Photographer

Merry

Posts: 1678

London, England, United Kingdom

Not too harsh please, I'm still learning! tongue

Here's the before:
https://img191.imageshack.us/img191/241/beforesmall1.jpg

And the after:
https://img72.imageshack.us/img72/7636/finished1small.jpg

And here's a 50% crop of the face after general adjustments but before skin clean up:
https://img215.imageshack.us/img215/5796/sb50d.jpg

And after:
https://img208.imageshack.us/img208/6310/sa50.jpg

I know it isn't perfect, like I said, I'm still learning and while I've been using photoshop for a while, I'm relatively new to retouching - especially using techniques like D&B.

I'm not going to go back and edit this picture because, although I can see flaws, I'm sick to death of looking at it. But I'd like some advice on what to change and improve in my future work!

May 26 10 12:16 pm Link

Retoucher

SistagurL

Posts: 250

Greenville, South Carolina, US

I would have retouched her teeth.. her skin looks good.. you did miss a spot or two but I think that's alright.. I try not to get everything because no skin is flawless.. I don't like her right eye.. it looks weird.. but other than that...I'd say nice work!  smile

May 26 10 12:53 pm Link

Photographer

Merry

Posts: 1678

London, England, United Kingdom

Sistagurl wrote:
I would have retouched her teeth..

Ooh, yeah 'doh!
I remember looking at them before I started on the hair and thinking "Must remember to do that!"

Thank you. smile

May 26 10 01:06 pm Link

Retoucher

y2cute

Posts: 267

San Francisco, California, US

like the before...maybe because of her hairs. the after makes her look like an old woman w/ lots of gray hairs. other than that, don't see any significant change.

May 26 10 04:09 pm Link

Digital Artist

Koray

Posts: 6720

Ankara, Ankara, Turkey

I like the nice and subtle approach but its missing the tonal and contour adjustments aka the retouchers kick (I just made that up).
What you have made so far is what most of the retouchers and photographers would all do.
Take it to the next level when you are done with her teeth smile

May 26 10 04:17 pm Link

Retoucher

Sebastian Reuter

Posts: 126

Frankfurt, Hassia, Germany

like already mentioned do the teeth need some work big_smile  i would suggest you to remove some more of the stray hairs on her forehead. its a personal taste, but i think that could improve the image.

if you want to keep the retouching subtile this is the way to go i think, but i would recoomend removing some of the bigger blotches in the skin.

May 29 10 05:16 pm Link

Retoucher

Natalia_Taffarel

Posts: 7665

Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

I'm gonna hate myself for this but could you send me the full res before?

xx

May 31 10 05:10 am Link