As the Sun Sets

Here's another one, primarily from cs4pro's "Dawn"
http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/f/20...gz-d4zskvq.png

not feeling this piece actually....rid side of the dawn...looks horrible with that blue things....get rid of it :P right side of the ground looks weird also....oh and your blurring places that are uneccessary or doesn't match at all lol...kinda weird oO

Yeah, but I'm still pretty new to this. Only done one of them, lol, and this was my second :P
I'll try to fix it up.

http://speedcap.net/img/c34318456e66...0/c69acdc6.png

I really like that area, but the rest of it seems somewhat artificial. I also don't think you've got the lighting entirely. Keep it up however, if this is only your second large piece you certainly have a lot of potential.

the smokey fog doesnt fit.
Orange and blue is too contrasty.

Yeah agreed, credit where credits due though its a great looking piece, theres just a few small elements that ruin it, like the planets and the fractal floating around, I like the concept but to pull that off you'd need to mess around much more with the lighting and colours.

i wont repeat what everyone else is saying but.. try looking at your blue stuff in the sky, i suppose its ment to be some sort of nebula but over the sky? that makes it look very very fake and not real, some of the most important rules in photomanipulations is the "realness factor" that said i dont mean like real life since many manipulations would be impossible in real life, but we gotta sit with the feeling it looks real "light and shadows on the subject and envioment need to fit for once" This aint a shappy second manipulation you just need to go a little more in depth with small things. :) Keep em comming looking forward to see more :)

Thanks guys, and I'll try again I think :) I'm gonna have to redo this one and get a more realistic feeling :) But thank you sooo much for the feedback guys, and I will be making a lot more of these.