Photograph Assassin's Creed: Part 2 Style Focus

This one isn't for everyone. I wanted to focus on the character, while still keeping the wide shot of the background. To emphasis the character in the photo I used two different techniques to do so

First technique is to shadow out the photo leaving the bright spot around the character.  I like the feel of this photo, but this style it's not that popular.

This technique is quite common (in my opinion is overused).  The focus point is the only bright color in the photo, while the background is washed out.