Dear Moderators,

Please don't pull it back. This is created by cloning and copying the parts of the sourceimage itself.
It is very clear that no other image is used.

Any Help??

5.4. No External Source used in your Entry: In this case, your entry must have a step by step provided showing how the entry was made. For level 10- contests, a written SBS in the description is also ok (for simple entries), unless a moderator asks you to add a pictorial SBS.

Pretty good removal, but you left some of her hair at top, and the bottom part of the necklace below.

Thank you.. CMYK46. Corrected.

Unfortunately these types of entries don't fit into the 'wow' factor for most people. I can appreciate the effort since this is what is sometimes required in the 'retoucher's' world. Good work, author.

initial thoughts: - The window is still closed, and there is no physics to her hair...

everything else in the photo has atleast some level of blur, maybe play with her a little bit, she is too in focus.

Yup,I agree with Keiley22, adding some blur into a woman would make it perfect and more realistic. Good luck author.

I disagree, it's not that she is too in focus, the car has been shot using a high shutter speed, and what looks to be tracked judging by the slight motion blur to the BG. So she would be just as in focus as the car. There is also an obvious difference in the lighting and the amount of noise between the source image and the stock.

So

1) Colour correct her to match the stock (use curves)
2) Add a reflection to the car of 'her' left arm and drop to opacity right down
3) I think you forgot to apply my previous advice to the part of the window under her arm :P and darken those areas even more! also, there is a pale line just where the window meets the 'car' - paint that out.
4) Apply some movement to her hair (either find another stock image, which might be easier / or paint and manipulate the source image)
5) It might be easier to get rid of her necklace than to make it match the scene.
6) It might not work but add a layer of noise and bring the opacity down - just an idea.

thanks all for suggestions ..

Hi Res would help to see her face a bit more clearly. I can tell there is something under her eyes but not sure what it is.

Keiley22 has a good point. According to what I can see, I'd expect her to be more evil and seducing looking. Maybe also a bit more pale or bluish skin. With adding a light (ie from under) you can stress a lot more drama and suspence, vampires like that . Good luck!

I like in high res, definately makes it easier to see what you have done author. Can you give the blood a bit more of red in it, being a vampire the kill would have been fresh and the blood would have been brighter I lovvvvve vampires lol. And are they meant to be veins underneath her eyes? If so maybe put a bit of purple through them like she if full to the brim after her feast If you want to make her look a little bit more evil, use the liquify tool and just move her eyebrows up more into a point, if no liquify in the filter section, try the smudge tool, just be careful with that one. Still holding vote. And don't worry about editing, anyone that gives advice usually waits till the end to vote anyway

she just looks like she is chopped and pasted. Try blending her in with the background so she too looks like she is under the water.

Result is pretty ok, imo. Perhaps some suggestions: add more shading to the girl, mostly on her body around the mouth of the shark. This way it will look less flat. Same for the back of her hair, experiment with light and shade. You might want to blur here and there her hair too, gives the idea it has more underwater movement and it's a bit further away (to create some depth of field). Lastly you could try to add a color adjustment layer to make her a bit more blue, that's up to you. Good luck!

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