This is a super Image, I like the first one. Not sure if it's my monitor but the dragon is invisible except the eyes. A bit of softer light or specularity on his mat to catch some light on his edges. Can you move the explorers just a bit to the left and up a smidge, their presence pulls the viewers eye back to far away from the rest of the scene. Super work. Love story scenes like this.

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