Trying to improve my outside portraits (Critique me please)

[sjg_studios]

Shot with D300 with 70-200mm f/4L + 550ex with Lumiquest Big Bounce.
http://ccc.domaindlx.com/sjgstudios/images/dadportrait.jpg

[kawter2]

can you post an image that does not have the outside "glow", It makes it a bit hard to tell exactly what is going on, weather it is the glow or the color/levels of the actual photo

[tofuboy]

One thing I noticed, which is something you will need to be more aware of when taking portraits outside are distracting objects. The vegetation in the far background is fine, as it all blends together with each other, however, that branch on the upper left side of the picture that comes in from no where is a bit distracting.