Yes, much better. You can improve even more in some details: (1) to make the DOF more shallow, you need to blur the fence layer a little bit, so the main plane will be on the face of the horse. (2) Instead of Gaussian blur, you should use lens blur, which have the blur pattern similar to the real lense, and don't forget to add a small amount of noise, (3) in photography, you should avoid the continuous horizon because it cut your photo into 2 pieces, so you can make one more layer of something to disrupt this horizon (I mean the fence)
jawshoewhah [banned] says:
I think you over blurred the fence now. But this is still one of the better entries. And author, not all constructive criticism is... right. You're the ultimate critic. You decide.
Thanks for all the comments!..langstrum thanks for your comments, they were very helpful..and i actually did use lens blur not gaussian...and jawshoewhah thank you for your comments and the advice..i did leave it as is after i made changes to the background
Nice idea from source...perhaps heal brush areas on one side of face to remove 'mirrored' look. Eyelid area should be different and maybe remove some strands of hair to make each side a bit more different (random). Nice work author!
Amazing draw and shop, looks really sweet! Good job author.
little fuzzy wooble foo foo burger
(err ummm.. there's a very interesting shape in your sbs step 2... ahem) (great job)
good job author !...I think we have a winner
...perfect
Well done
GL
beautiful job
good job well done
sweet,very good
Nice blend and good idea. I'm still not sure if I'm looking at an elephant or a koala but still very well executed. GL!
so cute =)
A very creative and a cute work.....Good job...
great work, gl.
This is really really cute. one of my favorites
a clear winner...early congrats
I want one
lol
Really good stuff here
ditto Mr LaMesa
congrats
I should just copy and paste that
Another first place!
Congrats!
Congrats!
Congratulations for 1st, another great one, looks familiar.
Congrats!

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