Hmm -I think I now remember why I don't post on this board that much anymore.
I don't mind any critiques but when someone tears something apart but have never attempted it themselves, I find it insulting.
If you don't like it just say so. But don't make comments when you don't know what your talking about. For example the jaggies that were previously mentioned are artifacts left from the bird. Its was from another shot and I guess I should have cleaned it up better but as I mentioned before, this shot was created at 314 dpi so when I had to drop the res for posting they became a little more obvious.
But everything I said was true. The transition is bad. The frame doesn't match or complement. The picture is full of jaggies and compression artifacts.
You do remind me of another poster who, when asked about obvious deficiencies, always had a reason why, never the poster's mistake of course.
These jaggies are compression defects and sharpening halos and are generally the result of poor technique.
You could have left off the frame, and perhaps kept in the dog's paw, and posted a much larger picture and thus eliminated the compression problems - and still stayed within the size limit.
You might have exposed the original so that the snow wasn't completely blown out and without detail.
You could have had a frame that matched or complemented the colors in the picture.
You might have done all these things, but instead you decided that I dont have the experience to criticize your work of art.
I don't have to do pictures of Elvis on velvet to know whether those qualify as great works of art.
You picture as posted is bad for a number of reasons. If you think the original is a work of art than post a better version somewhere and give us a link.