Hi Timothy -- this will be a slightly political note. These three portraits you've posted have great quality, I think, and intriguing toning and cropping. They're good! And yet, no comments on them...
I think too many UF contributors spend their time building networks to garner lots of response to photos that often aren't very good, for reasons that make no sense to me, when the whole idea is to become better at the craft. Okay, enough... I hope most of us on UF don't fall prey to that temptation. These 3 portraits are strong and deserve strong response.
I love the color and the huge, happy dark eyes. Very arresting photo indded. Congrats!