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~ Green Valley ~

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Another Composing with textures from my personal stock and cgtextures [link]
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:star::star::star::star::star-half: Overall
:star::star::star::star::star-half: Vision
:star::star::star::star::star-half: Originality
:star::star::star::star::star-half: Technique
:star::star::star::star::star: Impact

Safe for what was already said in the other critique, I'd like to add a few remarks myself.

First of all, technically this is an extremely impressive work. It truly looks like a painting, which is always a compliment for photomanipulations - I really couldn't tell where and how the different elements were merged. The composition is excellent, well balanced as a whole, and with the main accent at the right 1/3 of the cadre. The frame by the dark vegetation in both sides also works well. The color combination of cyan/blues and greens can be problematic at times and for that reason I'd prefer a more neutral hue for the water. Nevertheless, the color scheme looks natural enough.

Something I noticed is the very huge difference in hues and contrast between the rock with the castle to the right and the hills right beside it, due to aerial perspective. This is perfect to enhance the accent on that rock, but the water level in the base of the distant hill (which seems to coincide with the bridge) doesn't show the huge distance hinted by the color shift. Of course, this is only evident if you look really closely at it.
Another thing is that distant height in the sky, it looks kinda strange, floating into nowhere. I believe it would have been better without it, and the composition wouldn't have suffered from its absence either.

I realize both the critiques were largely concentrated at the very subtle issues of the picture, and not enough was said about its huge virtues. However, such an enchanting scenery speaks perfectly well of itself.