will this be good enough?

[sarahjovanovic]

so I did my first wedding...and well...let me know if you think the after will be good enough...

Before:


the moment of the father having a true emotion was the point of the photo...however, I didn't notice what was to the left of his head until after I got home and was doing some editing...
so, do you think the after will be good enough to still give the bride? or was the moment lost?

All I did was clone part of her dress to cover up the girls...

After:


thanks for any feedback!!

[palerider]

Nice job on hiding those "girls" wink wink

[sybren]

I think that in order to focus on the father, it would have been better if you had zoomed in more and panned to the left a bit. That way the little girl on his lap wouldn't have been cut off either.

The bright flowers poking into the head of the woman on the right are distracting. I think the overall composition, including the cars in the bright light in the background, is much more distracting than the perfectly fine pair of knockers in the background.

[Jim Poor]

I'm not exactly sure what the point is. I'm fairly prudish when it comes to cleavage, but I find that bit of editing unnecessary. Not like everyone didn't see anyway.

I think you run more of a risk of offense by becoming the "modesty police" if you weren't asked specifically to cover her up a bit more.


That said, the retouching isn't too bad back there, but as for whether or not the photo in general is "good enough" I'd have to say no.

[sarahjovanovic]

thanks for the feed back everyone, I have decided against the photo...it is a very distracting scene...
its all good though, there are plenty other good photos for her

[naeno]

I know you decided against it, but initially I actually thought it was a funeral with all the black and crying. Thought you might get a chuckle out of that.

[mrz3r0]

I meant to comment on this before you decided to not use the image, but I agree with sybren, the cars in the background were more of a distraction than the cleavage of the young lady. But you have already chosen to move on so it is a moot point but wanted to share it anyways.

[Andy brannan]

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO........LOL great Job

[sparda79]

Originally Posted by naeno

I know you decided against it, but initially I actually thought it was a funeral with all the black and crying. Thought you might get a chuckle out of that.

I thought it was a funeral too...

[sarahjovanovic]

Originally Posted by sparda79

I thought it was a funeral too...

lol, i can see how you would think that... they were just a very emotional family, first daughter to get married...etc...
and the dad is one of the hard core tough man types, so it was crazy to see his soft side...