Added a gradient layer to darken the white background a touch, did some burn and dodge to bring out the hair highlights, shadows as well as darkened the pupils of the eyes. went into the curves and adjusted it there to bring out more detail and contrast within the picture.
From Blog post - Rusty Sessions
Cool shot Al! That is just asking for another High-Key edit! Do you have a file or I could just save the one posted here on this no problem.
Neat image Al.
Here is my interpretation:
Convert from RGB to sRGB
Adjust levels
Clean up some blemishes with clone stamp
Lighten background - with select fill and clean up with dodge.
Dodge eyes
Selective sharpen eyes
Add softening of skin with blur/filter fade/mask
Crop