retouched image

[frank williams]

I have just started to learn how to retouch images and would like you thoughts on what i have done.
This fourm is a good place to start as its dedicateded to this sort of thing.
I retoucted this image which took about 45 mins. The places i have retouched is as follows. Skin, waist, eyes, lips, eye browes, skin tone and all over exsposure.
I would like some feed back as I would like to learn more on retouching and as there are lots of you experts here feel that i need to start here..
Regards frank williams.

[garibaldi]

Dunno, cant really help you out with that sorta thing, but I must say, she has got some look like she really wants to get down with that bottle of wine and that huge loaf of bread. Whats her story? Is she single?

[Rohape]

Looks pretty good to me. Hard to tell with such a small pic. I did notice that her left collar is washed out and some stray hairs on her forehead where the hair parts and at the back of her neck on her left side. Like I said, kinda hard to tell on such a small pic.
Kind of an odd composition with the computer in the background and a grill in the kitchen or a pot in the sink?

garibaldi!! ROFLMAO!!

[shellsi]

Hi...I need help fixing a slight double chin in a photo....please help me.....Please email me @ shellsi@aol.com and i'll send u photo through there....thx!!

[L33t]

I don't see much of changing

[maulrat]

Originally Posted by L33t

I don't see much of changing

I see that her skin is softned a bit. Since the photo is small, I cannot tell which method the OP used but I use surface blur often unless I am retouching a close up. Also, there is a little something, possibly blood dripping above her left breast. Not sure what that is; again small photo. The OP removed that too. I can see the photo is a little brighter exposed too. The one thing that throws me off is the subject's blue eyes. I think the OP may have over done it here. They look a little to unrealistic; almost too painted. Probably, they look fine when zoomed in or at the original size of the photo but way too saturated for that small size photo.

Just my 2 coppers.

[frank williams]

Thanks for the comments. I thought i wood mention that the eyes are contact lenes and i had to tone down the eyes as were way to much. I personaly did not like the contacts as i thought they did not match her look, but thats what she wanted.
I will be buting some of the finished images on my site soon but am unable to at this moment as the person i photographed has not had them yet and it would not be right to let other people see them until she has had the finished images.
Thanks for the comments thou.
Frank williams

[garibaldi]

frank are you related in any way to hank?

[frank williams]

Whos Hank?

[James D Pixeler]

Just a fast observation,little details like that always surprise me.....the wine in the class seems to be white,and in the bottle seems to be Rosé,and the bottle is uncapped,the wine is served ?? The retouching...picture a bit small to juge efficiently

[garibaldi]

Originally Posted by James D Pixeler

Just a fast observation,little details like that always surprise me.....the wine in the class seems to be white,and in the bottle seems to be Rosé,and the bottle is uncapped,the wine is served ?? The retouching...picture a bit small to juge efficiently

Maybe shes already one bottle into it. Judging by the look shes shooting the camera, Id say she is locked and loaded. The image just screams to me, "Hey, come crack the seal on this twist off bottle of pink zin and butter my bread"

[James D Pixeler]

Lol..........

[ambermoon]

One big thing that really catches my eye is that the background isn't consistently blurred. Specifically, parts of the TV are still sharp (as in the left image) and others have been blurred. Also, as stated above, I would edit the color of the wine or the bottle, for a bit more cohesion. You also want to be a little more careful with your liquefy, the extended countertop (to slim the waist) doesn't quite line up with the rest of the counter on the other side of the figure, and there's some streaking where you slimmed her waist next to her arm.

I don't mean to be harsh, you just asked for feedback, and these are the things I am able to see in this small image