Trying to take family portraits on the beach as a storm blows in. The sand kept us laughing and squinting.
Crop (and adjust rotation for horizon)
Cloned out small clutter in the background
adjust levels and shadow/hi-light
adjust hues and bright/contrast, overall and selectively
resize
unsharp mask
save for web
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A vertical crop may have worked better to isolate more of the muted background and therefore focus on her. In this case with the closed eyes it works well
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