my niece and new editing style

[ClickFlurry]

They all look great, but #2 and #4 really pop to me.

 

[paigew]

Beautiful girls and nice pictures In #1, I'll added some contrast.

Thanks! This looks so much better! Makes her eyes look more focused (even though I DID 'miss focus'). Every time I edit photos I try and experiment with at least one new tool....looks like the contrast slider will be next! Thanks for the edit help

 

[Kolander]

..Makes her eyes look more focused...

My pleasure! But, sorry, I forgot to mention the focus, that I did enhance I use in these cases an easy trick: focus mask, then layer mask, invert the mask, and finally with white brush paint the eyes. So you get more focus only in the eyes, or wherever.