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It's a greeat image. Great eye for a picture. It does look manipulated to me, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. It may be that I only notice because I do a lot of manipulation on images myself. Obviously no-one could have been able to get this image on the dull day you visited without working on it, no matter how good they are with a camera.
A few things that I'd look to improve on future projects;
- fringing around the downspouts nad the railings on the left. When editing, zoom right in with the eraser set to very small and feathered to remove them
- The cloning of the blackboard needs work. The colour is slightly out and could do with lining up a bit better.
- Match your noise. The pier image is a little noisey/grainey. This is not a problem in itself, but the sky and water are clear of noise. Maybe try to replicate the noise across all areas to help them match up better.
- The water scale/level. Don't know what it is about the water, but it doesn't quite look right. Is the horizon on this in exactly the same position as the horizon in the original? If so it may simply be the scale on the water not matching the pier. The water image was taken from much closer to the surface I believe.
It may seem quite harsh comments, but I really do like your image. The difference in light on the pier and the background gives it a very "cold" feel, like an impending storm or eclipse etc.
A few things that I'd look to improve on future projects;
- fringing around the downspouts nad the railings on the left. When editing, zoom right in with the eraser set to very small and feathered to remove them
- The cloning of the blackboard needs work. The colour is slightly out and could do with lining up a bit better.
- Match your noise. The pier image is a little noisey/grainey. This is not a problem in itself, but the sky and water are clear of noise. Maybe try to replicate the noise across all areas to help them match up better.
- The water scale/level. Don't know what it is about the water, but it doesn't quite look right. Is the horizon on this in exactly the same position as the horizon in the original? If so it may simply be the scale on the water not matching the pier. The water image was taken from much closer to the surface I believe.
It may seem quite harsh comments, but I really do like your image. The difference in light on the pier and the background gives it a very "cold" feel, like an impending storm or eclipse etc.

The rather unconvincing water horizon line aside Taff, I like it very much, a touch of feather maybe could have helped?. Just an added suggestion, as I can tell you enjoy your PS work...why not add a tiny touch of light to the lamp, as if it's just come on and not reached full potential? Easily done by selection of the lamp glasses and use of render/lighting in PS..great fun too LOL
Cheers...Leo
Cheers...Leo