Hello author, you got a good idea here. Good luck and welcome to Pxleyes.

Author, it might be a good Idea to KEEP the detail in the fountain base to match the detail of the dragon fountain. All you have to do is put the original picture (The Cape Town Photo) in a layer under the whole creation, and just gently (soft brush) erase the top layer (the finished chop) in the area of the fountain. The blurring of the image causes a great depth of field but it then causes the Dragon fountain to float a bit. (NOT a big change, just a suggestion.)
This will also give you a chance to clean up the debris around the edges of the Dragon Pot (in HiRes you can see some wonky erasing). Also not a Big thing, but it will help you get higher votes.)
A very cute Idea indeed