I know this isn't original, but hey, she does have beautiful smooth skin! I used crop,diffuse blur and brightened with curves and shadow/highlight to bring out the hair and eye detail. This is my 16 yr daughter, Cassidy Joy.
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Really nice candid portrait but the softness of focus on the arms whick are dominate in the foreground takes from the overall rating of me. Nice smile - 6
Very nice smile (though a little soft) and I like the framing of the shot. The background also really suits the image. The pose doesn't look entirely natural to my eye. The position of the hands perhaps? The flexion of the left wrist?