Reply #2 - September 20, 2009, 03:22:00 PM
Except for her torso and her face, the rest of the picture looks oddly flat. There is no depth to the steps at all, at least on my monitor. My eye is drawn only to the upper left corner. Can you maybe darken the shadows in the steps to balance it out? Might also want to get rid of that weird brown spot on the lower left. I love how you draped her dress and the sheerness of it at the bottom. The pose is very coy.
Added a green solid texture and changed the layer to 'overlay', which darkened the shadows and got rid of those leaf highlights in the top corner, got rid of that brown spot and the little piece of bench that was sticking its nose into the picture. I then erased back at 50% opacity her skin. Total time: 104 seconds. (I only add the time to show that it won't add significantly to your workflow.)
Wow, that marble is gorgeous!
Ryan, welcome to the dark side!

I attached a swatch of the color I used for the overlay.
« Last Edit: September 20, 2009, 03:26:40 PM by Marian Murdoch "wildmaven" »

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