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[reinin]

I just took this photo of my husband yesterday and while I LOVE it, he hates the darkness under his eyes.  I tried lightroom and dodged it, but didn't want it to look 'fixed' in the final photo.  Any suggestions??

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[charles76]

Try a fill flash. It will help with the difficult to light candids.

[jason]

or a bit of spot healing brush in photoshop  http://prntscr.com/1ur6dh  the left eye needs more work still was just mucking around with it

[eldonphotography]

try photoshop it is a learning curve but the outcome is the industry standard.

[shuttrr]

A reflector would help to lighten the shadow area.

[Adamwesleyo]

Photoshop at this point might be your only option.

[GregM1]

a few minutes with photoshops spot removal tool in the raw panel came to this end.

 

 

 

[Mark Win]

Nice Edit Greg

[Richard Poulin]

The GIMP (free) is my prefered software for photo editing, In this case i would use the healing tool:

http://www.ephotozin...l-in-gimp-12778

 

One could also use the Auto Retouch Brush from Nikon Capture NX2 ... however it will be a little bit more difficult.

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[ansel95]

Yep, fairly easy fix with some fill flash or with the healing brush or some localized lightening of the shadows in PS.

[onewiththecamera]

For future reference... this is where fill flash comes in very handy. Probably go with like a -2 at least on the flash power so the rest of the shot is not overwhelmed.

[PrettyCranium]

For future reference... this is where fill flash comes in very handy. Probably go with like a -2 at least on the flash power so the rest of the shot is not overwhelmed.

Nice tip, thanks!

[lindax]

Photoshop is the best for these kind of situations... 

You can always youtube or google for tutorials to learn how to do it all, it's not that hard really...

[asokell]

Fill flas or reflector under subject.