The grass is seldom greener. Try watering the lawn instead.

Every so often, on walks like this, Grace and I will just goof off with the camera for a few minutes; it’s fun to play, and every so often a few good images will result from the time we take to do so. This is one example of what I mean by that; another picture of my wife that I really quite like, despite my stated dislike of most deliberately posed pictures.

Grace just seems really happy and relaxed in this shot, which I like.

Edit-wise, after applying the calibration/Punch preset, some noise reduction to correct for the fact that I had the camera’s ISO set at 1600, and a lot of highlight recovery to adjust for the fact that much of the background was overexposed, I re-thought the Punch preset’s Clarity setting and set the Clarity to -75, giving the picture a fairly diffuse look that I think works well for pictures of people. It’s not quite soft focus, but it’s still a touch hazy, and it really looks good.

Especially when the subject of the portrait happens to be the beautiful young woman I’m married to!