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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ohkphoto" data-source="post: 28930" data-attributes="member: 1573">I love this shot!  Getting good captures of 2-yr olds falls into the same category as shooting wildlife or your pets . . . sometimes you just gotta take what you can get.  You can certainly improve some things in pp.  It seems that you exposed for her face, rightfully so, but her bright clothing (was it white?) ended up overexposed --kind of like "brides in sunlight".  I would try (in PP) lowering the exposure to try to get back some of the detail in her clothing and then use a brightening tool (brush in lightroom) to then lighten her face.  Also, the recovery slider in lightroom helps a lot in shots like this.  You may want to consider using fill-in flash for shots like this.  Nikon's Creative Lighting System is pretty awesome!</blockquote>