You know, this isn't bad treatment. The blown-out sky isn't as huge of an issue as some might think. As a matter of fact, it seems to be the new fad. My eye is drawn to the blue (and some of the green) though. You might try toning it down a little (hue/saturation - click on the color and bring it down a bit). Nice work.
hlmichel wrote:
I thought I would give it a try, though I think you need a professional retoucher. The image appears to be seriously backlit and any attempts I made to bring the the face out of shadow blew the whites.
But here is my attempt.
I ended up using multiple layers for the edits and then ran a filter or two for creativity. In the full size version you can see that I suck at masking.