This shot is great, composition, lighting, contrast, and angle. The only thing I can think of is over sharpening in Photoshop, if that’s not the case and this is how the person really looks then disregard. I think the chin could have benefited from a slightly smaller aperture to make it pop alittle more. I wish you could have cloned out that noise hair, not that distracting but once I saw it my eye kept going back, but this was a basic challenge so it was against the rules to do such a move. I like the overall image and subject and think I would have given it a 6.
wow, that's nice! Awesome lighting and textire. It's like a giant stone sculpture. The side lighting accross the upper lip is bright enough to achieve a stark contrast for texture whil enot loosing anything in the shadows. And how hard is it to take a respectable up the nose shot without too much embarassment!? Wonderful!