Thanks G.

TY seestah!!

There are already reflections in the water. Can't you see them? It has the statue reflection and the starfish reflection and also the cloud reflection in the water. As for the shadows, they are following the same angle as the shadow on the knee and chin. See that knee shadow? It is heading slightly to the left. The chin shadow seems to be going straight down so I figured I needed to use both source shadows to make my own shadows. I made the ivy leaf and starfish shadows aim down and slightly left. The dark area you see above the leaves on the knee are cracks in the statue. Those areas are holes. The ivy is growing through those cracks.
Now if you still think the shadows are wrong, which way do you think they ought to go if not slightly down and to the left?

I moved the shadows 6 pixels more to the right and 3 pixels further down and made the reflection more visible for you.

Thanks for your help CMYK.

Thanks George

Thanks Sylvie.

Thanks MM. Once again it's just you and me.

Just celebrated my 2nd year anniversary of Photoshopping May 30th. Still unsure of myself spaceranger. I try hard on each entry to the point of stress. Starting to feel a little comfortable with PS.

Seems like when you first start, this program is really hard. Then you get to a point where it's a bit easier, but you want more. Then it gets even harder. Rinse and repeat.

Mahalo for the kind words brah. Put a smile on my face IRL.

Thank you.

Thank you BWR but I am not Tina. I am Angel.

Haha! I was looking at the first post which was by Tina. When I was reading the comments I thought "Why is SR calling Tina 'Angel'?".

Not sure if you live in Australia or not, but we have an ad on TV..."Should've gone to Specsavers"
*Just Teasing you*

Do they have BrainSavers?

Not yet, but it is possible to purchase Gray Matter on line.

Please don't change your idea because I already made an island. Please go right ahead and create one too. I am sure it will be totally different to mine anyway.

As for the trees, they were filtered with the same art filters as everything else. However, if you have any suggestions for improvements, I am all ears and totally willing to listen and learn.

Perhaps I would desaturate the green of the trees a bit, and maybe also apply an artistic filter to them. Also maybe try to make the trees look like it's autumn, or add a little bit of color that would match the color of the sky, or a color that would extend the color of the frog. I like the color of the grass because I feel it matches the rest, it looks like it has been burnt by sunlight..

Thank you for your kind suggestions.