Steve is a friend of mine. He calls himself "Flash."
I've always thought that his rugged features would be good for a portrait, and this image cropped from a snapshot gave me a beginning to express what I see in his face.
Crop, remove noise from background, Contrast enhancement, slight curve adjustment. Focus enhancement, blur resulting undesired effects, then resize for web, then a slight focus enhancement.
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Crisply clear, nicely captures a sense of personality.
Although not having the subject in the center is often touted as improving composition, there might be more impact here if his whole face was visible.
I really like the composition - the framing, the proximity of the subject - but this image could be much improved by removing the noise. Also, might be better if his whole face were in focus, focus here seems to fall off on the left side.
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