I tried and they didn't turn out looking any better than the lightning brushes so I used photos. I put them in the sources list.
I think it's better now.

Thanks for your suggestion.

Thank you very much.

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Thanks Lolu. Yours was very nice too. There was hardly any difference in scores between yours and mine so consider it equal first.

Thanks Sylvie.

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Thank you George.

Thanks BWR. Your critique is greatly appreciated.
Not sure what you see as odd about the feet? Too much dark shadow maybe? I will lighten it later if I get time, or if you have any other suggestions as to what to do about it, I am all ears.
The lightning is supposed to look like it's aiming for the women. That's why it's in front of the rock monster and aiming toward their heads. Not sure how to make it appear more "in front" than it already is.
It's all part of the curse. That's what happened to the last treasure hunter. Hence the bones on the ground and the wrought iron thingy near the bony hand.

I just used the lightning brushes as they were and didn't bother altering them. It never entered my mind to erase some branches.

The shield thingy doesn't need to be a shield. That's just the first word that popped into my head when I was explaining it in the sbs. It is just some kind of treasure. The treasure hunters can always do some research to find out what it really is since it doesn't appear to be have been used as a shield. It might be some kind of fancy plate or even some symbolic emblem which holds "the curse". The imagination can have some fun with it.

Anyway, I might not have time to fix it today because I need to go out in 5 minutes and by the time I get home, it might be too late, so what will be will be.

I am very honored that you think it is a good chop in spite of the mistakes.
Thank you again for taking time to critique it so thoroughly.

I think that "odd" was too strong of a word. Her shoe on our left looked like it was copy/pasted and not too well blended - it was very minor and I was just nit-picking. The other shoe looked OK and I think it may have looked better before you just changed it.

Lightening when it's far away looks like tree branches that can be tapered to a point.

https://www.zarebasystems.com/media//articles/images/557/zs_us_lightning_strike_855.jpg
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/Travel/2017/March/Lightning-plane-getty.jpg

Lightening when it's close to you, looks different. It is much thicker with less branches.

https://cdn.fstoppers.com/styles/large-16-9/s3/lead/2015/08/lightning-strike-fstoppers-hankschyma.jpg
https://astroengine.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/lightning_strike.jpg

Also if you notice these lightening bolts are all not a single color, so maybe using something like Outer Glow, Inner Glow, or Shadows, etc in your Layer Styles can spruce them up.

Just another idea.. since they are about to die because of the curse, how about a vulture waiting for a meal. haha. Up to you. Mostly joking and trying to be funny, but it may work, may not.

Oh, since you asked, one more nit-pick. The residual branches/leaves on our left of the rock monster, above the lady's hat, looks out of place. And finally check this out https://image.ibb.co/fBL7QH/eye_critique.jpg

Sure was BWR. I consider that an equal first between the three of us when there is less than one point difference.

Thank you madamemonty.

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Hi Olga. Great to see you.