Wedding portrait

[wud]

Trying to make a warm and intimate portrait, a little dark on purpose, is it to dark?

I took 2 images, 1 of the couple and 1 with blur from the sun shining down, and placed them on top of each other.

iso 800, f/4, 1/800

 

[Marcel]

Nice picture and lovely mood. But, to my taste they are not taking enough space in the image and the colour distracts me a bit. I'd like to see a B&W version (sepia maybe). You voluntarily made it dark, but we loose the bride's profile in the dark (maybe it could be dodged a bit to make it pop from the background). And I would like to see them touching each other, hand on the neck or just holding hands close tho the husband's chest.

​That's my take, but you've got something going with this mood.

 

[wud]

Nice picture and lovely mood. But, to my taste they are not taking enough space in the image and the colour distracts me a bit. I'd like to see a B&W version (sepia maybe). You voluntarily made it dark, but we loose the bride's profile in the dark (maybe it could be dodged a bit to make it pop from the background). And I would like to see them touching each other, hand on the neck or just holding hands close tho the husband's chest.

​That's my take, but you've got something going with this mood.

Yes, she looks to dark, you are right. Looks really good in bw, but loose some of the details, I think.
Ill look at brighten her up tomorrow, thanks for your reply!

 

[STM]

The image is too dark for my tastes and the out of focus objects in the foreground are distracting. Our eyes are naturally drawn to areas of light, especially in a dark photograph and some are right over the groom's head.

 

[Marcel]

Yes, she looks to dark, you are right. Looks really good in bw, but loose some of the details, I think.
Ill look at brighten her up tomorrow, thanks for your reply!

Try to de-saturate the background at least, I kind of see rainbow colours in the lights that I find distracting.