Portrait of a Girl: Need Help

[andrewohphoto]

Hey guys, I'm trying to get better at photoshop and was editing this photo I took of one of my friends at Rubicon springs. I made several edits, and I was wondering if you guys could give me some advice on which one you think is the best, or what I should have done, or what I could do in the future. Thanks!!
Here is the original:

And here are the edits:
v. 1

v. 2

v. 3

v. 4

 

[MTVision]

I don't really like any of them. But, if you wanted to make these look better - try and fix the nose area. Its really red

 

[StringThing]

The edits come off harsh. The original would have been a winner if you would have used fill flash.

 

[Fender5388]

yea, i don't like any of the edits, they all look over processed. When i edit a photo all i really do is adjust the exposure if need be, and adjust the curves until i like the results. Maybe some dodging and burning too. I shoot in raw too and it allows for a lot more fine tuning.

 

[The_Traveler]

You can't make global changes when the exposure problems in the picture are different.
Learn masking
Fix the light areas then fix the dark areas

In this shot there is a lot of color noise in her face because it is a deep shadow.

 

[The_Traveler]

Yellow areas darkened a tiny bit

blue areas burnt in a lot

pink areas lightened quite a bit and sharpened for local contrast
red area lightened a lot

 

[ScubaDude]

I would darken the background and lighten the face, too.