really great idea, i really like this image, the sky is so powerful. You selection is really good around the trees, but kind of sloppy on the actual mural. Maybe you should give that a second sweep. Either way, this is a great image and you should be proud. Well done and good luck!

love the sky

you made the sky very nice! GL

nice mood

fantastical entry.. you can feel the storm coming..my cat would be going bananas.. hehehe.. very nice use of source.. good luck

great idea

Nice image very dramatic sky!

nice work

did u paint the sky ?

Have you got a source image for the sky?? Your sbs does not mention the way you made it?

That's amazing! Well done author.

You need to show the full unedited image of the sky in your sbs. Maybe also make reference to it in your description?

to Animmax: if you look at SBS you will see a pic, it's a panorama picture in case you didn't know but you know, so what do you want to show more then that ,reed what I wrote at description ....yes i am angry

Author: firstly you need to some. I looked in your sbs and it looked like a cropped image! I was just trying to keep you clear of the mods as I have seen entries removed for less! By description I was referring to the one on the main page, that the sky is your own image! Not the text in the sbs as a lot of people dont look there!

nice mood

superb atmosphere

scary

i love the sky!!! i'd also love a more detailed sbs

Sky is not created by you, if you have made, you better describe the method and procedure used for sky creation and more sbs.

at nasirkhan: man you made a serious accusation there ... I will provide a detailed SBS to prove you it is my picture but you people became very hysterical on this site,I don't like to say it but it's true...and one thing more: it is my choice if I want to show my skills to anyone or not and I don't want because I'm an egoist person

Author, dont get angry, we all learn from each other, even some simple steps and brief description can teach another user a lot of things. We all know there are rules, which we all should have to follow. May be you created sky but why should you not sharing with others to learn this technique. When you upload your work, it mean you want to show your skills to others but you don't want to share your technique.

Author I am sorry for accusation, I have seen lot of such skies on deviantart and after seeing 1 step sbs, I though that it was actual source. Thanks for detail sbs, which teach us new techniques for such great storm cloud creation.

nice job

nice HDR look

very nice

very good! gl

good, but too much contrast

good

Decreased the contrast and color a little.

alfred hitchcock eat your heart out...

i agree with the description but it's a bit too much for me personally (the color) so if you have the vibrance option (not sure when it was introduced in ps), lower it a little bit. if not, contrast or even reduce the saturation by a few points.

Highly decreased the vibrance and saturation in some parts like the castle.

cool

I've always loved images like this!! I'm no good at making them but it's always nice to see them. High marks from me!

cool

FUN PIECE High Resolution is AWESOME

good work

very nice image

good idea

needs a little work...is that water? what is it?

i love it! maybe put shadows on the sign and the butterfly

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dark darK daRK dARK DARK..... >>>>>>>>little dark (can you tell I think it's dark?) under high res I looked at quite closely.. kinda sad you can't see all that detail.. please lighten a bit... I know there is a lot of work in this..I just can't see it.. (Could be my eyes.. my computer is very new so I know it's not my puter).. good luck author

Author.. Must just be me.. I actually have that setting on my computer and I went in and did a full test.. It could be Florida Lighting (I loaded the image into my ps and I set the dodge tool on midtones and 100% and pulled out a HONKING HUGE BRUSH and went over the entire image in a rapid pulse... HOLY MOLY.. wow.. it was like opening a Christmas present filled with fireworks.. all the worked appeared in one big explosion) very beautiful work author. must be my eyes..

It looks fine on my screen,I will post a link Annabat posted on the forum so you can check your screen: http://photographerusa.com/screencheck/calibration.html

It's good. Although you might want to touch up your chops. The rain is all fine and dandy, but the trees and the castle especially have some sharp edges. Try to soften them up a bit.

Nice idea But: did u use Magic Eraser to erase some of the castle and the blue sky?.. Cuz the edges of the two are really sloppy, whereas the trees tops on the right are VERY blurred. May be u could fix these minor details and get much higher marks! Good luck autor! (some crazy lightning wold 1) look good (do they ever look bad ) ); 2) be a good excuse to add some dramatic lighting effects to the castle itself plus bring the whole thing back to life from the Darkness

good

cool like the moon

ok,I made some changes...I think it's better now...

I wouldn't send a horse out on a knight like this

COOL!!

haah that's a pragmatic sbs!! Nice mood but I agree it's dark

*sigh*Ok...I made the image brighter!

it looks ok

like the moon

nice mood

moon looks unreal, and the light on the building not ok