Black and White Wedding

[AmyMarieBoyd]

Hi All

Please critique this image on how you think it could be improved, Lighting, composition ect ect

EXIF

Camera: Cannon
Shutter: 1/80
F stop: F/4
ISO 200
focal Length: 18mm

Thankyou for your time

[MrJones]

I think it needs to be straighten to begin with..
other than that, lose the vignetting and crop it tighter.. even at the cost of losing some of the dress.

[John Hendry]

Just think it could be croped a bit tighter round the bottom of the dress no need for the grass its the dress we are looking at.

The backgroud is a bit distracting but beter for being B&W, would like
to see it a bit more contrasty and with more detail in the dress.

All the best

[Doug Sundseth]

When I first looked at the photo up close, I thought the bright lights in the background weren't doing you any favors. Upon looking again at the full composition, I think I was wrong. The lights aren't as obtrusive in the longer view and their placement works pretty well with your composition.

I like the pose and expression of the subject, but it's a bit hard to see details. This brings me to:

Exposure - This looks significantly underexposed to me. I'd like to see the highlights pulled up a bit (though not necessarily the shadows in the dress). Basically, I think you could use a bit more light-tone contrast.

Fortunately, the exposure shouldn't be difficult to fix and the rest of the photo is really quite nice.