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It does say "image may contain dog" and "image may contain dog and indoor", so I'm going to assume it's a picture of a dog, indoors
How did you do the lighting set up for the one of your daughter? Looks really cool.
I normally use a shoot through as a key light, a light into a gold umbrella as the secondary and the hair light is a snoot up and behind. The background is black cloth with the subject about 1.5mtrs out.
I haven't taken any serious photos for about six years and am only just getting back into it now. I didn't use my normal setup as I couldn't find my overhead.
I wasn't particularly happy with this photo as her left eye has too much shadow. That said, It takes time to get back into the hobby because of the subtle changes required to achieve a better result.
Actually I hadn’t really noticed the shadow on the eye until you mentioned it, but yeah I can see why you could unhappy with the shot. I think it’s still a nicely set up shot and your daughter looks a natural in front of the camera. I wouldn’t be unhappy if I could turn out a result like that.
If you're not using it on mobile then I definitely wouldn't go for the subscription; this, Netflix and iCloud storage are literally the only monthly software payments I have. LR 6 might still be a good bet, especially if you can find a discount code online.
There are other things like Affinity and CaptureOne that are meant to be excellent.
RAWTherapee is excellent and it's free. It seems initially complicated - but that's because it offers loads of settings you don't necessarily need. If you just use the bits you do need then it's easy to get to grips with.
I partner this with Affinity Photo - a superb Photoshop replacement that's cheap as chips and is a one off payment, not a rental like Adobe.
I think that if you are shooting regularly, it represents good value and the real advantage is the wealth of info and tutorials available. You are only limited by your imagination.
Yes it can seem complicated but just minimise all the controls you aren't likely to use and then it becomes quite simple.
Do also download the free film styles pack as that adds lots of great filters and film simulations. For Fuji users RAWTherapee also now includes the famous Fuji sims.