Newlyweds

[Ping279]

So my cousin got married about a month ago but on an island... meaning only a select few could make the trip. They decided to have a reception about a month later back in the states so all the family and friends could attend. I went along and took some pictures for them... hope you enjoy!

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In color : http://www.pbase.com/ping279/image/83159484



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In B&W : http://www.pbase.com/ping279/image/83120822



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In original color : http://www.pbase.com/ping279/image/83162984
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In color : http://www.pbase.com/image/83167301



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[pointa-b-c]

Nice series, great PS work. 3rd is my favorite, classic, romantic.

 

[Cutlass454]

I agree, nicely done. Excellent PS work - care to share? :smile:

 

[Chris C]

Nathan,

I think #3 is an award winner! Good work.

 

[frede]

Beautiful work Nathan. I especially like #3 and 4.

 

[Ping279]

I agree, nicely done. Excellent PS work - care to share? :smile:

Well thanks... my post processing went as follows :

For picture #3...

• First I used the circular selection tool to make an oval around the couple
• Then selected the inverse
• With the outer edges of the picture selected, I first feathered the selection set to 150px, then I copied and pasted the selected area onto a new layer
• On the new layer, I first darkened with curves then flattened the picture
• Then i repeated the circular selection technique on the background area again and put the copied area onto another new layer
• On that new layer, I blurred it with a gaussian blur set to about 80px
• Then to control the blur, I adjusted the blurred layer's opacity

I did mainly the same thing to most of the pictures i posted... hopefully this helped?

 

[Seneca]

Ohh myyyy what beautiful pictures.

 

[Spudsbud]

2nd is Spectacular! How did you light that in the fairway? Gorgeous!
Do you have the same shot possibly a tad closer/larger crop? Maybe a bit less of the tree tops without losing the feel of the outdoors.
Great work, I'm sure the newlyweds will be very happy with these!

 

[eng45ine]

Absolutely stunning, your post work helped to make each of these captures a masterpiece. Bravo!

 

[Vienna Pics]

Great shots Nathan! Just lovely!

 

[greyflash]

You have some lovely shots here Nathan.

 

[Ping279]

2nd is Spectacular! How did you light that in the fairway? Gorgeous!
Do you have the same shot possibly a tad closer/larger crop? Maybe a bit less of the tree tops without losing the feel of the outdoors.
Great work, I'm sure the newlyweds will be very happy with these!

Well... I dont have anything closer. I could always just crop that picture i suppose. There actually was no artificial light used in these shots, all done with natural light. They were just positioned in the shadow of the trees eliminating the harsh shadows.