PP question

OK, I know this isn't an amazing picture, composition wise and lighting...but I snapped a moment that i thought really showed emotion from her. Her mother passed away a good while ago but it was obvious it was still really affecting her. ( as it would anyone, esp. on their wedding day - I'm not being insensitive to that) The bride didn't want many pictures of herself. I think she was very self conscience of her skin. I'm working on this and I can't tell if it just looks pitiful now or decent.

your C is welcome. Thanks.

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I also added grain to put a little texture back in the pic.

i think the fix looks pretty good, it's not too over done

tania622 wrote in post #2455510
i think the fix looks pretty good, it's not too over done

thanks Tania.

I also like it...It looks very smooth but natural...good job...Kim A.

It looks great to me, I`m sure she`ll love it!
By the way, will you do this for all her shots or just the ones that need it most?

just the obvious ones. But I will do it to most. For her. Everyone wants to look at their pictures and think they are beautiful. I want her to feel that way about all of them.

Thanks for all the comments! i appreciate it!

Church shot from same wedding.

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I think you did a great job of that.. i'm sure she would be impressed

Great work on the skin. Love the church photo, it's one of the best i've seen, just straighten it up.

Thanks Tim! I know I need to loose the wreath on the left, but then there is the one on the other side...should I take out both?

How about this? Used the lately very popular technique from Mizuno, then added a light opacity of midnight sepia, saturated her lips more and brought out the white i n her eyes a little because the eyes were just a dark spot in her face, hardly noticable

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oh yeah, looking at it now and holding my hands over the wreaths I'm taking them out! Thanks again for all the comments. I'll post more of this wedding later.

ok Jenni I can't see your fix? did you post it? I'd love to see it, or is this a suggestion?

This one is without the midnight sepia

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