Kinder Grad

[goldilocksandmy3bears]

I had posted this picture under someones question about cap and gown photos but never posted it as a thread. Can ya'll give me some C&C on it.Which one looks better 1 or 2 (if either)? Minor changes : mostly in curves.
Thanks!
1. http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b241/capri956/8.jpg
2.http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b241/capri956/8a.jpg

[ShepsMom]

Cute girl with beautiful blues! I would lighten up this a bit, it looks tad underexposed.

[goldilocksandmy3bears]

Cute girl with beautiful blues! I would lighten up this a bit, it looks tad underexposed.
Thank you! Which one looks underexp. both?

[marikris]

Hi, goldilocksandmy3bears! I hope you don't mind, but I took #2 and did some curves adjustments for a visual example. This is with pulling the curve on the midtone about one block up in RGB. Then I pulled the midtone down a smidge on BLUE. Hope this helps you; I'm sure more can still be done to enhance it, but I just wanted to do a basic example.

http://www.krisfulk.com/photos/647729191_bRDqG-XL.jpg

[Qarik]

definitely #1..more contrast, better exposed, and more saturation