Gina - here's another

[Alison]

I have had a go at what Marty suggested on my last image of Gina.
Just playing around with this one it's not for keeps but would like to know what everyone thinks of the effects.
Here's what I did to this one...
layer > duplicate layer > converted to grayscale > added diffused glow and adjusted the levels to my liking > added a smooth filter > erased what I wanted brought back to clarity > burn tool on her cheek bone > re-sized and sharpened in irfanview.

[freygr]

I like this photo better than the first. I just can't tell you why....

[ChowChi-Ching]

I really like everything you did but there is only one thing that stands out odd to me, if you look in the right eye(our right, not hers) it almost looks like her eye is bloodshot a little? I can't really tell, but because her eyes are so striking, I really notice that part.

I love how you get the eyes to just pop off the page(not literally of course, but you know what I mean )

[Alison]

Yeah I did notice that chow. I kinda liked it to be honest being able to see a vein in her eye I thought was pretty cool. It shows how clear the pic was in the first place. I didn't get rid of it, although it would only take me a few seconds to do so, because I wanted her eyes to look real. I mean, you go look in a mirror do you see the veins in your eye? ;)

I tell you what I could do though, I could lighten the vein a little rather than ersaing it completely

[Alison]

Ok I have tried to be as subtle as possible. Take a look at her eye now. Is it any better?

I'm editing this post to show another improvement on my image.
Not only have I lightened the vein, I also ran a dodge tool over the whites of the eyes, made the lips more shapely and softened the lip line, and I also added a subtle shadow between the top lip and nose.

What do you think?