Thankyou greatly for the comments.
As for some explanation:
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I agree about the sign, however to not get it I would have to walk onto the road, and the shutter speed on that is quite slow as you can see from the blurry person, I actually used another pole to hold the camera against to try and get as much of a solid exposure as possible.
As for brightening it up, that's a good suggestion, thankyou. I guess I could mask up or separate the sky from the ground with a bit of deep etching and adjust the curves or brightness/contrast for the land only.
Only prob is I can't really reshoot it, as due to daylight savings and different seasons, that sky usually happens just after work in winter.
I like the blurry person though, for some reason. Gives the photo some action, the hussle and bussle, or movement of people after a day's work. What do you guys think? Should she be nice and solid, or do you like the blurry woman?
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Thanks for the tips on colouring the background and desaturating the subjects, i'll give it a go, however in theory, without bumping the contrast up significantly, it would tend to take the focus off the subjects and your eyes would wander to the background a lot easier if it was in colour.
Thanks Maulrat, I'll get rid of those colour areas.
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I'll try cropping it up a little, however composition wise I thought it might have been better with the eye in the centre of the image. Though, as you say, creates a bit too much white up top.
As for it being a little boring, do you have any suggestions on how I might jazz it up a little?
I, personally, find pigeons quite peculiar, and always look quite funny and weird to me. I have another shot of a pigeon cleaning its back, and it looks like it's neck is in this weird angle. Should I give that a go?
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Where do you find your eyes being drawn to initially? Or where do they settle?
I'd like the bench to be the focus, however I like the whole "I could be sitting on that looking at that" approach, where the trees, foliage and textures are the focus, but I want the chair to be there to be an "it could be you there" moment.
It was originally shot in colour with infinite depth of field, so the blurring that is present there was added by me. But for me, the original looked too busy, and distracting. Would you like to see the original?
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I agree about the haze, it is quite soft. I shot this with my old Pentax and unfortunately the image is actually out of focus, i've tried to fix it as much as possible however. I'll try fixing the haze by upping the contrast. Is the out-of-focus-ness obvious, or is it ok?
Do you really think I should mask in another sky? I've tried normal clouds, however it tended to take your eyes off the subjects. Perhaps I should shoot some overcast clouds, and put them in with not much contrast, just so there is something there.
I'll also give a go at vignetting.
The Bride is actually my sister, hehe.
I'll give your suggestions a go and post the results. Thanks again for your feedback.
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