First, you can stay tired, i do not care if you are.
Second, i never said the piece is not well executed, i said it's below your standard.
Third, i do not need to create my own artwork to share my opinion, i am not an artist, nor i plan to be, as i chose to become a programmer and that is what i'm aiming to become as of now. Still, i know enough of these kind of images to give an educated insight.
Fourth, yes, i think the lighting is not spot on. There are artifacts around the image (such as the cut flare in front of a finger) and in quite some spots the light is simplified to a blur. But that wasn't even my problem with the lighting, the issue is that it's not smooth at all in that department, many very bright areas are next to very dark ones. Want to call it an issue with "color correction" instead of "lighting"? Sure, if it makes you feel better then go for it.
Lastly, oh boy, i'm sorry if my opinion isn't equal to other people's opinion, i hope that didn't hurt your feelings.
P.s.
https://orig07.deviantart.net/266a/f/...cs-d9jwf1k.png
Oh dayum son, much improvement, very difference. Sorry if i didn't notice that you blurred the lights a little while making the background a little less dark.
That truly was a display of mastery in the use of basic filters to slightly modify your image.