A Walk In The Woods (updated

[ConfusedFungus]

i tried to make it smaller so you wouldnt have to keep clicking on the link but the file was big. so here is the bast i could do. =(

[Vonschlippe]

I saw your earlier post and here's some constructive criticism, even though there is a debate as to if photomanipulation has it's place in the art portal.

My first comment would be to get rid of the "canvas" filter applied on the background image. In the photoshop/digital painting community, such blank filters are frowned upon as they do not provide much quality to the image (actually, they degrade it) and they are a sign of lack of mastery of photoshop as a medium.

The composition you made out of stock images is interesting. While it would be possible to fine-tune the position of the men to either fit the "thirds" rule or the "golden mean" rule, the fact you chose otherwise might depend on artistic choice.

Here are some things to improve if you intend the image to be full-viewed at that size. The corners of the TV images need to be rounded-off to fit the actual frame of the TV. The black gradiant you applied in the shadow of the man in the back goes thewrongway: a projected shadow gets clearer and clearer as it draws away from the subject, not the other way around. It should therefore be darker near the feet of the man instead of clearer. There are several pixels of white left around the objects you pasted, such as the TV and the cigar. You can remove these by selecting the alpha channel around them, inverting your selection, increasing it's size and finally cutting away, if you don't feel like doing things manually. Finally, a good recrop would suit your image in order to get rid of the black frame on the background image.

I do not want this enumeration to pass off as rude, for you are not far away from having a very decent, artistic and clever photomanipulation right there. There is simply some tuning you can do in order to really pull off some artistic feeling to the image. Why not try putting a layer overlay on your image with a texture or a soft-light gradiant? You may want to explore all the color/mood settings you can project on your image!

Hope that helps!! Keep it up!