First the congratulations: Great concept... good composition... LOVE the flames! Now for the critique: As atthisstage said, the water needs to be toned down. Scaled down may be better directions, though, because the waves are a little too large and regular for the amount of surface area you are portraying. Do you have a pond, bay or lake near you that you can look at for reference? If not, see if you can find photos of lakes from the net. The next thing I would do is add a little dynamic action to the background people. For a town in a panic because it's being burned around them, everyone's standing pretty upright. When confronted by fire or a threat from above, most people crouch or stoop, shielding their head, face, and tend to hold our arms upward to deflect blows. Although you've done an excellent job remembering to put a townfull of people in the background, please give them more life. Were you going for a monochromatic picture? If so, this is good. If not, try adding a greyish-blue to the sky, with it slightly lighter towards the horizon than at the heavens. This will tie in with the blue of the water and the gray of the chainmail. And finally (sorry... almost done), let's talk about lighting. You've a great composition that draws the eye into the scene, down the flame, up the arm and up into the archer's face. But from there it gets kinda fuzzy and lost from lack of contrast. I realize this is a dawn/dusk scene (can't remember from the book - been too many years since I last read it), but your shadows should be more harsh on the archer. Although the sky is still just barely light, it wouldn't give enough light to show as much detail as you have in this picture. If you change the lighting, the dynamics of the picture will leap into focus. 1) The background mountain should not have details. By this time of day, it should be a dark shape against the sky. 2) When you tone down your waves, give some perspective to how far away the mountain is and how close to the city the dragon has flown by limiting the flame's reflection to just under him, flowing towards the town. In other words, although the flames are bright, they wouldn't light up the entire lake, would they? 3) And finally keep in mind the main source of strong light in this picture is the dragon's flames and the flames of the town. That being said, the underside of the cape, and most of the man's body facing the viewer should be in sharp shadow, with Smaug's flames the main source of light. Geesh... this sounds like a lot! But really it isn't. You've done great so far, and with a little tweaking of the townspeople (crack that whip!), and some re-directed lighting, you'll really put the magic in this lively composition! p.s. - sorry if this posts twice, but it didn't appear the first time.