Shoot and Edit–Week 7 edit

Well, I’ve spent way too much time this morning playing with this one. 

So, time to stop.

Here’s my favs..

To refresh your memory, here’s SOOC:

So, using the rule of thirds, I rotated and cropped.

Then, I ran the I Fake Film action that Ashley talked about, and adjusted to my liking.

I also followed Ashley’s tutorial on how to fix the red skin, and how to make the eyes pop!

Here’s that result:

Not bad.

I also tried Nelly Nero’s Brit Flick action, and still did the red skin trick and the eye trick.

I’m not sure if I *love* the results of my morning’s work… but it’s still better than nothing. 

Side by side:

What do you think?  Anything I could have done differently?  Do you like the edits?

I’m open for critiquing.