"Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.. (5 years and 1057 days ago)
spaceranger says:
I like the composition, it has good balance and rhythm. I do have some suggestions, the bird seems to be a bit closer to us (the observer) than the fox which works based on the line of sight of the fox to the bird, the problem for me is that the tree itself is further away creating an almost Escher like look. That can be fixed by extending the base of the tree so it's in front of the foreground grass making it appear closer to us and more in line with the bird and branch. You can do this with a little cloning work. I should also mention the branch with the bird is darker than the rest of the tree which is very obvious in the Hi Res and should match the tone of the rest of the tree. The cheese may be a bit too large to be held by a bird of that size IMHO. I know I may seem over critical but I like this image and think a few minor fixes would really make it even better.
author says:
Thanks for your suggestions SpaceRanger. I have lowed down the tree a bit, and brightened the branch again (I dakened it before, thinking you would say something about the raven’s shadow 
As I have flattened the cheese and the raven in one block (yes, I know…) the cheese seems to have an ideal size to me. If it was too small, the fox wouldn’t find it so mouth-watering!
Howdie stranger!
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