I agree that it deserved much better treatment than I gave it.
I will redo this appropriately when I have time. Truth is there wasn't the time in the first place.
I like this a lot, it gives a great feel for the guy. The thing that stops it from being a 10 is the background stuff behind his head. My eye keeps getting drawn to that, and asking 'what is that?'. The rest of the shot is great, though.