Nice work but minimal use of source.

VERY minimal use of the source.

good attempt at thinking outside the box. Image looks good , However i to think maybe next time try to extend you use of source photo.

Change the shadow...light source is from left. Foreground edges of railings are cut off...

top of the handrail abruptly ends too. great concept

Hey thanks CMYK46 you say shadow is wrong? I thought if shadow was reflected on left from rail that it would be same on dog? no?and thanks forgot the rails let me know on shadow

Don't you see the cast shadows from the railing at left??? Where is the wood lightest? On the LEFT side...shadows are on the RIGHT side...the light source is on the LEFT for cryin' out loud.

Yea I had them like this but thought I was wrong because even with a sunset the railing shadow was coming down on left my wife was saying shadows were always on same side so I wasn't sure hope this is better again Thanks

Yeah, i agree with CMYK46 there... The shadow is definitely wrong

numbsock are you saying shadow is still wrong?

nice idea but i thinnk you need to work on the shadow of the dog.. instead of useing the drop shadow. make a duplicate copy of the dog layer select the 1st layer by pressing ctrl+click then go to select modify and feather and fill with black ctrl+D to deselect and then work on that layer as your shadow .. its one of the main ways i do it . g/l

I'm just wondering why you picked a background that's so gritty and pixelated? Even in low res you can tell.

nice sentiment work author.