C&c Please

[uticaphoto]

Hi gang, I am new here and love this site!!! I would appreciate any C&C u could offer me on this retouch.

Thanks

Vinnie

[Godmother]

Originally Posted by uticaphoto

Hi gang, I am new here and love this site!!! I would appreciate any C&C u could offer me on this retouch.

Thanks

Vinnie

Vinnie, who is the model? Is she from UK?

Tia
xx
Natalia

[hawkeye60]

It looks like you copied the right of the face and duplicated it as the left side...

[uticaphoto]

Kinda hawkeye.. Actually the workflow went, level and color adjust.. remove light blemishes in the skin, lighten the eyes, and remove any bloodshot lines that showed on the hi-res pic, lightened the iris of the eyes, bloated the lips slightly and changed the lip color, adjusted the models face for symmetry (yes i realize i forgot to remove the collar LOL) then softened the skin some.

[Chilihook]

This girl has great eyes! I really like the color enhancement that you gave her eyes, they just pierce through you! The feeling I get from the photo is very 60s, very mod.

There is a series of small-ish scars just above the model's brow that were asymmetrical in the original photo, that have now formed a tattoo-esque mark in the middle of her forehead. Aside from the collar and identical hair patterning between her ear and shoulder, that is a very telltale mark of the method you used to create the model's facial symmetry.

[Damo77]

Plus the nose is just a little too wide ...

[Little Fisher]

Is there such a thing as too much symmetry? I know I've heard somewhere that the most physically attractive people are the most symmetrical. But there's something a little disturbing about this, and I don't know why. She looks insane, ...or mentally damaged somehow. Maybe I'm just bitter because I have a crooked smile, too.

[hawkeye60]

My opinion is yes. Attractive people are usually more symmetrical that most of us but not perfectly symmetrical. Try it on a photo of yourself and your family members, the results can be very interesting, to say the least.
I prefer her this way.

[uticaphoto]

THanks Hawkeye!! (and everyone else) I appreciate everyones C&C to this point and have given me much food for thought

[0lBaldy]

It depends on which half you use.. A left flip will look different than a right flip.. Both halves offer different looks
Don't forget to use the transform tool to rotate the halves to match better