Need help editing a picture of my dog

[zaftsuse]

Hi, i have not used this great forum as much as i should(i read alot but post never) (btw, sorry if bad english, im a norwegian)

now the thing is: last year my good friend (the dog) died because of cancer, and i have digged in my catalog and found this image and i want to print this to a canvas, now the thing is, my photoshop skills sucks and i want a print this month, not in like 2-3months when i have learned it, i am giving the cr2 (RAW) file here : http://85.17.136.105/dogedit/IMG_4964.CR2

could somebody please edit a nice version or more of that?

i would be sooo happy

[Trader]

Well, here is the image but I'm not sure exactly what you want done to it? If you could be more specific I would be glad to try and modify it for you.

[zaftsuse]

the picture looks a little dark on my monitor, hmm, what i want to the picture, well..
i would like the eyes to be clear and a "eye catcher" if you understand, overall i just want a better picture out of it, feel free to try something

[Trader]

Is this something like what you had in mind?

[zona5101]

very nice Trader.

[Trader]

Originally Posted by zona5101

very nice Trader.

Thank you, I hope he likes it too.

[zaftsuse]

sorry if u misunderstood my bad english, i dont want the entire image to be a eye-catcher, i want the eyes to be catchy, and i dont like that frame or the green colour, sorry

edit: the dog is still dark also

[Trader]

I am sorry I did misunderstand. Is this more like what you want? The eye has a catch light and I lightened up the dog.

[zaftsuse]

thats more like it
now just one thing : is it possible to make the image sharper without making it look like crap?
btw, please mail me the full .jpg version to zaft@zaftsuse.net , or a PSD if you have that, anything goes

[vsa]

Here's my version. Added some warmer tones.



Here's download link to the full resolution flattened psd file so you can mess with the colors and whatnot if you like to without quality loss.
dear_old_friend_flat.psd