My 1st OOB picture

[toejam237]

what do you think? this is my first one.
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r54/toejam237/OOB1copy.jpg

[ifonline]

Not bad at all, except that I see a lot of artifacts:

1. Bottom left of image in gray area shows some transparent touchups
2. Bottom right corner of OOB frame shows missed touchup
3. OOB frame near horse's legs seems to run through the horse's left leg
4. OOB frame near bridal not complete
5. OOB frame near mane not complete
6. OOB frame near rider's helmet seems to run through the helmet
7. Shadow behind OOB image not solid (shows missed areas of light gray dots)
8. Horse's lower jaw appears to have been removed (although this could just be the angle of the image)

Sorry to be so anal. You did a great job of deciding how to frame this, though. I like how the horse is jumping out of the image with the horse's legs dangling over the edge of the OOB frame. Very nicely designed. Maybe just a little more PS work to clean it up.

[toejam237]

thanks for your reply...now that you have pointed them out i can see all the mistakes.
ill take more care with future pictures.
it took me ages to follow the tutorial and i guessed i rushed it a little.
Thanks again for your comments
much appreciated.
toejam237

[ifonline]

Heck, you did better than I did when I tried this technique.