Candid's can be tricky sometimes -- I like the lightness of the background > just like a floating, painted > old stage backdrop .. 
But way too underexposed ( charcoal /ash effect ) and the my scanning techniques were not up too par > nearly 20 years ago ...
Love to try this one again > maybe a two pass scan for highlights and mids ...
After looking at it again, this time on a calibrated monitor, I take back what I said about charcoal and ash. I'm not seeing that now. But the tonal values are very clustered in the middle range. The overall effect is rather odd. If you get around to re-scanning it I'd like to see what you come up with.
