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and I think if I added more elements to this picture it could of been much better.
Actually, now that I'm looking at the picture again, some more wheals in my head are turning. I hope you don't mind what I say here. The picture is great. But looking at pictures like this make me think about how I could make the same thing or how I might be able to improve it... Here's my thoughts.
Maybe the explosion wouldn't need too much feathering all the way around but more-so just in a few spots here and there with a layer mask and a feathered brush.
Oh -- using a layer mask and using an off white might be able to bring out more of the gray background and dust into the mid range of the picture... this way the explosion doesn't look misplaced... it's not bad the way it is -- but I like the gray dust and grittiness of the background. Maybe some of that would come closer to the foreground between the soldier and the explosion... or maybe you could make the same effect by duplicating the background, placing it above the explosion and lowering the opacity of the duplicate layer.
One thing that kind of bothered me a little when I first saw it was the jet. It's a cool jet, but duplicating the jet layer and making a motion blur would make it look awesome... maybe a little warping of the motion blurred layer might be able to make it fit better into the desired perspective.
Making a selective color layer mask and applying it only on the background layer around the explosion to hype up the colors next to the explosion would add more of a dramatic effect around the explosion.
Already, all the light is coming from behind the soldier, but if you were to do that with the explosion, even more light would be behind him.
He kind of needs a shadow. I've done this technique with my "Guitar Man picture" [link] Just make a layer underneath the soldier, get a fuzzy brush. Make a shadow draw the shadow and lower the opacity of that layer.
I really like the pictures on your profile. Feel free to take a look at mine. And if you ever want someone to shoot the shit with or to bounce ideas around with on a photoshop project, feel free to chat away. You can also reach me at orphanlast@gmail.com
and he does kind of have a shadow its in front of his feat if you can see it haha should of made it darker and more of his body
and ill be glad to bounce around ideas, I get a lot of ideas but not always sure how to mold them
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