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Nov 02, 2005 20:36 |  #1

I was out snapping pics with my G5 and happened across this one by accident. I love her pose but my settings or something gave her the impression of having a 5 o'clock shadow which she does not. How to fix... ?

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Nov 02, 2005 21:00 |  #2

It's mostly just underexposed because of the bright background. I wouldn't bother with trying to "fix" this one. I'd chalk it up to learning experience and try to do better next time. My guess is she'd look better with her eyes open, anyway.

There are a variety of ways to get a more correct exposure with a backlit environment. Partial metering on her face, manual metering, and fill flash could be considered. And if you shoot RAW, you can adjust for minor metering errors after-the-fact.


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Nov 02, 2005 22:27 as a reply to  @ Curtis N's post |  #3

As Curtis says - basic problems with the exposure. Bringing out the detail buried in the shadows is a job for Photoshop.

Here's a PS result after curves, shadow/highlights, and other tonal adjustments.


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Nov 02, 2005 23:22 |  #4

Thank you both,

I have attached the whole picture. The girl; my beautiful daughter, was not the subject of the whole photo. I was concentrating on the horses nose. After putting the picture up on the big screen did I see her pretty face. Underexposed :( . Will try again with background lighting in mind.

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Nov 02, 2005 23:54 |  #5

I'd just take it again, with a higher shutter speed and fill flash.


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Nov 03, 2005 07:19 |  #6

10 sec in photoshop.


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Nov 04, 2005 08:21 |  #7

Thanks all for the advice. Most of my pictures from that day were underexposed :( .
Will try them again when it is not too cold out.




  
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