Hi Peter,
Years ago there was a large billboard next to the Basin Reserve cricket stadium in Wellington NZ. It was supposedly put there by a male looking for the perfect partner. To the best of my recollection it said something like, “Looking for woman to share life with... must have a boat. Please include photo of boat!”.
While this image might be bliss for the guy – fishing is, after all, such a predominantly male obsession – it looks like the woman isn't having quite as much fun. But that's all part of the story, and I think you've captured a wonderful moment here.
Now there is one big problem with this image, and that's the colour. The image is awash with magenta, and it really is not a friendly colour on skintones.
Ideally you should shoot images in Raw – this gives you the opportunity to take control of white balance (and colour) in post-production. In this instance I would remove the magenta hue from the picture by using the Colour Balance adjustment to add some Green back into the picture.
In the example below I have added green to eliminate some of the Magenta cast and then I have added a blue grad to the sky and darkened the corners with a subtle vignette. Finally, I darkened the image overall but lightened the guy's face.
Now, as a word of advice, I would check the computer screen that you are using to make sure it is reasonably colour calibrated. It might be that your screen has a green cast, and the magenta I can see was an overcompensation on your part! The simplest way to check this calibration is to get a photo that you think looks good on your screen printed by a reasonable lab and then see how the photo looks in reasonable light (preferably daylight). If that photo has a green cast then it might be time to calibrate or upgrade the screen.
Hope this is a help!
Cheers,
Anthony
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