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you might want to consider the way the lighting of the scene would affect the person. Currently the scene has a strong light coming from the right, but yet your model (who looks like a plastic action figure by the way - totally awesome) is lit from the left. I know you were looking for a setting fitting to the subject matter, but doing the lighting analysis is important to the realism of the collage.

 

The outline of his boots is kind of blurry too. You might want to look at making a large resolution mask to take out the backdrop. That way it can have a little bit of softness, but still look real at this resolution.

 

Interesting subject matter though.. the knife is a nice touch :-)

-Alex

This is an amazingly muscled model, well posed and framed but the lighting does nothing to enhance the picture. Perhaps there are those on PN that can better identify why the focus appears off, because it looks a little fussy when tack on sharp would make this one jump off the page. I hope I did not insult your model too much - he looks pretty tough in this shot. My guess is both the guys and the ladies would enjoy seeing more of this guy! (great model)

I saw the primer, excellent PS skills! Great shot btw.