Jbknight3
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Hey there guys/girls. New to the forum, not new to photoshop or photography.
When I say first attempt ever, I mean that before this, I have never really tried going all out on making a portrait look good. I have done edits before, but the were either super unrealistic results, very contrasty or grainy on purpose, or I didn't do as much as I should have.
I made an effort this time and wanted an opinion.(or a bunch of opinions would be awesome!)
Here is the Before picture:
Here is the photo that took 3.5 hours to edit. I know it seems like a long time, but like I said, this was a first actual attempt. I didn't know how to do this, so I had to mess around to figure out what works. I know it's a tad overdone in terms of skin smoothing. But I like it the best of the few edits I did:
Last but not least by any means is a more realistic approach. I didn't remove nearly as much detail in the face, resulting in a more realistic result:
Please tell me what you think! I love to hear all types of opinions!
When I say first attempt ever, I mean that before this, I have never really tried going all out on making a portrait look good. I have done edits before, but the were either super unrealistic results, very contrasty or grainy on purpose, or I didn't do as much as I should have.
I made an effort this time and wanted an opinion.(or a bunch of opinions would be awesome!)
Here is the Before picture:
Here is the photo that took 3.5 hours to edit. I know it seems like a long time, but like I said, this was a first actual attempt. I didn't know how to do this, so I had to mess around to figure out what works. I know it's a tad overdone in terms of skin smoothing. But I like it the best of the few edits I did:
Last but not least by any means is a more realistic approach. I didn't remove nearly as much detail in the face, resulting in a more realistic result:
Please tell me what you think! I love to hear all types of opinions!