Judges Comments

An exquisite, elegant photograph. I especially like the fact that the “enhancement” is not noticeable, at least to me. It's about light and shadow, sense of light, framing, graphic elements, and it even has a subtle, tender moment between the father and the bride. Even though you can't see their faces, you get the sense that the father is gazing at his daughter lovingly and proudly (evidenced by the tilt of his head) as she softly smiles, focused on walking down the aisle. The soft light filtering through the bride's veil contrasts with the dominant vertical lines.

Judges Comments

This one makes us part of the ceremony. We stand behind another attendee making the viewer feel a part of the festivities. This image would be much stronger with a tighter crop so the viewer sees past the man in the foreground

This one makes us part of the ceremony. We stand behind another attendee making the viewer feel a part of the festivities. This image would be much stronger with a tighter crop so the viewer sees past the man in the foreground

Judges Comments

A nice moment, with the selective blur and toning down of the background all well done. The distracting presence of the officiant's right side is unfortunate.

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Innocence is beautifully portrayed here. Good use of contrast and isolating the girl in the composition, but I would like to see the image cropped tighter on both sides and below the chin of the woman.

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One on the most interesting and successful applications of selective color.

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The big moment is beautifully captured is this image. The eye is perfectly drawn to the couple. The only thing that I feel should have been done to make it better is to level the contents. The downward shift to the left draws the eye away from the subject. The otherwise perfect symmetry is diminished by this.

Judges Comments

Perhaps it was a petal from the bride's bouquet that fell out during her walk down the aisle? It could be a good storytelling element…I would have liked it cropped a little bit tighter on the bottom and right of the frame

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An ok shot that would have been much better if the groom was a little sharper.