Pretty, but the castle-hill reflection is off. Just as your canoe reflection is a simple vertical flip from the water line up, the castle hill from the water line up should be vertically flipped to create its reflection. (Stack some things on a mirror to see how reflections work.)

Dan is right, but you can correct this and have a great image.

Agree with above. Author see image for setting your reflection

http://thumb1.shutterstock.com.edgesuite.net/display_pic_with_logo/3945/3945,1235521433,3/stock-photo-belem-tower-in-lisbon-portugal-and-reflection-in-water-25574452.jpg

Good Luck

Dan, CMYK, Nasirkhan (Your link did not work) but Googled some images to get an idea. I copied the tower, flipped it vertically and applied motion blur, to it. I also enlarged it more.I also worked underneath the boat reflection. Suggestions appreciated.

In the case of boat's reflection, you have to notice that the internal part must not appear on the water.

Thank you erikury, I worked over the boat's reflection again. I hope it looks ok this time.

Very good piece of work here.

Author the link is working perfectly , you should have to select 3 lines URL link starting from "http://thumb1" and ending "in-water-25574452.jpg" and paste into browser address bar.

Anyway it is just for your information

Nasirkhan: the link is working, thank you. I did more changes to the reflection.

Great!!!

cool

Very pretty scene......good luck with this!!

I don't think the castle-hill reflection should be more distorted than that for the canoe. More problematic, the castle-hill reflection implies that the lighthouse is surrounded by trees which is obviously not the case. Also the sky reflection has fewer clouds than the actual sky. And the castle-hill reflection is still unrealistically scrunched. Given the height of the hill, a simple vertical flip from the water line up would not permit any part of the lighthouse to appear in the reflection as long as the bottom edge of your image remains cropped where it is. [See your River source for an example of how a simple vertical flip from the water line up is the way reflections work.]

simple and realistic.

Dan: I added more clouds to the water. I flipped the image as you say, and you are right, the tower, should no reflect in the water. I really appreciate your comment, I learned something new this week about using reflections. That is why I love Pxleyes, it is a place to learn and to teach others. yes, I know, some do not like critics or comments, but guess what.......? I do. Thanks again Dan.

Beautiful and thank you for using my stock!

Cornelia: It is my pleasure..... Very good photos.

Someone has CS5 :P

Yaaa but I used that technique of brushing only for the brown things over there. But I didn't like the effect and again started to use the smudge tool with new 'self-designed' brush.

Best of luck

gud luck

Good luck

Sun is too sharp comparing to sky and field.

@kakarot

Thanks

@erikuri

Yes because I want to show some difference between the Sun and the Sky.
And others are blurred because I want to highlight the wind mills

nice idea

@hereisanoop
Thanks

Nicely done..GL

goodluck

@dollmommy,itsdesign

Thanks you!

Very nice, but the diamond sparkles may be a bit too subtle given that diamonds are an explicit part of the song's title.

Love that marmalade sky

Did make the sparkles in her eyes a little stronger. The two filters over them tend to reduce them. Thanks DL for your comment!

nice

gl

very nice.............

You may want to whiten the cloud on the third girl so it doesn't look like an eraser mark... just a thought.. very cute Idea and image

i really didn't want to shock or offend with any sort of nudity, so i had to be careful about how much i let show through the clouds. She was faced in a direction that showed her lower regions, and i found this to be a little more tasteful way of covering that up.

Thank you for your comments. I took it back and did a guassion blur to that layer and it seems to have helped lighten them up without exposing too much.

whiten.. not lighten.. hehehe.. but your vision is fine!!! (the blue cloud covering her naughty bits looks more like eraser marks) but that is IMHO!! good luck author

:lol: right right. whiten. got it. Thank you again. i whitened them a bit. seems to give more depth to the piece. always appreciate your comments!

I like the colorizing of your vintage pics. (BTW are your sources mislabeled?) Your SBS doesn't explain what the white lines are all about. Why are the diamonds only in the lower half of the image? It seems a little odd that the side girls are obviously hanging from something but the middle girl appears to be standing on something in the middle of space. [Better choice IMO: a girl on a swing.] Diamonds floating in the sky have nothing to cast a shadow on, so your drop shadows merely make it look like they're hovering just in front of a picture of clouds. The fuzzy near clouds over the naughty bits seem out of place with the in-focus near girls and far clouds. (And shouldn't your title say "Sky" singular?)

Good work.

haha. sources ARE mislabeled. i will get that fixed up when i upload the next yet again revised edition. :-P thank you for your comments and critiques. you've given me some things to work on, Dan.
Just a few answers to some of your critiques though... first off.. lucy takes center stage, and since this is all fantasy, she can be standing on a cloud. after all. this is Lucy in the sky with diamonds. nothing can be what it appears. The diamonds...well, they are supposed to be "rain" which is why i chose the shape that i did. the white lines are lens flares. i explained that in the last step.

I really like this one.. the softness is awesome....and I agree with the author on this is "Lucy in the sky with diamonds. nothing can be what it appears" I feel the lady in the middle is perfect...

cooool

Great job.....love the colors and have to love those vintage ladies.......GL

nice......... all the best..........