Vida

I thought this was a nice photo of my girlfriend. Only light source is from window left of photo. I was thinking maybe a reflector on right side of photo probably would have helped. Tell me what you think, C&C highly appreciated.

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Its a little dark you may fix it with levels or cuves.

Alex

nice shot. lighting looks really nice and diffused. is there a curtain on the window?

Its not really dark as far as the subject (your GF) is concerned. There are just some heavy shadows in the surroundings.

Thanks for the comments guys. Actually it was really weird, the window has no curtains or blinds... the light was just right and i nabbed the shot.

Yes, a reflector could have helped, the image is a little dark overall. Alternatively turn her around so she is facing into the light rather then away from it. Nice composition, but crop is a little tight - image feels a little constrained.

Im sorry but how is this dark? Its contrasting thats for sure, but no where do I see darkness or underexposure....

OK, so i decided to brighten up this photo a little bit using lightroom. I'm not really sure wich one i like better.

here, the original

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The "brighter" one is SLIGHTLY better on something already great. I would hardly call it brighter though.