v2 has lost a lot of your focal, than you might as well turn this to an abstract, which wouldn't be a bad idea actually :P

What I would suggest here is to bring back some of your focal to the top an just lightly erase/layer mask some spots so it becomes more blended with your bg, this piece is less smudge an more soft play with the erase/layer mask.

how so is the face lq ? was it too blured or over sharpened ? those are easy fixed if carried out in the begining.

jsut do the opposite as to what it is if too sharp , blur and erase the rest of the body to just keep the face blurred, if it is to blured, go to ( once you have blured it) EDIT - fade blur, and than jsut lower it until you like what you see.

EDIT: This effect can also be done if it needs to be sharpened btw :P