Off the charts Vex! Really stunning.

You nailed the lighting. You got VSS to generate perfect faking of the SSS or you post-worked the crap out of it. I love the background - great color choice. I don't see the typical Poser shadow. It's so soft and creamy. You must have post-worked this.

The Pose is so natural - the hands - is it yours? You have a lot more patience than I do.

We have to fix the eyes. That's my fault. My original set of lights was too hot. (Same as you and everybody else.) I didnt' fully understand the impact of GC when I started this. Since then with the help of this community I refined and revised the skin, but the eyes are still the old shaders tuned to the hotter lights.

We need to increase the Diffuse_Value in the Diffuse node of the eye whites and the iris.

At that point, the realism of the figure stands in stark contrast to the hair. The hair is good, but not the amazing perfection of the rest.

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