Candy Childrey, PPSA
November 2024 - Bridal Portrait
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About the Image(s)
The image this month is a bride from London placed in Tinturn Abbey in Wales. Flowers were added to the posts behind the bride creating the floral effect to set off the bride. A cross from a churchyard on the Isle of Skye was added. And a layer of rose petals around the bride added in pin light. A slight glow, vignette and some dodging and burning were also added. The image had a green cast, so I used a slight magenta photo filter to remove the green. The brightness of the image was corrected with camera raw filter.
2 comments posted
Very nice bridal Altered Reality portrait. I have to admit that I don't care for the large flowers - for my eyes, they pull the attention away from the bride. I like how the dress pulls some of the colours in from the abbey, but at the same time it does not make the bride pop - call me old fashioned, but brides need to be in white - joking. But see what it would look like. What do you think? Posted: 11/10/2024 01:57:31
You placed the bride nicely in the archway and I like the rose petals and cross. The flowers don't quite work to my eye, mostly because they seem pasted on. If you placed them in some sort of vessel, like a wicker basket or cement planter, maybe they'd look more like they belong. I agree with Gunter that the color cast is putting the bride in a less-than-white dress. You did a nice job of cutting and pasting your various elements in front of the archway and I like the crop you used on the background. Posted: 11/15/2024 22:41:19