Dinosaurs, Looking East

Comments, ratings appreciated on toned landscape--when I shot this I

was thinking dinosaurs, but I don't know . . .

Very nice image, but lets talk pixels:

 

I think this could be made better with a less apparent hallo on the stones. I had to strugle a lot with these kinds of images and I found out some techniques to make a nicer contrast control:

a) Just use a broader hallo - I like manipulated photos but I really think bigger hallos are less "offending".

b) Cut the stones from the sky into a layer and then make the sky bigger - this makes the hallo disapear almost completely.

c) Try "contrast" masking with a fair amount of gaussian blur on the mask.

 

Sorry to be so picky but you really have a very nice image here that I think deserves adequate treatment.

 

Sorry if I'm bothering with the obvious.

Wonderful shot with a nice touch of humour. Niggles : I find the light fringe around the dinosaurs detract somewhat as does the bright bit of cloud between the two left characters. But 6/6

Mario and Colin, you both are right about the poor PS work. This isn't a composite: rather, it was just some quick selection and levels adjustment of the foreground. I'll try working on this and posting a better version. Thanks for your comments.

 

P.S. Mario, don't worry about being critical. I post work on this site for honest critique, not just mindless praise. Thanks for taking the time to comment.