Well look at this!
So this is what you have been doing (secretly) the last few weeks.
Very nice work, a great addition to you dio.
Kostis Ornerakis wrote:Please don't be kind.
Okay I give you my most honest opinion:
I would like to have this tree myself as part of my handmade forest.
Its color looks fine.
The foliage is convincing and lively.
The texture of the trunk looks very good.
I agree with FredG, the foliage is extremely dense and compact. Speaking from one tree maker to another: most of the time we make foliage too dense because we used too much foliage powder or flakes.
A lesson I had to learn: Less (foliage) = more (in quality)
A real tree is transparent, even in full summer. Like the tree at your research picture: we can still see some spots of blue sky.
I have some request that you probably did not expect:
Your photograph is too obscure to judge the proportions of the tree because the full trunk (bottom) is not in the frame and part of it is covered in black shade.
I am afraid the proportion of this tree (% hight of trunk, % hight of foliage) could be the weakest part of your creation.
Your research picture shows 1/5 part trunk and 4/5 part foliage.
Your own tree seems to show 1/2 part trunk and 1/2 foliage.
A better picture could give a more reliable image for us to judge.
Also it looks like you used a split-focus lens: tree top = sharp focussed, lower part of foliage = soft focus. How (or why) did you make that soft focus?
I hope this does not keep you awake this night, Kostis.
Just hope this will help you a little.