Interesting idea, but the light on her head is from upper right & there's no corresponding shadow at left of her body.

Thnx, got that fixed

Yep, looks better!

Really nice manipulation. The boat needs to be a bit more "in" the water (it looks like it is slightly above it along the bottom edge), but overall this is very creative and well done!

Thanks you so much, MossyB.

fun and creative use of source. agree with MossyB about the water line.. masking in the future will help with that.. gL

try a different blending mode -- looks a bit stuck on rather than the colour of the shell

Im aggreeing with alan here.

Im sorry I still see some grey tints.
I quote:
'black and white needs to be black and white. No gray shades are allowed.'

Hope you fix it !
GL

A good peace of art..luv it.