Jean, I don't readily venture into this particular area of the forum often, but this is a perfect illustration of how difficult it can be to
read form from a photograph.
I return to Steven's first advice:
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It simply cannot pass even the initial "squint" test, which shows a dark, roughly human-shaped object in front of a brilliantly-lit background. You would have to invent about 80 per cent of the lighting to make this work. Better to begin with a better resource. Your subject is interesting and beautiful and deserves to be placed in lighting sufficient to bring out those qualities.
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I was able to capture your image and put it up next to a Waterhouse drawing of a girl's head in a similar pose but lit in a way that
describes form instead of hiding it. The Waterhouse girl is very softly rendered, but the light is clearly describing the planes of the head and the features of her lovely face.