Quote Originally Posted by Joel Eade View Post
It looks very good to me.
Me too --- I think it's fine, at this resolution at least. I personally don't manipulate my photos in this way, mainly because I don't know how, and I don't want to spend the time to learn. The only thing I don't like is when people ask me, "Is that for real, or was that Photoshopped?". So I make it my standard practice to never alter an image, such that my 'personal brand' consists of actual photos in actual environments. Of course I do all sorts of things with exposure and other adjustments in Lightroom, but if the background is lousy, I just toss the photo and keep shooting.

I'm digressing a lot from the original question, and this is probably a discussion for another thread. But anyhow, I think your image is great.