Several attempts at this to try to stop any reflection in Hazels eye .... ended up cutting a hole for the lens and flash in a black piece of A3 card and poking them through!!
Would love to clone the flash reflection but I think thats too much editing so left it.
Convert from RAW increasing exposure, blacks, clarity, sharpness .... cs3 curves, levels, 50% grey overlay layer to burn the iris to remove eyelash reflections leaving the main flash reflection, sat blues 10%, crop, resize, noise ninja, vignette, save
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I think you made a mistake by not putting the image number in the title because only after seeing the original it is possible to really appreciate this photo, otherwise the unapealing texture of te skin kind of bothers too much (but then I realized the original has the same kind of texture which gives additional value to this image).
What amazing eye you have! Incredible sharpness and detail on the iris and outer lashes. The skin could have used a touch of softening (but not oversoftening). The upper lashes are just too "head-on". Could have benefited from a crimping tool or a slightly lower angle.
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