Question on skin tone

[irishmuth]

Let me know if this should be moved to the post processing section - I struggled with where to put this. To be completely honest, I decided on this section b/c I think it gets more traffic.

Anyway, can those lucky people out there with a calibrated monitor comment on the skin tone of this picture? I thought I had it spot on until I printed it and it seemed to be slightly yellow or reddish in the print.

I know. The answer is that I should get my monitor calibrated myself, but part of the reason I'm asking for opinions is so I can help decide just how out of whack my monitor might be.

Thanks - mods feel free to move the thread if needed.

Canon T1i
F1.8
1/400
ISO 200

[SusanH1970]

Hey there, Mike!

Actually, her face looks overexposed to me, as well as a bit soft. The focus fell on her top/dress at the bottom of the photo. Bring down the exposure on her face a bit if you can; hard to tell the color when her face is borderline blown out. It might be a tad cool, actually.

Very cute, though!

[irishmuth]

Thanks Susan - if I had only brought my gray card and DGK that you tought me how to use I wouldn't be in this mess : )

I've re-attached an image with the exposure toned down a bit. I have a habit of going to bright when playing with my RAW files.

Mike

[MrJones]

the skin tone seems fine to me.
I actually love this photo, just wish the focus was better like Susan said.

[SusanH1970]

Mike, the toned down version looks good, exposure and color wise. Now go shoot again and get her eyes in focus.

[MrJones]

hope you don't mind but I was bored at work and since I loved the photo, I decided to try and to get the best of it.
so after cropping, sharpening, saturating and adding a bit of texture... this is what came out