wanting an opinion

hi guys,
I want to know your opinion on this .Does it look like a crystal ball?

Hi
Its a very nice image, but I get more an impression of it being a marble than a crystal ball.
You might want to ligten the very dark background and give it some transparency.
Iimagine an old gypsy woman looking into her ball, dont they always have "trouble" seeing whats in it?
— ah, yes, it is becoming clearer, I see much work in your future —

thanks RawShark for ur tip.Yep I will lighten it up .Then show u the improved (hope so!!!!!!!) version.

okay this is my improved version.. i know highlighting is bit messy though

It's nice
I think it would look better if you had a darker background though

It looks great but i get more of a metalic feeling from it, like a reflection. I think it would be 1000 times better if that image (butterfly?) was "inside" and the glassy or crystal look went over it, instead of just having it plastered over top.

yep u right k-bark.sunday devoted to metallic to glassy orb.

i tried another time ... this time bg dark .. hey for butterfly was trying to use displace filter but somehow didn't look fine...any tips abt that?

I think crystal balls look better if they are frosty white! Could you put a white transparent layer over the top?

Good work on the previous one btw

maybe you could double up the whole image minus the buttefly, plop the butterfly in the middle and mess with the opacity on the top layer(s)? Dont know if that would help much just thinking aloud.

Also the 4 square reflection, (window?) personally i think it would look much better if it was sorta wraped around the ball to follow the curves or even just rotated or keep that angle or move it further up the ball. Also the buttfly is overlaping it.

yea it def needs some frosting!