I don't usually do much to my images in terms of post processing. When shooting "portraits" I prefer natural light and limited depth of field and just some basic adjustments in post. I have Portrait Professional software and took a quick image of my daughter today and then played around with the Portrait Professional software and came out with the image below. I know it's not an award winner but in terms of skin smooting, eyes, etc, would you say this is ok or bordering on to much. Looking for opinions I know there is not one right answer.
Post at 800-900 pixels on the long side (minus the white borders) for us to get a really good look at the differences. From what I see, you did a good job smoothening out her skin and it works really well for me.
My Simple Suggestion: If you are asking for opinions about something that is related to details (such as skin texture or eyes) it helps to post a photo that is large enough to show the details in question.
So, in this case, I suggest you crop to show just the face and post the before/after and ask for opinions.
I do not mean a huge photo of just an eye.
So I suggest crop the head alone to size about 800 pixels tall and then post it so it shows side-by-side with the edit.
Thank you for the feedback so far. It's not that I think it's to much PP it's more that I'm trying to maintain a more natural look and avoid what I perceive to be the over the top mannequin look with eyes that are impossibly white and enhanced to an almost alien appearance.
