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James_N wrote:
I see more than that
There are a few things that bug me too. The hue/sat/tone of her yellow hair, the black outer rim/ring to her iris. The highlight areas on her face suggest either dodging or possibly some fill from below (off a nearby object/clothing maybe). As to the highlights in her eyes ... clouds 
I gather the "on axis" primary light source James mentions was the open overhead sky. You mention the sun was mostly down, I suspect the sky was lighter near the horizon and the contours of her face are picking up on the variance in the brightness of the sky as it transitions from overhead to horizon @ AI=AR (facial contours) ... and processing/profile has accentuated those diffs.
Ambient light acts much like two lights instead of one. You've got the open overhead cool sky acting as a cyan gelled softbox and the specular direct sun acting like a warm bare bulb. In most instances the combination of the two (created by the prismatic separation from the atmosphere) are on close enough axis with each other to reassemble to act more like a single light. But when we get the closer the sun gets to the horizon and at a greater axis variance from the open sky, the more the sky/sun can act as two independent light sources of differing specular/diffuse quality and warm/cool color. Sometimes we can harness that for great effect, or sometimes it can creep in as a problem. I suspect that the gradient sky + AI=AR (facial contours) is partly in play here.
Can you just post up a small version of the raw for comparison (no real need for the large file)?
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