Posted by ally (: (Singapore, Singapore) on 19 July 2007 in People & Portraits.
thank you so much for your comments and suggestions in the previous post (: i feel unworthy of such nice words! really appreciate the encouragement. hope you guys can provide me more advice throughout my series as i'm quite eager to learn from my mistakes and short-commings so that my next wedding shoot will have some sort of improvement! so yup, feel free to be nasty okay? haha.
in the previous post, many of you were wondering what she was doing; well, this picture gives you the answer! haha. basically she was just sitting there, getting glam-ed up.
i tried to do a selective desat on her reflection but unfortunately that part wasn't focused, so the end result isn't exactly what i imagined it to be.
in any case, this picture brings to mind lyrics from Reflection (from the Disney cartoon, Mulan) - "who is that girl i see, staring straight back at me... why is my reflection someone i don't know?". pretty apt for this picture, no? it's not everyday you get to look so pretty, with people fussing over every little detail for you. so all you have to worry about is how to control your overflowing happiness on your big day ;)
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An interesting experiment. The reflection does engage the eye.
19 Jul 2007 12:29am
Nice processing - love the idea of her reflection remaining in colour. Grabs the attention of the viewer.
19 Jul 2007 12:36am
Great effect and composition!
19 Jul 2007 12:49am
Hi Alicia! I'm liking this series of yours! Excellent work on selective coloring...beautifully done B-)
19 Jul 2007 1:37am
Good PP, the other side of the miror a new life starts ! well done !
19 Jul 2007 1:49am
Great idea ! Very good work, lovely use of coloring !
19 Jul 2007 1:51am
awwww this is beautiful :D
19 Jul 2007 2:17am
Wonderful use of selective coloring.
19 Jul 2007 2:29am
Wonderful work you did with this shot! Even if it didn't come out as you wanted it to.
19 Jul 2007 2:33am
a nice use of selective desaturation - good shot.
19 Jul 2007 3:26am
JUst love remain!
19 Jul 2007 3:37am
beautiful mix of b&w and color! :)
19 Jul 2007 4:31am
I like the way you have touched on reflection - though bride is blushing profusely..... :) Tk care ~
19 Jul 2007 4:43am
ally - lovely shot. I love these monochrome/color treatments. Well done.
19 Jul 2007 6:13am
interesting processing.. well executed concept
19 Jul 2007 6:21am
Beautiful bride, wonderful portrait, a post-processing triumph!
19 Jul 2007 6:52am
Is it 2 diferent shots?? The reflection shows more of standing posture..
19 Jul 2007 7:10am
@priya: nope the only editing i did with this picture was the selective desat - so it's only 1 shot :)
Beautiful shot
19 Jul 2007 7:54am
Lovely shot... great POV and superb PP work... Superb, Ally!
19 Jul 2007 8:02am
Excellent reflection - love the use of colour sparingly...
19 Jul 2007 8:13am
Beautiful:) I love that you kept the color in the reflection, almost as a symbol of life...Once again, Beautiful!
19 Jul 2007 8:39am
nice nice shot! You'll do well in wedding shoots babe. No worries
19 Jul 2007 9:00am
Cool technique.
19 Jul 2007 9:46am
This is an interesting effect. Well done!
How did the wedding go?!
19 Jul 2007 9:52am
@alla: haha thanks, it went well (:
good concept there, nice work and effort. But the red cast seems to be overly done.. appears too strong red on my screen (or might be my screen problem though, not sure...) Perhaps a lighter...red tone might work better? :) Good try overall. keep it going!
19 Jul 2007 10:05am
@Anthony: i didn't notice that! whoops. thanks for pointing it out!
Very, very goood work!
19 Jul 2007 11:11am
I liked your experiment...very nicely done...good job
19 Jul 2007 11:57am
Nice B/W and color post processing!
19 Jul 2007 12:47pm
nice shot, I love the B/W
19 Jul 2007 3:19pm
I love the combination of the b&w and the colour, excellent work ally :)
19 Jul 2007 5:55pm
hey cleverclogs--great idea--great result--billy
19 Jul 2007 6:49pm
Interesting shot....I like...
19 Jul 2007 6:50pm
superb image, angle and colors
19 Jul 2007 8:22pm
I thought it looked abit ghostly :| perhaps the bride should be coloured too?
19 Jul 2007 8:41pm
@yy: as in just the bride and not the surroundings right? hmm i'll try that next time, thanks for the suggestion :D
Thats a very very nice shot...lovely work!
20 Jul 2007 2:13am
I'll have to agree with someone above...I'd prefer it all to be in color. Of course if the Bride was in focus then leave it the way it is. It's moments like these that come and go in the wink of an eye. Taking multiple images, at least Three and variances of DOF per shot always helps later on in post editing. And thats when one says I should have taken it this way or that way. All in all, you must have had a great day shooting. Onward. Peace.
20 Jul 2007 11:37am
Buen uso de la desaturación selectiva.
20 Jul 2007 11:55am
Excellent. Love the tittle also.
20 Jul 2007 12:46pm
This is interesting processing Alicia, and you are going well with the series. Very well done. Keep it up. I am now experimenting too on shooting different weddings. :-) and looking at your creativity i can say you will sure do well in wedding photography. Cheers!!!!
20 Jul 2007 12:59pm
Great PP once again, your images capture a lot of the emotion of the events, such good work
20 Jul 2007 3:44pm
You learn from me? I can learn from you! The way you portrayed this bride who is entitled to be proud of herself! Because she makes herself beautiful for her beloved husband and for all who share in her enjoyment! Beautifully pictured!
20 Jul 2007 5:34pm
Oh, I forgot! The colour/ B&W combination is splendid, the picture becomes a poem.
20 Jul 2007 5:35pm
wow .. great work !!
21 Jul 2007 3:37am
I think this is brilliant. Nice selective colouring!
31 Jul 2007 3:46pm
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