Beautiful. This one deserved higher score. Maybe better "white balance" and use of "dragonizer" might have given it the punch. Goodluck for the future challenges.
I think I've seen you around, but don't have the time to look up your name. This is a gorgeous portrait and I think it tells a lot about who you are. I think you're a positive thinker with a lot of humor (hope I'm right) I like to see the texture of skin which, alas, is so often killed by too much use of NI. I gave you my highest score 9. I don't give 10's because 10 is the ultimate and I like to think that nobody's perfect.
This works just right. You can see the character and color quite well with the processing and the full-frame face shot. It's not over-processed, and that's good, because the subject doesn't lend itself to such a harsh treatment. Good work and good luck.