I love this picture, but something isn't sitting right with me about it! I don't know

[RowmyF]

So I am in LOVE with what is going on in this picture...but there's something about it that is just not right...not sure if it's post-processing (lighting being harsh) or just the composition..

I would love some opinions and perhaps suggestions of things I can do in post-processing that may fix it...

I think the capture is PRICELESS...

 

[SpeedTrap]

Can we see the original, it is almost hrd to tell what could be done with it with the current PP on it.

 

[Sw1tchFX]

it's defiantly the post, it's too much. The clothes are too saturated, the background isn't saturated enough, and you need to do some highlight recovery.

 

[aliaks]

i like it!

 

[Alpha]

It's post-processing. The hair is chunky and the colors are through-the-roof saturated.

 

[Mav]

I agree with the others. Too hot on the contrast and saturation. GREAT photo though, even how it looks now. When you capture a sweet moment like that, all of the rest is secondary.

 

[RowmyF]

This is the original!

 

[Alpha]

An edit, which I'll remove if you have any objection.

The background needed more green anyway, and having bright pink dresses w/ a muted background throws off the color balance.

 

[.Serenity.]

An edit. I just bumped the contrast a bit, brightened it up a hair. And then de saturated it a tiny bit to bring down the dress color. I also bumped the green saturation afterwords.

 

[tirediron]

I'd leave the original as-is, maybe just tone down the highlights on image right.

Alpha, I think you lost the WB on yours, or is that just my crappy work monitor again?

 

[Alpha]

Alpha, I think you lost the WB on yours, or is that just my crappy work monitor again?

Not a wholly unreasonable assumption, but the greens and blues in the background are not a matter of white balance. If the WB was off you'd see it in the skin.

 

[nynfortoo]

I really like how the background in Alpha's makes the girls pop out of the picture without looking over-saturated, but I think there's a bit too much blue in there to look wholly natural.

 

[Alpha]

well, things naturally have all kinds of funky casts to them even under sunlight, so I'd hesitate to call it unnatural. However, I see what you mean about there being too much teal in the bg.

 

[eccs19]

No one photoshopped the bandaid out of the picture.

Very nice picture. Really captured the moment.

 

[tirediron]

Not a wholly unreasonable assumption, but the greens and blues in the background are not a matter of white balance. If the WB was off you'd see it in the skin.

You'd think the government could spring for a colour-corrected monitor for me!