CnC Please

Okay, i just got back into photoshop, but here it is!
http://i948.photobucket.com/albums/a...eenLantern.png

Uhhh, too much smudge, and the smudge doesnt look right =/
and you coulda smudged the edges of the render a bit so it blends in with the smudge

Nice smudge ^^
Maybe some more settings.
Tekst needs work.
And try to place your render (in this case) with the rule of thirds ^^.
kiu ;D

Rule of thirds?

try bringing back a another layer of your render to the front and erase some parts of it then to a Gaussian blur erase the focal and do a paint daubs set on 1 for both settings then re make boarder also id try blending in the lens flare in back of him / best of luck to you and maybe a black and white set on screen then lower opacity to where u like it . try brightness & contrast and another way is to mess around with some photo filters u can find under new adjustment layer . hope helps m8 gl kiu

Yeah i agree with all the above!
IMO the smudge looks great as a background, a bit more on the render, some smudging/erasing to blend it
maybe a few effects and improve the text?
Overall i really like it mate, good job :]