photo by corinthiancharm, from this thread on TPF

http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/photography-beginners-forum-photo-gallery/212140-one-my-first-attemtps-thoughts.html

I applied a Gaussian Blur of 75 pixels wide on a new layer, applied the Screen command, and then adjusted the curves to give a soft focus/diffusion type effect. I cloned a few small belmishes, then re-curved the image slightly and assigned a sRGB profile for web.