Lighting issues...

[neophotobug]

Is the problem with this image the lighting? (natural lighting from a side window). Any suggestions are welcome and greatly appreciated. Thank you.

[zona5101]

maybe?! The two biggest things I see are blown highlights and black areas without detail. This could be a result of your conversion or lighting. How tempered are the shadows and highlights in the orginal?
Also what is the exif data?

[neophotobug]

Zona, I'm sorry, but I don't understand what you mean by "tempered".

The image info is:
Nikon D40X 1/20s
Focal Length: 55.0mm f/5.6
ISO: 1600

[Eastree]

Originally Posted by neophotobug

Zona, I'm sorry, but I don't understand what you mean by "tempered".

The image info is:
Nikon D40X 1/20s
Focal Length: 55.0mm f/5.6
ISO: 1600

By tempered, I'm fairly certain Zona means whether the original retained detail in the shadows and/or highlight areas, which are now blown out (the texture on the blanket) or smothered to blackness (most of the hair).

[marcus1983b]

you might want to try and using a plain white curtain to diffuse the light coming in from the window, so it's not as harsh. otherwise i would play around with the curves and levels a little bit, so that the whites aren't so blown out. otherwise a cute shot. i like that the subject is a little off center in the image.

[PROFusioNZ]

did you process this photo? Can't really give you specifics on your lighting, if it was mainly altered in post...

[neophotobug]

Eastree, Zona...in the original the hair color is able to be seen (light brown), but the image was so bright that I brought out the shadows in post. There was even less detail in the blanket in the original.

PROF...thinking about it, you're right. It's a lousy question to ask about lighting in an edited photo. Next time I will submit the original, pre-editing. Thanks

Marcus...thank you for the curtain idea. Hope that will work.

Thanks, All for the tips

[PROFusioNZ]

Originally Posted by neophotobug

Eastree, Zona...in the original the hair color is able to be seen (light brown), but the image was so bright that I brought out the shadows in post. There was even less detail in the blanket in the original.
Thanks, All for the tips

No worries, neophotobug,

based off your above comment, I can safely say that you overexposed the image. Looking at your exif data, I can see why.

Your ISO is extremely high at 1600 plus you are using a slow shutter speed of 1/20. You're also using a slightly more open aperture of 5.6. So all three of those settings combined give you the overexposure.

[zona5101]

Originally Posted by Eastree

By tempered, I'm fairly certain Zona means whether the original retained detail in the shadows and/or highlight areas, which are now blown out (the texture on the blanket) or smothered to blackness (most of the hair).

yes, tempered ie controlled - was there detail in the original - thanks eastree for fielding the question.