Old House: My First Matte Painting

[LFGabel]

Just finished this in time for Halloween. My first matte painting, done entirely in Photoshop. C&C welcome.

After:
http://members.shaw.ca/lfgabel/Halloween_After.jpg

Source:
http://members.shaw.ca/lfgabel/Halloween_Before.jpg

[renderizer]

Hmmm...good start, but...I don't know...well, to me it actually looks somehow like a miniature shoot!

[LFGabel]

Hmm. Maybe it's the out of focus tree in the foreground. Too much blur?

Thanks Renderizer.

[SalaTar]

good set for Pax-Ills house the way it is..lol

very cool

[LFGabel]

I've had a lot of comments on the blurred out FG tree on other forums (like it ruins or lessens the inpact of the shot). It's not a defocus, but a blur, which is why I guess it doesn't look that great.

Thanks for the reply, Aruna. :D

[LFGabel]

I know this isn't a WIP forum, but I just had to make that small tweak to the image (unblur the foreground tree). I swear I won't touch it any more. :D It is a final. I am moving on. ;)