Nikonian72 wrote:
I believe that your background is fine, but ISO 500, then cropped, then sharpened, increases noise, which is evident in OoF background.
Thank you Nikonian72 for your views. I agree that I sharpened it bit too much. I should have lowered the ISO a bit and shot at slower shutter speed. It was hand held so I used faster shutter to avoid camera shake. But it is full uncropped image. Good learning process I must say.