Progress Post

So I have gotten my first image done and I believe it came out exactly the way I wanted it to.  I feel that blending  is really great, but i need to work on my reflection technique because i feel that it has more like a smoke effect than water ripple.  I worked through the frustrations and challenges that came up in the moment and although I got frustrated myself, I try to not to get pissed and just come up with a solution.  Anyways here is the first of many and I hope to create better quality images as I go.