Convert from RAW
Cropped
high pass filter (Vivid color layer)
Brightness/Contrast mask
Shadows/Highlights for hair detail
Gaussian Blur (Luminosity Layer)
Selective Dodge/Burn to neck, lips and hair.
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Original file I worked with to give you an idea of how it changed.
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Place: 83 out of 503 Avg (all users): 6.3312 Avg (commenters): 6.8000 Avg (participants): 6.2982 Avg (non-participants): 6.4186 Views since voting: 1426 Views during voting: 234 Votes: 157 Comments: 8 Favorites: 3 (view)
absolutely gorgeous! i love the editing. the dodging and burning are really masterfully done. one suggestion...sometimes when heavy editing/sharpening is done, it can leave artifacts or hard edges on faces, eyes, noses, lips. a very (VERY) small blur brush set to "darken" can clean up hard edges and "jaggies" like around his little nostrils and the creases at his eyes without causing a noticeable blur. all in all, though, i think this is a wonderful photo and it really should have placed higher.
The hair seems just a little over sharpened but it certainly doesn't detract from those very attention grabbing eyes. Great tonal range and focusing also.
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