Beautiful artistic lighting and surroundings - he looks terribly out of place and why is the empty bottle right where he would step next - kind of distracting from the image.
Good light and good processing. I'm unsure that the very bright highlights in the trees and leaves doesn't help the perception of the face - but i understand the desire to show the quality of the light.
Hope you had a big lens for this one! Yikes! I like the B/W treatment and the bokeh is working real well in the background. Good luck in the challenge.
I don't usually like comments or give them, but since candids are near and dear to my heart, I have decided to comment on every photo in this challenge.
Good tones. Nice capture of a moment. A bit oversharpened though. Lots of glare on the bushes. Its a 5 from me.