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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 345338" data-attributes="member: 9240">Noise doesn't seem to be a problem for me.  My issue is with the backlit subject.  You need to get their face lit somehow.There are various ways you could do that in PS, and in LR you'd likely need to use the brush tool.  I love using the Reflector Efex filter from Nik Color Efex 4 for situations like this as it acts very much like a live reflector at the scene, shining Gold, Soft Gold or Silver light onto the subject.  Here's what I got with it, positioning it as if it's coming from the bottom left corner.  I then masked off the effect from the scene behind him.[ATTACH=full]107902[/ATTACH]While I was at it I burned in bits and pieces of the background to help accentuate the subject.There's likely more touch-up work that could be done, but this is the major issue that needs correcting.</blockquote>