Interesting image.. nice atmosphere. Good luck

Thanks Matteo, I just learned about gradient maps in your tutorial. Thanks so much for those techniques !

nice mood

I really like this image!

I have looked at it on 3 different monitors though and I find it a little dark (for viewing purposes) it is hard to make out the face on the woman (on at 2 of the monitors at least). I thought you may get a better reacton/rating if you can lighten the image (just a tiny bit); not too much as the mood is wonderful.

Maybe a levels adjustment layer set on a screen blend mode and then take it the opacity down to an opacity to just enough for some highlights. You can also mask out parts of the screen layer to apply the lightening to specific areas.

All that said, it has a lovely flow to it and, as I said, a very interesting mood!

Thanks a lot Arc, i'll work on that

Author u could change the colors of the stones to achieve better contrast with the woman...this color is great for the dress and i would not change that but the color of the stones for sure...And u could create some glowing effect on the stones,to cast some lighting on the woman for better effect...This is great creation and would be the same to don't get good score because its to dark and without contrast...good luck

Thanks ! Work Updated.

Great work ... I do like it now ... I can see the image. Hope it works for you

Idea has potential ** snail looks more on the amber than in -- try some additional layers of the amber at varying blending modes and opacities or fill levels You should be able to find one that "sinks" the snail into the amber

Hi Alan thanks for the suggestion - I was trying to keep the transparency going so the hand still shows through but you know what I did forget - the snail should have a shadow.

done

You can alway try puttting a layer of the hand over the top, masking out parts that you don't like with a layer mask, then reducing the opacity ... that can sometime give the appearance of seeing something "through" when you are losing it ...hope that makes sense???

Nice idea ... very interesting work and concept.

I can see what you have tried to do here and I love the semi-abstract nature of it, but to me this just seems a little too busy and the individual elements are not as clear as I would like (as in step 2 of your SBS). I think the saturation is a bit too high. This is just my personal taste though.

thanks for ur opinion XD
i will try my best to make it better

Head is distorted.