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Hi David,
Apologies if I repeat anything previously said. Not trying to beat a dead horse, I just try not to read other criticism so it won't influence what I'm about to say.
As far as the actual construction of the drawing, I took the reference photo and overlaid it on top of your charcoal. The results are included in the first picture. Typically, if I do a photo study, I will do the sketch, do a trace of the photo, overlay it on top of the drawing and see what I did, then I will redraw the sketch with the notes I have in mind. One of the things this does is lets you know errors you consistently make; for example, I also draw noses too long and eyes too big very often, so it's something I know to keep in mind when I do my next study. This may be helpful for you.
Next, I moved the facial features around in accordance where they are on the overlay, and proceeded to do a paint-over to correct some values. I think when you were in the process of making your piece, you really wanted to display the forms on the face. Which is great, and you did a great job of that! Unfortunately, this picture is really washed out on one side, so the effort to show the forms compromised the values in the reference photo. There's not really anything wrong with that, but if you want it to look exactly like the photo, the values do need to be lighter on the right side of the face.
Overall I think you did a good job. Keep up the good work!