Hi everyone,
My camera is a Sony DSC-H1. The flash is not adjustable beyond on and off. The lady in the picture was sitting in her dining room. to get this shot, I had to stand in the livingroom. Had I been in the room with her, there would have been an even bigger window (4feet by 8feet) behind her. Only the position I shot from, allowed for the least amount of editing.
I apologize for the lack of EXIF data. I thought when you uploaded from Flickr, the info linked to the shot. If not, could someone tell me how to include it in my shots?
I really appreciate all of the advice and the time and effort everyone has put in to fixing this shot. I still haven't figured out how to use GIMP, so I'm still using Picasa and Photo Explosion. That's why I would rather learn how to take the shot "Right" in camera, than just try to fix it later, but I'm still kinda new at this. I'm sure that I'll have lots of shots that can only be salvaged by Post-processing. Thank you all, again for your help.