oh my this is so charming...Sharen

I think it looks really neat.... I would keep the sky as it is. Makes this scene look as if a torrential flooding rain just moved out of this particular place. Nice pic. ~Swade~

This is lovely, only suggestion I can make is that the cat-nine-tails look a bit small compared to the stump. Not sure how big your stump and island are supposed to be but the cat-nine-tails I used to pick as a child were about 4 feet tall roughly.

That's a great sky, I'd keep it. I like the idea of a fairy on the stump. Maybe add a little fairy boat. Great start. Arleen

Facinating! I really like this.

Ixnay on the fairy. My vote goes for a big ol' bullfrog. :)

Great work. When you mentioned fairy the first thing I thought of was one holding a mushroom as an umbrella, with some rain effects added to the scene. Of course that's a pretty ambitious effort. Look forward to seeing whatever you decide to add. Good luck.

Nice scene, I like the ambiant colors and atmosphere, but (only my opinion) thre is a global scale probleme (due to the DOF) to much DOF make your scene look like it was the picture of a model, the leave in the fore ground looks really big (compare to the tree trunk on the island ). cheers

I think you should use less DOF too. maybe even none at all. The texture on the island is great. Rain is a good idea. It fit's better with the sky. And maybe it needs some extra vegetation like little plants in the background landscape.

Almost forgot: The lighting is great.

What I would do with this: turn the water into a slab, not a plane. Then, create a terrain that goes into the deep, so you see the bottom. Of course, you'll possibly need two terrains, one for the island and the other for the bottom, and then you can have two different textures without resorting to ... Or, come to better think about it, the tutorial on transparency blending of terrains (that AgentSmith posted the link to recently) would come great here.

I support of the two terrains (Erlik) grass udually does not extend to the waterline. Usually these is a bit of rock or dirt at the edge. Suggest either a second terrain (wider lower) with a suitable mat or altitude sensitive blending.

The grass would seem to extend to the water's edge if for example it had rained recently and raised the level of the pond.....

From what I see, it's not a Bryce DOF, it's photoshoped... this is cool! I think maybe an increase in water transparency and a decrease in reflection, so as to be able to see slightly through the water and have some reflection at the same time. Also I would add some grass in the water and maybe a few little rocks. Overall an awesome composition!

The DOF is a bit out, the trees in the background would not nessesarily be that much out of focus. Also the leaf in the foreground could do with some texture on it. Perhaps even a drop or two of water which could be made easily with metaballs so they merge into one another. Other than that it's looking very good and I like the fairy idea too. So all you need are a couple of tiny ajustments and it will look perfect. Can't wait to see how it turns out. Cheers Catlin

Catlin: Now who's the technical one?