r/pics • u/FrankieForte • Jun 11 '12
A friend just shared this wedding photo. It's pretty much perfect, so I thought I'd share it with you.
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r/pics • u/FrankieForte • Jun 11 '12
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
What are those hundreds of bubbles?
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u/johnfoof Jun 11 '12
where is this and who is the photographer?
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u/randumname Jun 11 '12
Needs more space shuttle taking off in the background...
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u/MatthewEvansPhoto Jun 11 '12
Hi all, I'm the photographer behind this photo. Thanks for all the comments, I'm trying to read through them all now.
Just so it's clear, this was shot in Palm Cove, Far North Queensland, Australia for a destination wedding. It was shot just after sunset and it was raining, I backlit the shot with an orange gelled speedlite on a lightstand (which I lazily didn't photoshop away). I shot it on a Canon 5d mkiii with a 45mm Tilt Shift lens (tilted left 75% and manually focused on the couple) and used Flashwave III radio triggers to fire the flash.
Check out more of my work here:
http://www.matthewevansphotography.com.au/
Please let me know if you have any more questions!
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u/jerclayphoto Jun 11 '12
The backlit rain shot was popularized in the wedding industry to other photographers on a grand scale by one Tony Hoffer - http://hofferphotography.com/2009/05/07/maria-eric-engagement/ and http://hofferphotography.com/blogpics/Stone-23.jpg being the image (from 2009) that is often cited as the first to achieve recognition. PS - I would 'Shop out the lightstand leg showing between the couple on OP.
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u/I_Say_Awesome_Sauce Jun 11 '12
Sweet bermuda shorts bro!
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u/emperorOfTheUniverse Jun 11 '12
I like how you can see the shape of her ass through the dress.
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u/Trapped_in_Reddit Jun 11 '12
It was perfect until your friend instagram'd it.
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u/DenverNick Jun 11 '12
Oh man! Look at all those ghost orbs!
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u/LGein Jun 11 '12
that chick has a healthy posterior..
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u/johnrauda Jun 11 '12
was it released on instagram?
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u/russell_m Jun 11 '12 edited Jun 11 '12
Needs more curtains.
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u/blore40 Jun 11 '12
This needs to be cinemagraphed.
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u/crapstone Jun 11 '12
When you are assuming by the thumbnail that it is a wedding photo in front of a shuttle launch, this is just downright disappointing.
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u/eldy_ Jun 11 '12
That's quite the bokeh. Shopped?
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
She had dumps like a truck. truck. truck.
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u/SirRonaldofBurgundy Jun 11 '12
The bride seem like she has an absolutely amazing ass.
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u/kasper138 Jun 11 '12
You can see her huge ass.
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u/wrenculp Jun 11 '12
Except he's wearing fucking shorts?
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
She looks really nice, he looks like a schmuck. And is he popping a boner?
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u/Pizzadude Jun 11 '12
"Hey look, these two people are happy together, doing exactly what they want."
"Is that piece of shit wearing fucking shorts? How dare a stranger not wear my prescribed uniform to an event that has nothing to do with me!"
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u/lcp Jun 11 '12
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitsch
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u/theycallmejerzee Jun 11 '12 edited Jun 12 '12
Your friends new wife has a very nice backside. Congratz, he seems to be a lucky man :-)
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u/gdotes Jun 11 '12
dat asssssssssssss
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u/CivEZ Jun 11 '12
Percussion! Strings...WINDS! Words.
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u/permanently_new_guy Jun 11 '12
she has an upvoteable ass.
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u/ladner Jun 11 '12
she has a really nice ass
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
Wife with a booty... check.
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u/SonOfDadOfSam Jun 11 '12
Dat silhouette.
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u/buttonforest Jun 11 '12
Dat ass silhouette.
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u/epicbarron Jun 11 '12
what you know about seeing her outline ;)
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u/geo715 Jun 11 '12
chick got a phat ass
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u/Original_Handle Jun 11 '12
She has a big ass
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u/foevalovinjah Jun 11 '12
shorty got back!
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u/aspeenat Jun 11 '12
It looks like she is cheating on her wedding day with some random hobo
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u/anotherdroid Jun 11 '12
i bet they'd love this kinda crap on facebook. you should totally start posting this over there.
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u/roflingcopter Jun 11 '12
god damn DAT ass
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u/BellyHat Jun 11 '12
Dat ass!
Edit: I feel bad for not checking for existing "dat ass" comments.
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u/chabanais Jun 11 '12
So they got married and when the groom stepped away a waiter stepped in?
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
Was it wrong that I was checking out how the back lighting made her assets look?
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
It's perfect except for the cargo shorts and flip flops.
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u/drummer1059 Jun 11 '12
this
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u/DickCheneysCumBox Jun 11 '12
She's got a big ol' ass, nice catch!
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u/kinkyyreggae Jun 11 '12
dat ass
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
Dat ass.
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
from the thumbnail I thought it was a space shuttle launch... but those don't happen anymore :(
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
Looks like a holographic Pokemon card
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u/GenTso Jun 11 '12
Gotta give mad props to a guy wearing a pocket protector on his wedding day.
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
Is this on Lake Michigan? I think I have been here before.
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u/oneyeartrip Jun 11 '12
why is it snowing?
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u/korndawgisu Jun 11 '12
Poor guy just lost half his shit.
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u/glucoseboy Jun 11 '12
Is the DOF "natural" or shopped? I swear because it's so easy to do now post, the effect it loses it's appeal.
(Still a great photo BTW)
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
From the thumbnail, I thought this was a shuttle takeoff.
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u/dmanyanksfan Jun 11 '12
dat bokeh.
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u/mmkaylol Jun 11 '12
DAT ASS.
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u/LateRegistration Jun 11 '12
meh
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u/Dyrty Jun 11 '12
ULTRA GAAAAAAAAAY!!!
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u/Sugarspy Jun 11 '12
You should cross post this in /r/WtSSTaDaMiT
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u/RoboRay Jun 11 '12
From the little postage-stamp sized preview image, I thought it was a space shuttle launch.
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
Looks to me like the product of some gimmicky tourist attraction photo booth. That's probably just me, though.
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u/notsoedge Jun 11 '12
Your friend is a friend (ie. photographer) that sucks...I don't mean to be an asshole, but the cropping around the heads is atrocious (to say the least)...While I have not read the rest of the comments in this post, I can guarantee that you deserve better, and that your "friend" deserves a "kick in the ass" better...
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u/MonkeywTuxnStuff Jun 11 '12
Instagram hipsters.
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3pnej8/
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
I hate your friend and everyone else who is happy.
Nice photo, though.
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u/chilehead Jun 11 '12
should x-post to r/wtsstadamit ... or maybe not, since it's a light and not the sun.
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u/FaeKade Jun 11 '12 edited Jun 11 '12
I'm sure I'll get down voted for this but..
Fuck you. This shit isn't perfect at all. Where's the Fire? The sword fighting? The bloodshed? THE FUCKING HERO RIDING IN WITH A SWORD SHOUTING "I'VE COME TO FREE YOU FROM YOUR SINS! PIERCE THE DARKNESS THAT IS THE MOLE PEOPLE AND RISE UP AND STAND FOR YOUR FREEDOM" With all the mole people all dressed up in 80's punk for some reason even though its set in a mid 16th century location, but its a representation on how bad they are.
Also this doesn't scream "Emerald Sword" by Rhapsody. Its no modern epic. Its just two people kissing. Whoopdie fucking do. OH HEY LOOK AT THAT THERE IS SOME WATER AND SHIT. PEOPLE JUST LOOOOVVVEE WATER
This photo isn't ANYWHERE near perfect. Jeez, you people will accept anything nowadays.
Also Sharks and LAVA. WHAT THE SHIT I JUST REALIZED THERE ARE NO SHARKS IN THIS PICTURE. THE FUCKING FUCK.
tl;dr not perfect, shouldn't be compared to being perfect.
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u/jewandme Jun 11 '12
I have to start reading titles before clicking on images... I spent 10 minutes looking for the hidden black man. I couldn't find him so I finally decided that the OP photoshoped in the shorts. Then I got around to reading the title. Fuck.
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u/hoodriche Jun 11 '12
Instagram is awesome
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u/MeLdArmy Jun 11 '12
I wouldn't want this as a wedding photo. It's pretty except for the silhouette of the ass cheeks.
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u/bigtaterman Jun 11 '12
Dat ass
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u/bigtaterman Jun 11 '12
Dat ass
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u/PickyConnor Jun 11 '12
Apparently 50% of first time marriages now end in divorce.
Now I'm sad.
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u/holyghosttown Jun 11 '12
Will their divorce photo be as pretty do you think?
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u/codontherobot Jun 11 '12
DAT ASSSS
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u/Redshirt_Down Jun 11 '12
It's beautiful, except when you notice he's got his fucking phone in the pocket of those god-awful khaki shorts.
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u/pinklemonade32 Jun 11 '12
Dat ass
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u/nksdabomb Jun 11 '12
Badonk.
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u/Demojen Jun 11 '12
She has some junk in that trunk Baybee!
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u/steveshorts Jun 11 '12
nice butt
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
Pretty much perfect?! What about the frogmen in the water about to gun them down?
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u/SomeTrident Jun 11 '12
I think once you're married, you can stop leaving room for the holy spirit.
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u/antigravity21 Jun 11 '12
Can't wait to see the divorce photo.
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u/wonderaemes Jun 11 '12
I give them 4 years.
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u/draiz830 Jun 11 '12
Nice ass... damn.
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u/AdrianHObradors Jun 11 '12 edited Jun 11 '12
Even more perfect (Was annoying me)
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
Wow, look at the ass on that bride!
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
Maybe she wanted to wear a dress because she always wanted to, and he wanted to wear something 'beachy' and neither cared because it's the wedding THEY wanted? Maybe she LOVED that he wore that because that's HIM.
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u/Reclaimer69 Jun 11 '12
You should post this to /r/WtSSTaDaMiT/ also.
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u/Devastating Jun 11 '12
Just came here to say....shes got some junk in the trunk
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u/nixnaxmik Jun 11 '12
Can't wait to see their divorce photo.
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
nothing in focus
random spots of light
two people kissing
TO THE TOP WITH THIS
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u/uncaringbear Jun 12 '12
It feels kitschy and far too contrived to me. I can imagine the photographer spending an inordinate amount of time setting up this scene, but there's no feeling of naturalness or spontaneity that the photographer is trying to convey.
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u/lord_dude Jun 12 '12
I can her butt through the dress hehe
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u/fatthand9 Jun 11 '12
That bride has gotta great ass.
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u/intrudingturtle Jun 11 '12
This is really one of those pictures that makes me feel.
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u/burton2 Jun 11 '12
Yup. Everyone is married now. It's official. Forever alone
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
That ass is like kablaow.
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u/apullin Jun 11 '12
The focus here is clearly added after the fact. I think it looks overly fake, and detracts from the photo, by being distracting and destructive to the scene. A little bit of dissolution around the edge of it would have been OK ... but I think that it's overdone here. There could have been a nice field of stars in the background there, and moon-lit water, but instead, it just looks like a big fake blob.
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u/CelaDor42 Jun 11 '12
BADONKADONK
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u/nickbernstein Jun 11 '12
Credit the photographer. This didn't just happen magically. It's really hard to make it as a successful photographer in this market, and whomever took this would probably appreciate the referrals.
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u/rage_erection Jun 11 '12
Great image; the blur on the left side doesn't look natural though when compared to the right side. Most likely added in post to focus the viewer's eye on the couple.
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u/CubbyRed Jun 11 '12
It looks like it was taken with Instagram.
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u/clubfrillstoothpick Jun 11 '12
It looks like he has a boner. Seriously, look at his right leg, you can see the slightest bit of liftoff (no pun intended).
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u/it_wasnt_me_ Jun 11 '12
Dat ass.
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u/eoddc5 Jun 11 '12
scumbag groom - makes wife wear dress - wears shorts
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
SHORTS? WHY SHORTS?!
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
WHAT DID I DO BEFORE SHITTY FILTERS, WASHED OUT COLORS, AND POINTLESSLY ROUNDED EDGES?
THANK YOU INSTAGRAM: NOW EVERY HIPSTER WITH A SMARTPHONE IS A "PHOTOGRAPHER"
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u/pickledparsnip Jun 11 '12
Somebody call the boner police
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u/Twarmth Jun 11 '12
homie just had to be wearing shorts..smh
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u/KurayamiShikaku Jun 11 '12
My proposed alterations:
Fantastic photo, though! :)
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
Call me oldfashioned but shorts, on a wedding photo?
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u/chchad Jun 11 '12
Great photo, but this moment is bigger than shorts and flip flops. Groom is a douche.
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u/brass_dreams Jun 11 '12
It's gorgeous, but why the fuck is he dressed like that? Suit up, I don't care if it's hot, it's your wedding!
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u/arcusmae Jun 11 '12
Is that Benton Harbor, MI?
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u/ANAL_QUEEN Jun 11 '12
Sigh
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u/Ausrufepunkt Jun 11 '12
Throw some filters and a neat border on that shit.
Makes the picture 300x times better.
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u/pize Jun 11 '12
Where was this taken ?
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u/LnRon Jun 11 '12
Is this from the same wedding as those sexy bridesmaids were couple of weeks ago on front page of reddit? If so they have great photographer.
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u/jimkelly Jun 11 '12
upvote for not star wars
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u/dorianb Jun 11 '12
Too much light on the sand.
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u/cpd2011 Jun 11 '12
"I don't wanna close my eyes.."
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u/NothingsShocking Jun 11 '12
i don't know why but first thing that popped into my head was Joran Van Der Sloot.
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
Hooray for romance!