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Ethertonphotography
1st of October 2009 (Thu), 12:28
I know when I shot this I messed up the lighting. could anyone help me fix it? I have tried everything with no luck.

Thanks
aroundlsu
1st of October 2009 (Thu), 12:37
Did you shoot in raw? If so, you should be able to dodge the kid enough to fix this. If you don't know how to do this you can email me the raw and I can show you.

No point in trying to fix this jpeg. It's not going to come out.

Also, it looks out of focus but you didn't ask for help on that and it may just be the compression playing tricks.
Ethertonphotography
1st of October 2009 (Thu), 12:41
I don't know how but yes its shot in raw. whats your e-mail? thanks for taking the time to help me :)
aroundlsu
1st of October 2009 (Thu), 12:44
PM sent. :)
dr1ft
1st of October 2009 (Thu), 12:50
Did you take away his candy? Why is he not smiling? What did you DO??
Flo
1st of October 2009 (Thu), 12:57
Aw.he is adorable.looks like a mini Mike Holmes.....looks pissed at what the other contractor left..lol....

It is OOF....:(
Ethertonphotography
1st of October 2009 (Thu), 13:10
lol...he doesn't smile much for the camera. I cant figure out why. Takes after his daddy I guess :)
Ethertonphotography
1st of October 2009 (Thu), 13:10
Thank you :)
LeuceDeuce
1st of October 2009 (Thu), 14:52
One direction
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dbdigitals
1st of October 2009 (Thu), 15:44
lol...he doesn't smile much for the camera. I cant figure out why. Takes after his daddy I guess :)

haha, mines the same... only he also points at me when I am taking the picture "accusing" me of something.

Overall, if you have the raw you can use ACR to bump up the overall exposure and some fill light then reduce the brightness a bit to bring it to a good end (might also want to add some more black to help keep things from loosing contrast).

D.
griptape
1st of October 2009 (Thu), 20:38
I completely disagree that this can't be fixed as a jpeg. Certainly RAW is always better, but jpeg isn't a hopeless cause in more cases than people seem to think. And also to pacify those who would rather see him smile:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3065/3973469076_57d9d5406b_o.jpg
aroundlsu
1st of October 2009 (Thu), 22:42
Wow you really went all out on that jpeg.
dimad
2nd of October 2009 (Fri), 04:56
If you're familiar to photoship, please, try a filter called "shadow/highlight". It should help you with the issue.
rw2
2nd of October 2009 (Fri), 07:10
Here is my try.
Flo
2nd of October 2009 (Fri), 10:52
I say take over is what would help:D