountains, the edge of the meadow, the main rotor blades, etcetera. The crop of the photo with the bride, groom and helicopter shifted to the left doesn't quite do it for me. I think that the lighting, tonality and contrast are excellent... especially keeping in mind that the photo was captured within a heartbeat. If the image was shot in color, I'd really like to see that rendition as well. All in all, it's a fabulous photo!
Congratulations!
Michael