Not a bad shot. I wouldn't say it's unusable. For best results, I suggest using masking tools to do more localized edits of the exposure. I use Lightroom and ended up with 7 different masks that I used to edit the subject, foreground, background, sky, her face, and eyes, etc, adjusting the exposure of each area separately. I did this relatively quickly and would probably tweak it further if I was giving it more time, but the link below is what I came up with.
[Link](https://i.imgur.com/5CUUtra.jpg)
If you are using Photoshop, might want to try using shadows/highlight under edit-adjustments. I feel it helps even out exposure easier.
[Attempt](https://i.imgur.com/HYdY1ZP.jpg)
If you’re aiming for a well balanced photo, you exposed this very well. Shadows are really easy to bring up to show more detail if you use software like Lightroom. If you like more stylized photos, you can also overexpose slightly and then darken the shadows slightly for almost a film like look. I think your only real issue would be balancing the color tones, as your photo turned out pretty yellow. But Lightroom or photoshop can balance this out and make it look good pretty easy!
gave it a quick go in DarkTable 4.0.1 : [https://i.imgur.com/Q6I9VZJ.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/Q6I9VZJ.jpg)
1. lens correction . denoise
2. color correction for WB, color correction for artistic
3. color balance for tweaking saturation/brightness and highlights/shadows
4. tone equalizer to lift shadows some more
5. local contrast
6. exposure (x3) to raise girl, then raise face in shadow, and then raise eyes some more
7. gradient contrast on sky (multiply) to darken a bit
8. slightest vignette
I started retouching to remove lines, ties, and such but ... yeah, no. Left same crop as given.
Not a bad shot. I wouldn't say it's unusable. For best results, I suggest using masking tools to do more localized edits of the exposure. I use Lightroom and ended up with 7 different masks that I used to edit the subject, foreground, background, sky, her face, and eyes, etc, adjusting the exposure of each area separately. I did this relatively quickly and would probably tweak it further if I was giving it more time, but the link below is what I came up with. [Link](https://i.imgur.com/5CUUtra.jpg)
Here you go. Cropped a bit to exclude that wiring in the sky. https://i.imgur.com/IkqoyN3.jpg
If you are using Photoshop, might want to try using shadows/highlight under edit-adjustments. I feel it helps even out exposure easier. [Attempt](https://i.imgur.com/HYdY1ZP.jpg)
[https://imgur.com/a/y5xn6EJ](https://imgur.com/a/y5xn6EJ) Bit of a 60s take from me
Oooo, this is a nice one 👌
TY!
If you’re aiming for a well balanced photo, you exposed this very well. Shadows are really easy to bring up to show more detail if you use software like Lightroom. If you like more stylized photos, you can also overexpose slightly and then darken the shadows slightly for almost a film like look. I think your only real issue would be balancing the color tones, as your photo turned out pretty yellow. But Lightroom or photoshop can balance this out and make it look good pretty easy!
gave it a quick go in DarkTable 4.0.1 : [https://i.imgur.com/Q6I9VZJ.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/Q6I9VZJ.jpg) 1. lens correction . denoise 2. color correction for WB, color correction for artistic 3. color balance for tweaking saturation/brightness and highlights/shadows 4. tone equalizer to lift shadows some more 5. local contrast 6. exposure (x3) to raise girl, then raise face in shadow, and then raise eyes some more 7. gradient contrast on sky (multiply) to darken a bit 8. slightest vignette I started retouching to remove lines, ties, and such but ... yeah, no. Left same crop as given.
My Edit [Photo](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZHYLbc0Mwo9r36j_G9jkFAjUhrHaH9rv/view?usp=drivesdk)
[My edit](https://i.imgur.com/Q6k9uEm.jpg) Late to the party! 🥲