Very nice capture of expression. I'm not sure that sepia was a good choice for this image. What I'm guessing is face painting on the child's face appears almost like bad skin blemishes because it appears simply as white and dark splotched areas. In colour, the joy of the child's expression would have been complemented by the bright colours of the face paint.
really great closeup and technique on this photo. I do hope no one counts against the top of the head being cropped too short, because this style of cropping really brings more of the face in to view. very excellent photowork
wonderful capture, fantastic expression and connection. only negative is the ring of light on the R. really like the processing. definitely top 10 and probably a ribbon, great job