| ::: Greetings from Critique Club ::: 
 Hi, as requested, here is an indepth critique of your submission.
 
 First Impression - the most important one:
 This was actually one of my favorites of the challenge. Technically it is well done, the duotones work for it and it's just fun.
 
 Composition:
 It's a standard portrait composition, not too terribly strong, but not bad by any means.
 
 Subject:
 Subject is clear and stands out well against the white background.
 
 Technical (Color, focus, and light):
 Color: Your choice of a warmish duotone works well for this image.
 Focus: sharp, but not so sharp that it takes away from the softness of this image.
 Light: Relatively flat, but flattering.
 
 To grow its vote?:
 Was a hard challenge, with many, many entries. This just isn't what the voters were looking for. While, I think it is under-rated, there would be a very slim chance of pushing a portrait to the front of a "free study" challenge.
 
 Summary:
 Nice portrait work, well done and you had fun with it.
 
 Hope to see more from you soon,
 Leroy
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