Very creative. You really went above and beyond on this one. Great job!

The upside down clouds look weird, and the leaf is so far in the foreground that it wouldn't have that shadow. Good effort otherwise.

Plus, the top of the arch looks incredibly blurry...too much to ignore. And there seems to be a little bit of a transparency crack on the right side. I also agree with CMYK. But definately, nice effort and great idea.

CMYK, I took the shadow out, I will find other clouds, meanwhile i flipped them right side up. thanks for the help.

gamemastertips, the top of the arch? do you mean the part of the tree over the arch? it is the source image. can you give me more info, i dont see a transparency crack? (Sometimes cause i have looked so long and hard i dont always see things) to the right is just the tree. thanks for your comments.

edit: are you talking about the spider web? i liked it! do you think it should go?

Oh okay, maybe it is a spider web, then. What I mean is that there's an incredible difference from the very sharp base of the arch to the very blurry top half that I believe is the texture from the tree.

I agree with gamemastertips - the blurry top of the arch is distracting, although I know it is part of the source. Perhaps add another rock texture and blend it in? Otherwise, cool idea, and nicely executed. Good luck.

ok guys, not sure it makes it better, but i changed it some, let me know

It's still blurry... I suppose it happened when you stretched the image of the trunk on the arch.

lol! no erikuri. i didnt stretch it. oh wow. didnt you see the source? it IS blurry. i didnt do anything to it to MAKE it blurry. to try to help it (because of the comments) i did do some work on it, and now it is less blurry. i really didnt want to change the tree at all since it is the source and i was really trying to do a creative use of it by turning it on its side and using the knot hole as a waterway.

i like it

thanks everyone!