RET's Headshot

For the headshot exercise I went to GIMP (again).  I figured the biggest changes I could make were evening out the background, skin tones, and giving an all around softer look to the image.  I think I sort of made that happen, however I probably could have toned down the teeth whitening and background whitening a little bit.  Here are my results:

Increased the saturation slightly.

Might be able to see the teeth^^

For some added fun I took the following as well: