Victory Statue in Budapest

C&C appreciated

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/Pdak​DD

I rather like the sky/statue color/texture contrast. wish for more room at the top. Nice.

Thanks. This was a first attempt at total sky replacement. Not sure if I pulled that one off completely or not. Good feedback on the crop.

Nice job on the sky and I agree with the crowding at the top...should be an easy fix...? Maybe even some more space in front of the horse?

I do get the impression of the sun being down at the horizon behind the statue but I'm also seeing a shadow cast downward from some edges of the statue's base. But, depending on the atmosphere I've seen some wonderful color wrap around almost all the way around the horizon.

I'd say you've done a very good job...way ahead of me.

Best wishes,
Ed

Among other things... You have to create precise masks for brightening specific areas. You can clearly see brush strokes there - that's totally sloppy.

Agree. Thanks for the feedback - going to rework.

Picture gone?!

Yea......I always love that. A couple of even slightly negative comments and the picture gets removed making it impossible for others to see what the mistakes were and possibly learn something. Oh well...

Picture has returned. Maybe the OP's statement "going to rework" was a clue.

I nuked it from my flikr feed. I'll post somewhere else to preserve.