Self portrait retouch for fun

[yourfavorite]

So I did this little retouch on myself for fun. A little different since I don't wearing any makeup :p, but the most challenging part was getting the background to be what I wanted. I didn't want to take it too far, but if I do go back and do anything else to this later, the first on the list is to work on the chapped lips.

As a note, the colors got a little jacked going from ProPhotoRGB to sRGB.

Before:
http://flickr.com/photos/caseybritt/3291549249/

After:
http://flickr.com/photos/caseybritt/3292370032/

[igot2pman]

I'd agree, the lips need to be done... another thing you could do is work on the arch of your nose, and fix that slight redness (hue/sat). Lastly, reduce the purple under eye part (hue/sat).

Everything else looks very clean and well done. I like the concept and the lighting, very nice.

Opinion,
-Keven

[yourfavorite]

Thanks Keven, I agree that the hue sat needs some adjustment based on what the final output looks like. It looks a bit better in ProPhotoRGB, but could probably use another look as I ran curves to get the colors (white/black/skin) correct before retouching and probably need to do another check now that everything is cleaned up. I'm sure I got lost along the way.

[Sweetlight]

My touches.

Nice light by the way.

c