[pixelzombie]

here's a different sort of shot to work with:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/45178172@N00/2220455034/


this is hires and royalty free so you'll be able to include it in your portfolio, assuming it's good enough, enjoy...

[DannyRaphael]

Interesting shot. It will be interesting to see what folks do with it. Thanks for offering it for practice.

[palms1]

Pixelzombie thank you for the shot, it is great to have a image like this to practice on or in my case mess around with !
Just lately there have been a few techniques that I have wanted to try but never had the image to try it on ( tried about 3 on this ) And no it isnt good enough to keep in a portfolio ( if i had one that is ) but boy did I have some fun and will come back again. Cant wait to see what those with more experience at retouching come up with

Thank you again

Palms

[Wolfman]

Here are 2 extremes.

[i-inspire]

This isn't perfect, but I used a new technique I'm not familiar with. Critiques are welcome.

[0lBaldy]

I liked Wolfmans idea of doing a double..

LOL.. just noticed the dark cheek edges on the "Smoothie#.. Oh Well!! I spent enough time on these already and they are just for fun.. and I DID have fun doing these.. Thanks Pixelzombie

~~Original~ ~~Smoothie~~Rough~

[bartjoosen]

My try:
copied one half, paste and mirror.
Then some levels, eye adjustments, d&b a bit and some light and layer effects.


Bart

[KR1156]

come on guys....why don't you actually take the time and properly retouch this image. it's a piece that you can include in your books. great for beginners.

*if you're just messing around with photoshop and not a retoucher, don't mind my comments. but i would love to see what some peaople could come up with since the shot has no major flaws, it would be interesting to see where ppl can take it.

[saby]

Originally Posted by KR1156

come on guys....why don't you actually take the time and properly retouch this image. it's a piece that you can include in your books. great for beginners.

*if you're just messing around with photoshop and not a retoucher, don't mind my comments. but i would love to see what some peaople could come up with since the shot has no major flaws, it would be interesting to see where ppl can take it.

Why don't U inspire us?

[KR1156]

i dont got time to do things the right way today, but here's a rough sketch, 'bout 15min shifting things around, general color range i would take it.

wih such little image area...i tried hitting the jaw line, clean up eyes a bit.

maybe a more desat. look would work nice, not sure.

i would leave his forehead wrinkles as it serves purpose to his facial expression,,,,but if i had more time i would go in and d&b those uggly spots to clean it up a tad, but not that much.

i dont know, thats what i got so far.

[bartjoosen]

Maybe you should give the image a target like it should be used for some deodorant, or Wilkinson razors, or.... ?

[Rhasval]

Originally Posted by KR1156

come on guys....why don't you actually take the time and properly retouch this image. it's a piece that you can include in your books. great for beginners.

*if you're just messing around with photoshop and not a retoucher, don't mind my comments. but i would love to see what some peaople could come up with since the shot has no major flaws, it would be interesting to see where ppl can take it.

Ok here is my try. Probably is not the kind of retouch you expect but it is just to give a different view. It is true that is a good one to include in the books. I may include it in mine.
Critiques about the work are welcome.

[Svald7]

At this time I'm practicing the easy, natural looking approach. On this version, no smoothing at all, just softened the lines and a very light blur, plus color balancing.

[myfairies]

Wolfam, how did you do the one on the right? I like that effect a lot

[CaptainHook]

Looks like Wolfam used some kinda LCE to me..?