Not sure about this one...

[kpiela]

I am not quite sure what I did here...
ISO 100
1/250
5.3
50mm

but I feel like there has to be something to make it better... color? lighting?... Any suggestions?

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d10/kpiela/SylAbbey.jpg

[JCR]

Move them away from the backdrop toward the camera and use some dof to smooth out the backsheet.?
50mm f/1.4 time ;)

[JCR]

Quick play, smoothed skin a little by hand, levels and colour adjustment, faker vignette, small amount of dodge and burn. Pinch of crop. Is it better? you decide :)

[Mike_Canon5D]

I really like this pic, nice contrast. Here is a quick edit I did, cropped a bit off the right side, sharpened, and dodge the eyes so that they would stand out, and finally applied some noise ninja. Hope you don't mind, and like the edit.

[kpiela]

Thanks Mike and JCR. I like your edits. I can appreciate what you both did with the photo. I will play around some more as well. Thanks :)

[Kristy]

This is adorable. I messed with it a bit but really could not make it any better than it already is... I think the thing that you are struggling with may be the highlights on the face of the girl on the right side of the image.. a little strong.

If you shot this in RAW you may be able to decrease the exposure and highlight a bit. I think you can do that in CS2 also, but I don't have CS2 so am limited.

Anyway, a darling shot of 2 girls who obviously love each other! ;)

Great job!

[Broncobear]

I really like Mike's edit..wow on the eyes...great shot!..

[kpiela]

Thanks guys. Kristy, I think you may be right. I did shoot raw but re-formatted the card and I also already deleted the TIFFS!! Darn. Oh well. I'll just have to make peace with what I have left :)

[Palladium]

here's a 2 process workup - replaced the background color and softened the image just alittle ;)

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/5251/sylabbeyaug8.jpg