Thanks everyone. The roll was just a test roll for a new lens (M645 80mm 1.9). I wanted to start learning the idiosyncrasies of the lens, and to see how the bokeh looked, so I shot everything wide open. Not too keen on the shape of the specular highlights, but it's not bad on 'normal' backgrounds. As for it being a hair out of focus, it may be a scanner thing, or it could be my eyes, or the limited dof. I tried to look at the negative under my loupe, but I still can't tell. I may actually have this image contact printed, and we'll see how that goes,
As for the 'model', she's my daughter's friend, and this was the first time she was willing to let me photograph her, as she lust got her braces off. She really likes the image, didn't notice the lower flare (?!?!), and commented that the 'halo' flare was because she's a little angel. She actually like the specular highlights, and considers it 'blingy' (kids...). Photographing her again shouldn't be a problem, so plans for the summer.
When I was scanning the roll, and saw the preview of this frame, I was like 'wow! this looks great!', but I too saw the softness and flare, and was hoping there was a way to save it from the flare at least. If the contact print shows it to be sharp enough, I'll print a cropped version, and take it from there.
As for me doing any burning etc., I only have a digital darkroom (PS6 & LR5), and I'm not that good at either to pull this one off.