Response to Street Portrait

Thanks again to Struan and David for the suggestions~ I'm definately still struggling with the skill of editing my own work, making forums like these very valuable to those of us with limited experience but plenty of desire... I worked with both of your suggestions and after looking at the final result (even after such seemingly minor alterations) I was quite surprised with the difference. The face had always been to me strong enough to override the rest, but as the one who tripped the shutter concentrating on that very face, that seems natural. I burned the edges further and cropped according to David's suggestion (taking the hand out as well left him looking a little confined) and took some off of the side as well to maintain some of the strict vertical look (thanks Struan) and the new image (also sporting a stronger toning job and posted on the excellent Usefilm.com's portait site) is definately stronger.

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