Good idea, just add some shadows on the laces and maybe a metal ring around the holes (a small metal colored ring will do and use blending modes > bevel to give it a round edge)

Thanks for the suggestions!!! Is it better now?

author..when using an outside source, I think it would be beneficial to use BOTH shoes and make the laces anti symmetric ( don't get me wrong, the resulting image is quite nice, but I think if you paid for the two images it seems a shame not to use Both of them.. that's if you were aiming for realism.. if you were aiming for simple surrealism.. great job.. but if you used BOTH shoes.. I think you would get a much more Powerful image.. but that's IMHO.. good luck

EDIT:.. OH YEAH!!!.. makes it so much more interesting.. to me anyway..LOL (I get lazy alot too LOL.. ).. great job!

Really unique and cool idea.

Drivenslush, you are right and I was too lazy Thank you very much for the advice! I tried to make it like you said and it definitely is better! I hope you like it more now and I am looking forward to your comments (not only his/her).

Now what a great shoe............... that would save me so much time lol

Super cool intelligent work author...well done

WOW! Excellent and fun image. Beautiful work on the blending ... so real and surreal all at the same time! Definitely a fav!

Nicely done, great summertime shoes!

Good idea... I would have liked to see SBS.... still good.... GL author.

great fun very good chop

Congratulations!

Bravo and congrats!

Thank you, guys! I thought it would be on 3rd place after the crocodiles, but I was very happy to see that I am 2nd and only a little behind the 1s place :P

Congrats!!

congratulation...