... sorry to dissapoint you, but with the black background on that image, and the black on the hair and shirt, i can't crop the background. the image in your avatar would work tho.
i decided i could work with the one you gave me. i didn't crop it tho, i used a gradient to blend them. hope you like it! it took me a while to figure out what to do to blend it.
this on the left(most of the face anyhow) and on the right, Mantis and underneath mantis put, the only answer, and a medium blue background like in the pic in my sig now, cheers!