PhotoShop or No PhotpShop

[mflorin]

Definately the photoshoped one ... Is this a gaussian blur layer blended in luminance mode?

[Hess]

The photoshopped one looks a tad over done in my opinion, if im right you Gaussian blurred and set the blending mode to overlay (or something to that effect..)

my advice would be to set the opacity lower on the blending mode for the Gaussian blur and use the eraser to bring back the focus of the original...

Here's just what i did..

duplicated layer, guassian blur at 1.7 pixels (i think), overlay blending at 40%
adjusted color balance and curves to bring out the yellows and greens.

[yorkiemom]

Love the original picture but going with the style of the clothing, etc., Photoshop. Though I think it's a little too much and too yellowish.I'd tone it down a bit.

[pfgroa]

everyone says photoshop...but personally, I think it's slightly overdone. I love the tone and the color intensity of the second image, but I think her face looks over-processed. If you could make her face slightly clearer—make the photoshop more subtle—it would do it for me