My First photoshop

My first time doing such thing, Did i miss anything? any area that i should improve or concentrate more while doing this kind of photoshop?

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all I see is a redX

Could you elaborate a little about redX? Thanks

i dont see a picture. . . is there a link?

Sorry guys, Anyway here is the link ...

http://www.pbase.com/3​f3nd1/image/89290114

Sorry about the confusion guys, However manage to upload it now.

Need some inputs about this image

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I like it. Good subject for this treatment... You could stand to make the B&W part a little more contrasty, but other than that, I think it's perfect.

i like this a lot. i like this type of work...i have never done this, and im not sure how to... i dont have any photoshop software anymore...

great work though!

California4Life wrote in post #4399227
You could stand to make the B&W part a little more contrasty, but other than that, I think it's perfect.

I second that. Very nice work.

Thank you for the input guys ...

California4life, did you mean to make the BW a litlle darker?

nevada84 wrote in post #4400428
Thank you for the input guys ...

California4life, did you mean to make the BW a litlle darker?

Well, not just "darker", but maybe add some contrast, preferably with an s-curve or even simply by using the contrast slider. It will add depth to your shadows, making the darks darker and the lights lighter.

nevada84 wrote in post #4400428
Thank you for the input guys ...

California4life, did you mean to make the BW a litlle darker?

When going around the leaf use the pen tool. And I assume that was the natural color? It looks like OPACITY has been lessened on it? Make it more saturated maybe???

Thanks for the input guys. I will try it out again, really appreciate it!