Photo makeover

This is my first post and I am looking for C&C, my daughter took this picture of herself for a school project and I thought the picture itself was a nice picture but she has some teenage skin blemishes and I think her eyes are amazing so I hated that she was wearing her glasses, and they are naturally a very blue almost violet but this picture doesn't show quite how amazing they are...

I like the outcome, but I am self taught using PS and would like to hear what folks with more experience would have done diffrently... I have many versions of the edit but this is one of the ones I like the most...

before:

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You're right, she looks like a very pretty young lady. My critiscism is that I prefer to see images with the whole face showing and not a highlighted box. I really like the PP you've done on the third one. Have you got a copy of that one without the box around her eyes?

Did you clone out the eyeglasses? If so you did a fantastic job doing that!

Great job! The work you've done on taking out the glasses is amazing. I do like the original the best (she's beautiful), but the black and white is good too. I'm just not fond of the framing.

I like the first picture better, but am amazed at your cloning skills. I'd have just re-taken the picture but had her take off her glasses........

elise1030 wrote in post #2222461
You're right, she looks like a very pretty young lady. My critiscism is that I prefer to see images with the whole face showing and not a highlighted box. I really like the PP you've done on the third one. Have you got a copy of that one without the box around her eyes?

Did you clone out the eyeglasses? If so you did a fantastic job doing that!

Yes I just cloned them out...

Here is the first version before the foolishness started hehe

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wonderful post processing!

valerism wrote in post #2222509
Yes I just cloned them out...

Here is the first version before the foolishness started hehe

much better!

Ahhh, beautiful!!

Thank you all for you comments... I really enjoy the PPing, I think the glasses were a great challenge.

Excellent work on the glasses cloning! The skin looks very smooth and i like the black and white with the framed highlighted area best. I actually like the framed area as i dont particularly like the crop of the image through the lips like that. For me the framed area makes it sit better in my mind. Just my personal preference ofcourse.
Nic

Nice manipulation, especially trying to correct the area where the glasses had covered.

May I suggest you add a slight amount of noise, maybe 1%. This could make the cloned areas blend in better with the non cloned areas. I would post an example, but you don't have "Image Editing OK" turned on.

Andrew.

Great job! Simply awesome!!!!!

Excellent work removing the glasses!

Only bit that gives it away is to our left of her right eye. But I doubt I would have spotted that if I wasn't looking for it.

Gaz

mcminty wrote in post #2223478
May I suggest you add a slight amount of noise, maybe 1%. This could make the cloned areas blend in better with the non cloned areas. I would post an example, but you don't have "Image Editing OK" turned on.

Ooops.. I am new at this... my bad, I will work on correcting that now.. hehe


I think I've got it now... edit away! I really appreciate any input... I added a bit of noise and fixed the whonky eye... better?

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She is a pretty lady. Nice PS work on the glasses!