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I am not a fan of the dark style for most portraits since it dismisses the importance of the eyes. She has a wonderful expression but the eyes are dead. Her skin looks like it received a plug-in treatment of some sort--which can be okay--but you are going to have to explain why you thought the eyes did not need some post production also.

good use of ps tools

A very well composed photo ...has an angelic quality...!The back lighting and some flare at the back complements adds drama.

the only drawback is the person accompanying the child is not completely in the frame to tell the full story

thanks for sharing 6/7

Thanks for the comments!  I was aiming for an angelic look with a decent contrast and softer skin. I'm glad to see it came across!

Hi John, to be completely honest this was my first shoot so I am still learning the ropes, I post-procesced her eyes and it came out quite well! thanks for the tip.

Emotional, strong and quite original portrait photograph. I like the image a lot.