Sometimes retouching is pretty straightforward. At other times, it requires a little more imagination and finessing. This first beauty shot of Ieva Aniulyte came out very well, but the left hand is visually distracting. So, I found another image that I could use to “copy and paste”(see photo 2).

Here’s the basic process I went through:

First, I copied the knuckle edge from the right hand of photo one. I flipped this and positioned it appropriately (if you look closely, you can see that the edges of the knuckles are the same on the left and right hand).

Second, I copied the finger from photo 2, rotated it slightly, made it a bit smaller, and then positioned that accordingly. Finally, I blended everything together with the original image till it became what you see in photo 3, the finished version.

Ieva Aniulyte and her sister, Aida, just finished doing a show for Donna Karan. There are more photos of Ieva to follow plus a behind the scenes video, which is still in the editing process. Stay tuned!

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