I love this image !!!!! Super detail and sweet expression I like the selected crop but might take just a little of the back side. Its all about feel and this has it in a big way !!!
.... no faux pas but have been messing up a lot :) Couldn't resist it !!! Looking forward to many more !!!
Lot of details in this image. I like it. You can crop a little bit from the back side as Alfred has suggested. It can do without those oof hair at the back. You could have also tried using a higher aperture. At f8 your shutter speed would have been 1/1000, much more than is required to handhold a 50mm lens. And you would have got much more depth of field.