My favorite from today's attempt! CC Please!

[Ron Evers]

I see Kieth eliminated the underarm stain by cutting hair.

 

[Ysarex]

OK, here's another take; I'm betting she doesn't really have blue highlights in her hair.

Joe

 

[punch]

pretty girl.

i would brighten it... add a little sharpness and warm it. oh hell... like this:

i love the lighting behind her.

i like how ysarex's looks vintage.

btw... is there blue in her hair?

 

[KmH]

I see Kieth eliminated the underarm stain by cutting hair.

Thanks Rno.

Actually, I think it's a reflection. I fixed it, then I cropped it out.

 

[GnipGnop]

Whoa KMH way too much!

Why didn't you use a bit of that natural warm light to lighten her face?

 

[ph0enix]

Whoa KMH way too much!

Really? I love Keith's edit, especially the eyes.

 

[Robin Usagani]

You know... this shot is not that far from perfect exposure. A little adjustment brush on LR3 with RAW file, your photo would be good.

 

[MacHoot]

Here's my attempt

 

[TenaciousTins]

I played with it in Lightroom for fun...but I am not a pro and don't have any real experience editing. I love the photo!

 

[Robin Usagani]

Either my monitor is way off, or you guys' monitors are way off. None of the edits so far look natural to me. Either too over done or the color not natural.

Before

After

 

[MacHoot]

Is that a touch of vignette I see?

 

[classixuk]

I know I am only new, but I am still learning about composition, and in particular I want to learn about photographing people. Maybe someone will CC my crop and tell me if I am absorbing what I have read, or if I am understanding it wrong?

I don't know why, but to my eyes, your model just seemed to look "the wrong way around".

I cropped and rotated heavily, which unfortunately did away with your lovely background, but I think draws more attention to the girls eyes. I slightly de-saturated the lips, again to draw attention to the eyes and away from the braces. I tried to make a "journey" that takes the viewer from eyes, down the nose to the lips, across to the left via her jumper (rather than chin), up the hair via the contrast between the background and her and then back to her eyes.

I'm working on a TV rather than a monitor, so if I have turned her green and shrek-like I do apologise, but the colours seem OK on the screen. :blushing:

EDIT: OK...that didn't work. How exactly do you upload an image from your computer into a post? Let me go check...BRB

OK...let's see if this works...

 

[Tracybug]

Thanks everyone for all the advice and edits!!! I know I'm still very much in the early stages of learning but having so many great people to help me learn has made the whole experience even more enjoyable!

 

[Tracybug]

I know I am only new, but I am still learning about composition, and in particular I want to learn about photographing people. Maybe someone will CC my crop and tell me if I am absorbing what I have read, or if I am understanding it wrong?

I don't know why, but to my eyes, your model just seemed to look "the wrong way around".

I cropped and rotated heavily, which unfortunately did away with your lovely background, but I think draws more attention to the girls eyes. I slightly de-saturated the lips, again to draw attention to the eyes and away from the braces. I tried to make a "journey" that takes the viewer from eyes, down the nose to the lips, across to the left via her jumper (rather than chin), up the hair via the contrast between the background and her and then back to her eyes.

I'm working on a TV rather than a monitor, so if I have turned her green and shrek-like I do apologise, but the colours seem OK on the screen. :blushing:

EDIT: OK...that didn't work. How exactly do you upload an image from your computer into a post? Let me go check...BRB

OK...let's see if this works...

This is a very very interesting edit!!!! I miss my pretty background but I'm amazed how you literally turned her around!

 

[rambler]

Do not change the braces. You do not want that child to self-conscious about them. Can you get rid of the light strands of hair sticking out on the right? Photoshop is making that easier now. I like the 2nd edit, too.