Damien Symonds

I have this same issue. No, there's no way to make it look like our eyes see it, because our eyes are so useless. May I see a 100% crop from part of it? https://www.damiensymonds.net/2013/09/grabbing-700x700px-100-crop.html

Of course.

Facebook-sized images are big enough to print, no matter what you do. That's why we put the watermark on it.

Great! That's all you need to know.

Well, what is the destination of your file? Which website will it be for?

Have you, or have you not, resized your photo to web size?

Oh. What about if you try liquify on a small photo? Like, a web-sized photo? Does it do the same thing?

... which suggests a problem with Photoshop itself. Did you do the newest update?

How strange. Is it doing this with other photos too, or only this one?

What did you do, to get this message?

If you're desperate, you could use it. But if you've got anything better, definitely ditch this one.

Those stripes will only cause problems if you're photographing the baby from a LONG way away. Like, if the baby was being held in the arms of a person in a 30-person group photo.

https://www.damiensymonds.net/2015/07/order-of-layers-for-complex-pixel-edits.html

Or else, use my guy: https://www.frontierdigital.com.au/

Yep, give them a try. It would be a good idea to find out where local pros get their printing done.

Actually, I think Harvey Norman can be a bit better. But I'd prefer you went to a pro lab.

No, not really

Ah, the hair will be a problem for this one. You'll probably have to do it the hard way. https://www.damiensymonds.net/2015/04/the-handyman-method.html

Of course it did

How about this Channel Mixer layer: Red +100, 0, 0, 0 Green +121, 0, 0, -40 Blue +114, 0, 0, -45

Gosh, how weird. May I see it up close?

Levels, and bring in the white Output slider.

I'd just darken the wall a bit and call it done.

The black background works in Yasmin's photos because of the backlight illuminating the hair. Yours doesn't have that. I definitely wouldn't try changing the background completely. With the hair, it's just too difficult.

Well, try it and see.