denisgermain

I would mask the sky with the original image.... as it seems a bit over processed.

The horizon is also crooked.... fix it

Thank you for all of the constructive comments - here are a few extra notes on the photo itself.

This was not a setup shot or done in a studio.

It was done in a basement during a real ballet lesson.

There was hardly any light coming inside from the small windows... the matress was black and old - the "dirt" on the picture is pieces of the matress or pieces of tape sticking up. The girl was not sitting... she was jumping: you can see her image in the mirror at the back of the room (right of her leg) + a second girl next to her.

Let's just say that it was a challenging environment as there was three very different light sources creating weird colors casts on the subjects.... I wanted that shot and got it and it was shot with a PJ approach more than a studio perfect concept in mind - shot with my Drebel at 1600ISO with a 50mm 1.8 lens/conversion and noise added in PS

Thank you for the great feedback and input

these doors need to be perfectly aligned...

http://www.escrappers.com/straighten.html

There is color bleeding/smudgeing from the blur.

Use this technique for better results. http://www.escrappers.com/depth.html

perfect exposure - I love it!

7/7

impressive shot 6/7

The only thing that I think could make it a perfect 7/7 is the color of the smoke in some areas... (brownish) an even white smike trail of a really colorful one would most likely have made it for me?. It also looks like it could be a bit crisper... but that's most likely due to the reduced JPG.