can this be salvaged?

[fotomumma09]

I keep looking at the background thinking the overexposed/blownout highlight are competing. I need fresh eyes please
Dannielle

 

[Heitz]

This needed a fill light. If you're photoshop savvy, you might be able to dodge/burn to mess with the relative brightnesses

 

[Prowler]

Depending on the SW you use I would just replace the background. Also I would add some contrast and play around a bit to make her face pop out a little more.
Eddie

 

[480sparky43 43]

 

[fotomumma09]

Okay you need to tell me what you did I like it!

 

[480sparky43 43]

Selected the background and darkened it. Selected the chin, specified a radius to include all the skin area, and lightened that color.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZlhC889Ys8

 

[bianni]

Here's an edit.

 

[fotomumma09]

Selected the background and darkened it. Selected the chin, specified a radius to include all the skin area, and lightened that color.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZlhC889Ys8

Wow thank you so much! Was SW was that? I have lightroom and PSE 8.

 

[480sparky43 43]

Selected the background and darkened it. Selected the chin, specified a radius to include all the skin area, and lightened that color.

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Wow thank you so much! Was SW was that? I have lightroom and PSE 8.

Capture NX2. Works best with Nikon NEF files, however. I'm sure PS can do the same thing, just a different road.

 

[The_Traveler]

A basic problem, which isn't really solvable, is that the tones of the face are really flat and the face tends to look a bit plastic when it is worked on.
This happened because the face was in the total shade and, even if exposure corrected, there wouldn't be any micro-texture to make it look alive.
The image isn't all that sharp and that might be due to camera movement.
You were shooting at f2.8 1/80 and ISO 100.
The effective focal length is about 80 mm and you should be shooting at least as 1/125 or 1/150 to minimize blue from camera movement. You could raise the iso to 400, increase teh shutter speed and lower the aperture, thus giving you the benefit of a slightly deeper depth of field, probably sharper lens area and faster shutter.