Haha, thanks Tracey. #2 is actually BW on the dress, sepia on the rest, and low saturation color for the bouquet. I'm not a big fan of it either, but know it's a big hit with people who don't scrutinize images like we do.
I do however think it solves some of the color coming through problems on the dress (it was BRIGHT green behind the dress) and I don't think it's a far cry beyond the original. Thanks so much for your CC on it.
And these are not for the client, but for the corporate, they're going to be combing over my images SOOC to finished product to decide if they want to hire me and how much training I actually need. Yikes!