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Bride + Groom on pathway by ~MatthewSaville:iconMatthewSaville:

Categories Photography > Photojournalism > Weddings

©2007-2009 ~MatthewSaville
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The amazing power of Adobe Bridge CS3 never ceases to amaze me. Not only does it afford me blazing speed, it also puts LOTS of processsing power and versatility at my fingertips.

Of course there are 7 panels with over 60 controls, so "free-handing" is not all that easy. I often use presets that I save in Bridge, and go from there. Still, creating an image with this much "pop" can take quite a while. Here's a link to the original file:

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-Matt-

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~jmorante77 Jun 23, 2007, 1:36:50 PM
Beautiful shot! :clap:

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"Gott weiß ich will kein Engel sein"

"A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain." Mark Twain.
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=timeisatraveller Jun 24, 2007, 12:34:52 PM
There's a huge difference to the original.. while that's a really good shot, this is.. just amazing! I think the tones here make it look much more magical.. like it's out of a fairytale.. I love it. And the light is so beautiful! :heart:

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Someday you will find me caught beneath the landslide
In a champagne supernova in the sky
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~MatthewSaville Jun 27, 2007, 5:06:50 PM
Thank you so much for a comment like that! It really makes me excited to hear that people get the same feeling from an image that I do. A lot of times as the creator, I have quirky favorites that nobody else ends up liking and it bums me out lol. So anyways, thanks!

-Matt-
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~MrEvil Jul 1, 2007, 10:24:28 AM
That's actually a fantastic conversion, the original colour image looks like a snapshot, but you've really pulled it back and made it look fantastic.

Nice sepia hue too. I'm really starting to like sepia and b/w photography. Almost makes colour looks cheap and gaudy.

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~MatthewSaville Jul 1, 2007, 3:44:15 PM
Hey thanks! Actually I'm using Bridge CS3 to do the conversions these days, so the trick to making it "pop" is to add a little cool (blue) tone to the shadows, while making just the highlights sepia / warm. Or for more "old-school" looks, I can make the shadows green-ish. What do you use to do conversions these days?

-Matt-
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~OLoboCanta Jul 1, 2007, 3:51:55 PM
this is a gorgeous shot
great work :)
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~MatthewSaville Jul 3, 2007, 9:24:18 PM
Thanks! It's one of my favorite shots, too. I'm glad other people like it, that means a lot to me...

Take care,
-Matt-
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~TheSylph Jul 9, 2007, 5:35:22 AM
I have to say this version is far more impressive than the original, it's actually the photo that caught my eye n I had to look at your work. I like the cropping a lot better on this version, it feels more warm and inviting; that and I'm a sucker for black/white (sepia n bronze tones too). Absolutely wonderful picture.

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Other works ~MysterySphynx
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