Make sure you click on the image to see it full size.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but my opinion is that the first retouch shown is way too blurry. It's destroying the skin texture: the person does not look real anymore. I would rather go for just very light adjustments on any undesired local imperfection, if any.
Phil1923 said:Personally, I agree
Yes Phil I'm ols school I like cigars, wooden boats and real breasts.
Here is a shot I grabbed quickly tonight at home (in front of a hanging un-ironed sheet). This is about as far as I like to go with skin smoothing. One should never reveal the age of a lady, but let's just say she said goodbye to her 30s some time ago. My goal is to achieve nice smooth skin without looking too blurred or fake. This particular subject did have very nice skin anyway. It should be also noted that the original full sized image looks a look sharper and more detailed than this resampled jpeg.
Best regards,Brian.
Brian,
Great work!Keep it up
Stefan Lindblad said: Brian, Great work!Keep it up
Hi Stefan,
thanks very much for your kind words.