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Superb job as usual, Ray. I hope her family will get to see this. Arthur

Lifted the corners of the mouth slightly.  Added a bit of contrast and toned down some of the high lights. Arthur

Very nicely done, Ray.  This gives the picture a whole new atmosphere and I especially like the "out of bounds" touch.

Nice picture !!I can see that "Packard Super Eight" is written on the hub caps in your picture.I will take a wild guess and say it is about 1937.Arthur

Very nice Michael.  After I watched it for a few seconds, I was sort of waiting for the dog or the lady to start moving.Your skills are getting sharper all the time.  All the best.Arthur

My try.

Superb job as usual, Ray.  The black background works well with the light skin and hair.Arthur

I fixed a small area in her front tooth, added a few highlights to the hair, and removed a bit of the dark area under her eyes.  Very pretty lady. Nice one to practice on.  Thanks for the...

http://www.good-tutorials.com/tutorials/photoshophttp://photoshoptutorials.ws/You can have a look at these.  It takes time, but you can find a lot of very good tutorials by searching through...

Beautiful work. I don't know where you come up with the ideas Ray, but be sure to keep them coming.Arthur

Sort of remind me of my in-laws, but that is another story.You have really hit the mark on the hair and skin texture on their faces.  Very nicely done.Arthur

I am glad to see you haven't lost your touch, Michael.  I almost missed the reflection you put in the floor.  I guess I was looking elsewhere. LOLNice work from Kevin, Allen & prstl2 as well.Arthur

Now this IS a pothole, Michael.  Yours is just a (small) dent in the road.  LOLKeep them coming, Michael.  Regards.Arthur

TomC601 pretty well sums up everything I wanted to say.  Over the years I have looked at other Forums, however I keep coming back here for the reasons mentioned above.   I would like to participate...

Ray, you have done it again.  Beautiful job. It appears you did very little to the girls face, which makes the whole painting look very natural.I took the liberty of looking at your Flickr display...