Where is Columbia State Park? Is that on the Columbia River, somewhere?
Your subject is a good one. Unfortunately, it looks like he's out-of-focus. It looks like it might be sharp on the bricks in the background. But your model is definitely soft. And when I looked at the large version I can clearly see where you made selections to lighten up parts of the photo. When you make selections to adjust parts of your images, you need to soften the edges so they aren't obvious. I use masked Photoshop adjustment layers and often use huge soft brushes to make my selections. Another method is to make your selection and then use the Select > Feather tool in Photoshop.
Hope that helps you out. If you have Photoshop or other editing questions, feel free to post photos and questions on the Digital Imaging forum.
Photo-John
Thanks for the helpful hints for photoshop. I will try it out. As for the focusing, you are correct. We all had a great laugh over it. I wasn't wearing my prescription glasses because it bothers me to take pictures with them. Obviously I have learned that I need them to focus correctly and am looking into getting contacts. Thanks again
