Bruce

I sharpened this pic but it lost its edge in resizing for some reason. What do you think of the comp and background.



http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o...fireMedium.jpg

Background is excellent, the DOF is perfect. Not sure about the glove though, maybe crop it out or include more of it. Also try cropping a bit from the left and right to make it more like a portrait, while retaining the background.

Very strong portrait. The character lives. I know what you mean about losing its edge when you re-size downward. That happens to me all the time. This looks plenty sharp to me, however.