or out standing in his field! If this is a portrait, I like it as is, but if I were to use it as stock, I would like the subject made more obscure and see more field. This would help the "outstanding in his field" concept be stronger. As is, the mountains and strong sky compete with the field. A previous commenter said the person should be facing inward to the middle of the photo. When I choose stock images I look for that, because when I place text on top of the photo, I try to position the person so they "look into" the text. However, the positioning of this person doesn't bother me in this image. The lighing does look too contrived. The forground lighting is not consistent with the background. I can pinpoint why I feel that way. the other thing that bothers me is the cropping of the gentleman. I keeping wanting to see a little more of his legs. it is akin to what I learned about cropping portraits....don't crop at the joints. I only see waist up. It would have been better to have the forground foliage only come up to halfway up is thigh. Otherwise, I think it is a very dramatic pose communicating strength and assurance and professionalism. It looks like there are plenty of places to use this image. I like the this photo, I find it very powerful with the dark background (slight lighting issue in foreground and shoulder area),