Focus on the lips is nice..........I love lips and this is a great portrait. Tell Poncho his lips look sweet to me :) Glad you decided to do a different kind of portrait shot thinking outside the box!
This is a very nice portrait with nice bokeh. I think improvement could be made in the focus (seems to be on the color/chin/mouth rather than the eyes/nose/mouth. Additionally, the bokeh should (to achieve a wow factor) enhance the subject. The background here is fine, but could have been improved if it had picked up some of the color of the sweater. The shadow of the nose is a little distracting as well. All of that said, I still like it very much. 7.
Seems as if his sweater is more in focus than his face, but other than that I think this is a very good shot. I like the crop and the expression. Nice colors in the "bokeh".
Wow! What a lovely shot! Fits the challenge wonderfully. My one, tiny nitpick is that the near side of the face seems just a touch soft, especially the upper part of the face. But I love the shot. 9 from me.