Camera: Sony A7iii, Tamron 70-180mm f/2.8. F/3.2, 1/200, ISO 2000, Used Deep Prime w/default settings.
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Please welcome to the forum.
Nice subject separation. I would have cropped it a bit tighter with different aspect ratio, leaving just the obvious message. Maybe you can experiment with Microcontrast, Lens Softness Correction, and Fine Contrast (if you have FilmPack license) to get a slightly different feel, but I don’t think there’s something evident to “fix” here. Nice photo, which speaks for itself and brings attention.
BTW, where do the lights seen in the eyes come from?
I tend to gravitate toward 16x9 crops, because I also shoot video, and they’re easier to integrate into a video timeline. 16x9 also fills most displays well. I actually DID adjust the microcontrast and shadow contrast. I usually leave the lens softness correction at default values, because I hate oversharpened photos. Also there was a fairly substantial crop (4974x2602). The catchlight in the baby’s eyes are from a glass door that was behind me. When I’m shooting there, I have to choose my angles carefully to avoid reflections on the glass.
I’ve got an A7RV on order. When I get it, I’ll be able to crop deeply without worrying so much about losing detail. 
Actually the default LSC=1.0 often looks too sharp to me (like for many others here). For these kind of photos I would use LSC=0.0 as a starting point, but since it’s not a bird or a woman, LSC-=1.0 might be ok for the public. I go for even higher LSC sometimes, if I lower heavily the Microcontrast (e.g. to tame busy bokeh, but that’s not the case here).
Ah, I thought you used some leds to get the catchlights, but you had also the “glass problem”. Nice job.
When I switched from FullHD to 4k monitor, I soon switched from 16mpx to 45 mpx camera to be “in sync”. Beware of 8k monitors!
I don’t understand that.
George