Very nice for the first try. Even for the fifth! ;)
A couple of suggestions and questions.
Is the area in the upper left "X" cloned in. Not sure how the background relates. It does not appear to agree with the view to the right of the bubble. Just wondering. If needed you may want to work on that area, including within the bubble. If not ... :cool:
I've added a little contrast to "Pop" the image a little. Otherwise I like it.
Hi Mark, Thanks for comments.
The left top had a couple of people there that I cloned out - sky is as taken.
Circle below.. a boat also removed BUT on the right I copied and pasted over a piece of building sticking out - just used the vegetation next to it.:o In the bg of the ball itself are buildings and the whites are the tops of a marquee that was behind the buildings.
This is the base photo.
Ok Jeni, you did a better job than I gave you credit for! ;) :D
Wasn't sure what the sky was on the left. Looked like it could be water and that is what threw me. But now I see the whole picture and offer my congratulations again. Nice job. :cool:
Mark is right on with the comments but I would have probably done the same as you did. Area of attention was the girl playing inside the bubble and would not have paid much attention to anything else !!!
Imagine an ideal bg would be all clean or having some other people at the beach for setting !!! .. go get them again !!! This is totally wild and would love to try !!!