You have some round yukkies you might want to erase just in front of the creature's face

Yea those dots were added by the Nik Filter and I don't know why. I was hoping no one saw them but you have the eye of an eagle. I will try to clone them out. Thanks for the suggestion.

Those yuckies were actually in the external external source and were exaggerated by the Nik Filter.

That was a problem area. I spent more time on that than anything else (well not quite but it felt that way). I tried so hard to find legs that would just cover up that seam. I had the edge a little harder, then softer, and kinda settled on medium. Tried using some of the paintbrush texture to make it blend. Tried some color, and other types of brushing. Perhaps you see some solution that I don't, to which I am all ears, but I kinda racked my brain on that stupid seam. I was hoping no one would notice but you and Z with your damned eagle eyes are seeing ALL of my faults!! haha.

I beat on it some more. This is a before and after https://image.ibb.co/h8cTYA/before-and-after.jpg

You made it less defined. I was thinking more defined like in this reference......
https://www.pexels.com/photo/white-bird-flying-under-the-blue-and-white-sky-during-daytime-162292/

I made the changes you suggested. Thank you.

Oh wow. I didn't think this contest ended till tomorrow. Thanks Rob!

Mahalo seestah Z!!

Thank you wyndham

OK it's taken care of. Thank you for your suggestion Angel.

Those were part of the film texture. Maybe I should de-saturate them or mask them out some. Could have sworn at one point I did de-saturate them. Gremlins. Yes, the gremlins did it. Will fix. Thanks for the suggestion.

Mahalo madamemonty. He's kind of clown-like in his look and behavior. Notice he does not have any claws or fangs. He is friendly. I have some pity on him because there he was minding his own business when he grabbed a bite to eat, but his tasty morsel had a fish hook in it! I hope he got away so he can go back to his friends and family.

Mahalo my sister.

Thx lolu. I think he is cute. He is possibly a relative of the sea monkey.

TY, but I really liked yours SA and rated it really high. I was prepared to lose.

I'm still rather new to photoshop contests, but I have read the guidelines and reread them a couple times after noticing your comment and have yet to find anything about wallpapers specifically. However, I do realize I found the image on a rather risky website so I do understand if I am disqualified and will try to stick to the more promising websites for future contests. Thank you.

Just resubmitted using better images and improved my lighting and shadows. Thanks for the advice, it means a lot.

Since all sources must be shown including usage terms and/or license information it is understood that sites such as wallpaper sites, blogs, catalog sites, image hosting sites etc. are not acceptable because they do not show the required information or they display copyright info regarding their content.

Tnx!