My Oldest Daughter - C&C Desired

I have been shooting for a few months but I am new to photoshop. This is my oldest daughter.

The lighting seems to harsh from one direction. Correct me if I'm wrong but it was dark out and you used one flash from your camera to light this?

Yes. On-board flash. Tried to cover it up in post as the original had evidence of flash on her nose and forehead (I used a 5D II with a 430 attached).

I like the contrast...Pretty!

It's a nice idea for the shot...but the image is a bit soft. It appears as though your focus point is just ahead of your daughter on the wall or the left shoulder. Do you have EXIF data from the shot? That would be helpful to look at.

Dano_nav wrote in post #12158643
It's a nice idea for the shot...but the image is a bit soft. It appears as though your focus point is just ahead of your daughter on the wall or the left shoulder. Do you have EXIF data from the shot? That would be helpful to look at.

Ugly, but here's a cut and paste of the shot (the close eye is in the focus zone):

File Name IMG_2991.CR2
Camera Model Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Firmware Firmware Version 2.0.7
Shooting Date/Time 3/26/2011 10:06:14 PM
Owner's Name
Shooting Mode Manual Exposure
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/200
Av( Aperture Value ) 2.8
Metering Mode Spot Metering
ISO Speed 100
Auto ISO Speed OFF
Lens EF85mm f/1.8 USM
Focal Length 85.0mm
Image Size 5616x3744
Image Quality RAW
Flash On
Flash Type Manual Flash
Flash Exposure Compensation 0
Shutter curtain sync 1st-curtain sync
FE lock OFF
White Balance Mode Auto
AF Mode One-Shot AF
Picture Style Standard
Sharpness 3
Contrast 0
Saturation 0
Color tone 0
Color Space sRGB
Long exposure noise reduction 0:Off
High ISO speed noise reduction 0:Standard
Highlight tone priority 0isable
Auto Lighting Optimizer 0:Standard
Peripheral illumination correction Enable
File Size 23162KB
Dust Delete Data No
Drive Mode Single shooting
Live View Shooting OFF
Date/Time(UTC)
Latitude
Longitude
Altitude
Geographic coordinate system
Camera Body No. 2321303006
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Thanks for the feedback. Summarizing what I've gotten so far -

I should off-board the flash and reflect it from at least one other direction to avoid harsh lighting from a single direction

I could have hit focus if i shot for the mid point between eyes rather than the front eye (since it appears i've front focused)