I am done, its time for the young

How I can improve this in PS. I request suggestions and critiques.

Wonderful.

In terms of improving this in ps this is what i've done (see attached image). First thing many people will tell you to do for web images is to sharpen it, so I hit it with an unsharp mask (filters>sharpen). Immediately the definition of the hair popped right out. From then on it was a few duplicate layers on overlay and multiply with masking to bring some clarity. A few brightness/contrast adjustment layers to finish it off. I also painted white around the eyes and adjusted the opacity so that it fit a little better. All in 10 min. With more time i'm sure you can do a better job than I did.

Use levels to brighten it up. use the clone tool and healing brush to remove the bright spot on the nose and the odd, hand-shaped highlight on the forehead. Separate the man from the background by using the old (dark) image as the background and the touched up image as the man. Do a neater job than i have done in the 5 minutes I had, haha.

ps, the sharpening above is a good idea too, but be careful not to oversharpen.

Thank you very much for your kind advise and tips. I appreciate it. The attached images are really brilliant, I wonder now about this outcome. Thanks again and I will use these tips in future.

 

I was going to suggest something similar but the gentlemen above beat me to it. Bryan's tranformation is brilliant.Regards.