From the input I've got from him in the past it appears that Bryster has always set his monitor too dark - don't know why ... the color looks good to me. Perhaps simply changing the camera angle will help adjust your lighting to emphisize your subjects. try moving the camera close to where the tree on the left is and get rid of the tree . . .  and maybe add a squirrel or a deer or something else live in the background ???

Live long and prosper, Pakled: The guy looked Asian and the girl simply looked like that Jolene chick who played the Vulcan T'pol on 'Enterprise' and I think that was largely due to her lack of expression;  that is - to me.

what rosemaryr said: "Good start to the picture!  You are doing the right thing by trying to tell a story, and place it in an appropriate scene.  Big points for undertaking the project."