develop the raw with dpp. In photoshop, high pass 65% and overlay the level. move the light with the tutorial on dpc, another level with hard light. denoise,smart sharpen,usm,chanel mixer down the red to 30% in the red chanel. on the level with the cross sunshine filter from nik collection,crop,burn some little point.
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Lovely use of light and dark. Looks like peridot as the stone? Nit would be that you needed to grunge the rest of the wrist and arm - the difference is a bit jarring. Still, an excellent shot.