Jenna

[binga63]

you did well...watch out when hiding arms/hands during the pose...also with your retouch..the eyes are the first place most people look at and you were a little heavy handed reducing eyebags...

 

[Benjo255]

My favourite is #3. I would try a BW with a red filter. Worst is #4, something went wrong with processing skin.
But you're definitively on the right path!

 

[JustJazzie]

you did well...watch out when hiding arms/hands during the pose...also with your retouch..the eyes are the first place most people look at and you were a little heavy handed reducing eyebags...

Thank you for chiming in!! :-D her dark circles were pretty evident and I am sure I was overzealous in trying to hide them. I will cut back next time. I don't think she liked them, so I don't know if I will reedit this set or not.

My favourite is #3. I would try a BW with a red filter. Worst is #4, something went wrong with processing skin.
But you're definitively on the right path!

Thank you!! Hmmm! Never even heard of b&w with a red filter! I'll give it a shot! I did NOT Like them as is in b&w..... What will the red filter do?

Not bad. My favorite pose is #3.

#4 something is bothering me about the processing on the face something is just off (maybe too smoothed?). IMHO not enough shadow under her eyes and her cheekbones are a little too blended into the rest of the face colors.

(To all quoted) I can definitely see that I took the frequency seperation way too far. I think I need to stop editing so zoomed in perhaps?

 

[mingxuan]

i like the four pics.

 

[Benjo255]

Coloured filter on bw make the same colour of the filter brighter and make the complementar darker. With red filter all red tones will be brighter and richer in dynamic, while green tones will be darker. Of course, this raise contrast, but in your case it helps making skin brighter and helps in giving the skin a more perfect looking.