I looked at the RAW file, the main issue with this image was the light angle that was coming from the side, this created some shadows and a bit much too contrast, it's ideal to have the sun squarely behind your neck, but sometimes it just doesn't happen that way and that's what makes BIF a challenging subject . While some highlight/shadow adjustment can be used to open up the face area, but it will make the shallow look a bit unnatural (especially the eye area)
here is a try with less sharpening plus some added canvas for breathing room around the swallow.