At times the setting looked like an outdoor studio, so I went for a few such images :S3:
Canon 7D + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/320s., f/5.6, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, full-frame, one small OOF BG twig removed at top (clone tool), theright side of the face (our left) was slightly shaded...dodged to even it out, darkened the pupils, darkened the bare branch at right.

