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[RexK_Cozumel]

Originally Posted by ELAY

I use GIMP myself, and it lets me do all the time-consuming and unproductive fiddling I could want.

LOL you sound like me. time consuming and unproductive fiddling... but I think your photos turn out better than mine

[ELAY]

The secret is only to post a couple of photos or so per month -- if you saw the stuff that i hold back you wouldn't say that.

I enjoy your photos very much -- except when they remind me that I am working at my desk in Ottawa, and you have your feet up somewhere in paradise (no more taunting posts entitled "The View from my Office" please).

EL

[sunsetter]

I have photoshop Elements and it is the junior version of Photoshop, but it has most everything a photographer would need. Also subscribing to the Elements newsletter you get access to their subscriber link which has lots of videos and other helpful info. Check it out.

[jiminyClickit]

amy57689, Welcome

If you do any post production work, this is a good photo for experimenting. The part that appeared over-exposed is not really lost. The background can be turned into a complementary frame for a pretty good portrait. If you try this one again, you could try ELAY's suggested settings and get something like this out-of-camera: