BAH! i dunno what it is, but every time I submit something done in photoshop, the colors come out all blotchy! >.< and the magenta color was not as bold in the original, btw. T^T *sigh* oh well.

The background is fabulous, no doubt about that. There's no topping how amazingly gorgeous you made everything look. The woman herself is not bad at all, the dainty structure, it looks very fitting with the whole swan image. I guess the only one jarring this about this picture is the stand out magenta shade you chose. Daring, but it didn't exactly work too well with the tone. Perhaps mute it with a fairly dull pink? (Ashy-pink even). Nevertheless, shading, bg, the swans, everything came out veryyyy nice ^_^