color or b&w

thanks everyone! I think I am going to go with the B&W....i will also try to brighten it up like Kristy's edit! Thank you for those too!

Kristy wrote in post #11612544
I think both images work.. I would push the curves/levels on both though to brighten up her skin tones.. Don't be afraid to really push it over the edge on the B&W, it keeps the skin tones from looking muddy....

On the color version, I'd push the satuation up to pop the pinks, but mask off her face so it doesn't look cooked... then pull out some magenta from the skin tones and maybe tighten up the crop, and you'll be good to go..

Couple of quick edits to illustrate.. Hope that helps...

Thank you for posting the edits! I took your tips and came up with this one and LOVE how it turned out printed!! I just did not want to crop it in bc I wanted to see her cute zebra hat!

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LylasMama wrote in post #11670179
Thank you for posting the edits! I took your tips and came up with this one and LOVE how it turned out printed!! I just did not want to crop it in bc I wanted to see her cute zebra hat!

It looks awesome! You re-edit worked out very nicely. Glad I could offer some suggestions to help you.

I kinda figured you'd want to see the cute zebra hat, but I couldn't help myself from cropping tighter just to bring more attention to those beautiful eyes of hers.