Retouching

[Harsha]

i am new to portrait retouching, here is one of my attempt at retouching

any suggestion or critique on this?

[ronphotography]

@harsha The retouched photo looks good indeed, no doubt. But If I may politely warn you if you used portrait enhancing softwares, be careful not to distort their face such as nose, face shape etc too much as your subject or their friends may say it's not them and they won't be satisfied. It's ok for those who don't know them, but in my experience even a single missing mole on the face, my subject wasn't happy =(

[FaerieMoon]

Is there a reason you chose to make her skin lighter? I would have not done that.

[quin]

not bad... she looks even younger, and she's a pretty subject already.

i'm with ron, though... subtle is the way to go. :)

[Harsha]

@ronphotography @grecican Thank you for the suggestions. I would not dare to modify her features if i this was done for a client on a professional basis, i was just experiment and seeing how far i could go. I defiantly agree with you. (I only use Photoshop for any kind of retouching.)
@clarissajohal no particular reason, i was just trying to get the magazine type skin toning.