Okay. I'm done. I decided to submit before I made yet more changes. I will never be happy with this, so here it is! I had torches on the building at one point and realized it changed the entire lighting dynamic, so I killed that idea. I had fog too. Didn't like it.
the background photo is mine. I am linking the moon, figure, and tombstones shortly. (5 years and 1477 days ago)
I see from your SBS a lot of work was done but I think the final image is too dark to appreciate the details (and I'm using a 27" high res monitor). You could brighten it up a bit and still maintain the drama.
Well Spaceranger, I did lighten this. LOL, you wouldn't believe how many versions I have. I lost a lot of stone detail dropping it into my photo. I also had tombstones that I spent a long time shading for the environment, and then i lost my link and spent over an hour trying to search it. I finally said %$#@ it. I really like my torches, but they required extensive highlight changes on the building trim, so I nixed that too. I can't say it hasn't been fun!
I know what you mean, I do the same thing, trying all kinds of versions of my image. This looks much better, we can see the details and it's still dramatic. Too bad about the tombstones, I assume you tried searching your history. Even without the tombstones this deserves a good score IMHO.
I accidentally deleted my history at work yesterday. It was a circus of calamities with this thing. When I resubmitted this morning I realized part of a layer was left visible in my revision that looked like amateur hacking.
This looks much better than the original dark version. But the moon is gone, I don't know if that was intentional or not 
Geez! Tripped up by rushing again. I'm putting the moon back! Thanks!
Yeah. I like this image better, the lighting looks good. Good luck!
Sooper Moody! Love it
You did a good job.... congratulations for 4th....
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funny monster
Good creation... looks funny....
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He was a guy like many... he did not know about a curse that haunted his family for generations. His father died of unknown illnesses. His mother never told him about his fate... until one day, he walked in the woods, and there was a bright full moon shinning above, and he started to feel the transformation.... that is when he became a killer.... (5 years and 1486 days ago)
Maybe sharpen the teeth a bit (Simple Hard smudge, gentle liquify, or cloning the tips into points, at the moment they look like chisels, which is a bit unsettling, but sharpening them would knock it over the top so it looks more carnivorous, ROAR.. great thinking and I love the shading really disturbing LOL
You know when you have an image like this... you want to add this and that, and at the end you forget something...You are right will do the sharpening as you say. Thanks for observation....
Right find of sources and blend. Good one author. Really scary and disturbing. Good luck
Thanks Anoop...
Scary & well blended. I wonder how he shaves...
He does not have to shave.... this transformations happen only when there is a full moon.... not often... thanks.
Awesome beasty
Congrats George!
Thanks Rein...
WOO HOO!
Yes!!! thanks Driven..
Congrats George, Well done
Thanks Anoop...
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its look really cool
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Nicely done.
Thanks.....
Love the trees/twigs
IMHO of course.
Just one suggestion, maybe a little burn and shaping to the moon back shape to make it more 3D like the sun rays? Just a suggestion, if the moon was more 3D you could soft brush the edges of the moon face to melt into the back moon shape. JUST A SUGGESTION... it's fine just the way it is, I'm just looking at it and my eye immediately runs around the half moon face plopped on top of the moon shape... it's a very strong focal point, that could be what you were trying for so who knows
I did some changes, like you said, it needed some burning. I did not soft the edges as they look good to me. but your comment any way, very helpful....
It's a whole new look... SPECTACULAR... Really blends well now.. I look at the whole image now, not just the moon face...EXCELLENT. Wonderful Blend and Balance. Side note...I used to sell giant Sun/Moon wall sculptures my bosses used to hand carry back from South America/Mexico (they were over four feet tall 3D Monsters) and this image would have fit right in with them. Beautiful.
Thanks Driven... my friend from Mexico brought me the wall sculptures of a moon and a sun like you say, and I got the idea by looking at them..
That blending and burning took this from an image I kinda skimmed past, to one of my favorites in the challenge. Awesome author!
Thanks my friend.... comment appreciated.
Good work, congrats!
Well, thanks... we did good...
Congrats
Same to you... we did good....
Congrats George!!
Thanks my friend....
Congrats George.
Thanks I appreciate your comment.
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