Clive - this was done converting in DPP with sharpness raised to about middle of range, but no other tweaks except a bit of crop, then entirely in NX. My cutting out is scrappy compared to yours, but as you know you can go chasing stray hairs for ever (haven't tried to remove them from around the eyes either). Also I suspect you planted onto a real background of some sort, I have just done a blackish one with grain added then gaussian blur.

Above all I don't have your experience in portraits, so have only done an obvious tidy up.


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