8. Anonymous - (4/28/2008 11:13:29 AM)
I agree with all the comments. This photo troubles me, as the execution is well done, the colors are rich, and there are flaws with the composition. But this photo is still intriguing.

7. Anonymous - (3/31/2008 9:59:16 AM)
Very unique and absolutely outstanding.

6. Debra - (3/28/2008 4:20:41 PM)
I am a guest and not a photography expert. However after reading through the many comments and learning a lot about composition, etc. I still went with my gut. I loved this picture. It startled me and made me think. It was beautiful, yet lonely and stark. Very complex and interesting to me.

5. Anonymous - (3/4/2008 10:06:28 AM)
This photo is so beautiful! This is true creative wedding photography. The use of natural light, this person obviously knew how to use the sun as a light source. Wow! Truly impressive!

4. Artistic Images by Sam Chinigo (WPD Member & Contestant) - (3/3/2008 7:51:40 PM)
I have to agree with #3. Just doesn't work. A better pose and better composition would really help this shot. Should have been composed horizontally instead of vertical.

3. Anonymous - (3/3/2008 10:53:03 AM)
I've always liked a well juxtaposed subject, so this photo makes me stop and look. However, I find very little relevance to the elements in the shot. I can't help thinking the photographer's thought process went so far as "hey, this old train car will make a cool shot", and thus leaving the viewer longing for more. I think it would have worked if there we could visualize a connection of the bride and the train car. Maybe put her in a provocative pose and scrap the flowers. She is posed like she is standing at the alter and although this may have been the creator's intention, it doesn't work for me. Compositionally, I think it may worked better as a horizontal with the use of negative space. Overall, it reminds me of a "workshop" image; where the creator did not have control over the model's movements and the shot was stratigically composed to cut out hordes of other photographers all taking shots from various angles.

2. LenzMagnet - (3/3/2008 9:52:19 AM)
You do understand wedding photography is an opportunity to use the subject to portrait ART? That doesn't mean the output have to always be happy happy to suite the cookie-cutter consumer taste. Wuuu, it's gonna be bright and bring you a smile... It's art, period.

1. Anonymous - (3/3/2008 9:10:04 AM)
If it is the end of the train.. bride looks sad like she is leaving another life behind. Not a natural for a wedding day. Steel, cold, ugly, gone.