Rangerman:| First friendly photo.| asking for comments.

[rangerman]

I took a shot of a friend in a chinese styled shirt.
Went back, post processed the image.
All comments are welcome.

 

[tirediron]

Lots of potential here. A couple of thoughts: -You needed a reflector image left to provide a little more illumation for his head/hair. -Don't forget to level & square your images. -The background is very busy and distracting; you've made good use of selective focus, but there's still too much detail and the globe light above his head is what really grabs the eye.

 

[Aayria]

I like that you nailed your focus.. The man's eyes are nice and sharp.

But I'm not crazy about the edit.. I think it needs warmed up a bit. His skin tones in particular strike me as "pasty" and not living.

 

[sovietdoc]

Yeah the background would be better with less detail..

 

[nchips1]

I love the bokeh coming from the left side, the circles.

 

[Cpt.Beyond]

I love the bokeh coming from the left side, the circles.

I agree , i like the bokeh of rings!:thumbup:

 

[rangerman]

Thank you to all, esp some detail comments. I have learned a lot too just evaluating these tips given. :thumbup: Thumbs up for you people.

Background....that will be my new observation point in portrait taking.

 

[benlonghair]

Can you post the exif data? I'd suggest shooting wide open but you may already be. The background's distracting, and I think, as aayria said, your white balance may be a little off.