Have been looking at it for ages. I know I have one tree that's floating, will sort that. I also have no shadows showing despite having sun shadows turned up to 100% and I can't understand why, surely the trees on the right would cast some shadows down the slope? Apart from that it is just missing something, and I can't fathom it. I had thought about more flowers on the slope, but the other half reminds me the rabbits would make short work of them. I call it "communing with nature"

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hi, i hope you'll forgive the presumption, i had a fiddle with the image in paintshop to illustrate my suggestions. i saw it as a sunset/early dawn image. personally i think the content is complete and just some adjustment of the lighting would give the required affect. i think you have a good idea here and will love to see the final image.

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It appears that you've set the ambience of the grass too high. The shadows get lost then. The trunk is also suspicious looking. As to what's missing, I think that the pic lacks a focus, compositionally speaking. Everything has the same value, so the eye wanders around. Ummm, I agree with rj, try putting a spotlight to light the woman.

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